ASIST Trainining
- Date: Thursday, November 21st and Friday, November 22nd, 2024
- Time: 8:30AM - 4:00PM EST (both days)
- Location: 2030 Bristol Circle - Suite 205, Oakville
- Cost: $240.00 + Eventbrite Registration Fee (Course fees includes course manual, and lunch on both days.)
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.
- Learn how personal and community attitudes about suicide affect someone’s openness to seek help and your ability to provide it.
- Increase your willingness, confidence, and capacity to provide suicide first aid.
- Identify the key elements of an effective suicide safety plan and the actions required to implement it
- Two knowledgeable, supportive trainers will guide you through the course, ensuring a comfortable and safe learning environment.
Why Should I Take LivingWorks ASIST?
LivingWorks ASIST has 40 years of research and evidence behind it. More than 50 peer-reviewed studies and government reports on LivingWorks ASIST have found:
LivingWorks ASIST improves participant skills and readiness to reach in and start a conversation with a person that may have thoughts of suicide
The course is safe for participants, with no adverse effects from training
The training is shown to increase general counseling and listening skills
Important Information:
When you register, you are automatically registered for the second day.
REFUND POLICY
Regional Learning Centre Cancellation and Refund Policy (Paid Registrants)
Cancellations received within 15 or more business days prior to the training start date will receive a refund minus Eventbrite Fees. Alternatively, paid registrants unable to attend a course for which they have registered may opt to apply their fees to a future session. Fees must be used within one year of the original course date. In some instances, paying registrants may have the option to transfer their paid seat to another staff member in their organization to use within the year of the original course date.
Cancellations can be submitted via email (info@regionallearningcentre.ca) or by phone (905-829-7006).
Refunds will not be provided in the following circumstances:
· Cancellations received less than fifteen business days prior to the training session/workshop start date
· ‘No shows’ (defined as individuals registered for a training session, workshop or course who do not attend the training and do not submit a cancellation to the RLC education team)
· Participants who have already received course materials such as e-learning keys or manuals.
In the event that a course is cancelled by the Regional Learning Centre, registrants who have already received course materials (e-learning keys/access) are not eligible to receive a refund, but can use the fees towards the same session in the future within one year of the cancelled course. All other paid registrants will have the option to receive a full refund, including Eventbrite fees or use the fees towards a future session. Fees must be used within one year of the cancelled course date.
