safeTALK (suicide alertness for everyone)

LivingWorks safeTALK is a four-hour training that equips people to be more alert to someone thinking of suicide and better able to connect them with further help. Using a simple yet effective model, LivingWorks safeTALK empowers everyone to make a difference. With over 120,000 people attending each year, it’s the world’s fastest-growing suicide prevention skills training course.

In Livingworks safeTALK you will learn how to reach out to someone thinking about suicide and help them keep safe by promptly connecting them to further support. Your role as a connector is the main focus of this training, which features:

  • Trainer presentations, facilitated discussion, and skills practice

  • Videos that illustrate what happens when signs of suicide are overlooked, and how you can contribute to safe outcomes when these signs are heard and addressed

  • Opportunities to further explore organizational applications of the training

  • A community resource person will be on hand at the workshop to support your safety and comfort.

Training time: 3.5-4 hour

Delivery: In person

Minimum participants: 10

Maximum participants 30

Includes:

  • Certified safeTALK Instructor

  • Community Resource Person

  • Participant materials

  • Pre-session planning and preparation

  • Facilitation time and activities

ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)

Trusted by professionals, approved by the World Health Organization and learnable by anyone, LivingWorks Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is the only workshop of its kind. Updated continually to reflect new knowledge, LivingWorks ASIST has been training people to provide suicide first aid interventions for 40 years.

Livingworks ASIST is a two-day in-person workshop featuring powerful audiovisuals, discussions, and simulations. At a Livingworks ASIST workshop, you’ll learn how to recognize when someone may be thinking about suicide, and how to provide a skilled intervention and develop a safety plan with the person to connect them to further support. You will also consider how personal and community attitudes about suicide affect someone’s openness to seek help and your ability to provide it. This workshop will increase your willingness, confidence, and capacity to provide suicide first aid. Two knowledgeable, supportive trainers will guide you through the course, ensuring a comfortable and safe learning environment.

Training time: Two 8-hour days

Delivery: In-person

Minimum number of participants: 8

Maximum number of participants: 12

(If there are more participants, additional instructors will be required.)

Includes:

  • Certified ASIST Instructors

  • Participant materials

  • Pre-session planning and preparation

  • Facilitation time and activities