Center for
Native Child
and Family Resilience
Prevention. Intervention. Respect.
Tipis in a field

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

Summary

ASIST is a workshop in suicide prevention that teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety.

"ASIST is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. Although ASIST is widely used by healthcare providers, participants don't need any formal training to attend the workshop—anyone 16 or older can learn and use the ASIST model."

Retrieved from https://www.livingworks.net/asist/
Contact

https://www.livingworks.net/asist/

Details

Since its development in 1983, ASIST has received regular updates to reflect improvements in knowledge and practice, and over 1,000,000 people have taken the workshop. Studies show that the ASIST method helps reduce suicidal feelings in those at risk and is a cost-effective way to help address the problem of suicide. Some of the results showed improvement in both self-assessed competencies and objective measures using the SIRI-2 scale compared to a control group. Areas of improvement included suicide intervention skills, attitudes toward suicide, knowledge of suicide, and comfort, competence, and confidence in responding to individuals at risk.

Retrieved from https://www.livingworks.net/asist/
  • Child
  • Community
  • Family
  • Tribe
  • Agent
  • Resource
  • Setting
  • Target