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Education Services
provides training workshops and seminars that aim to make
ours a ‘suicide safer community’. Current programs
include Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST),
SafeTALK, SuicideTALK and Counselling the Bereaved. We also
deliver professional development workshops such as "Moving
On" and "Working Effectively".
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ASIST
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
ASIST
is a 2-day, highly interactive workshop that provides
participants with the practical skills to identify when
someone is at risk of suicide and know how to competently
intervene. That is how to apply ‘suicide first-aid’.
Anyone in the community can learn ’suicide first
aid’. In fact, anyone who cares about their family,
friends, work colleagues and other community members,
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ASIST
Tune-Up
A
new full day workshop for caregivers who have completed
training in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
more than 6 months ago. This new workshop reviews your
learning from ASIST to reconfirm your ability to be willing,
ready and able to successfully intervene when someone
is at risk of suicide. Available only for caregivers who
have completed ASIST. |
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SafeTALK
can be organised at a time suitable for your organisation
or community group. It is best used in conjunction with
some organisation members being fully skilled in ASIST
to provide a “whole of community” response
to suicide risk.
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SuicideTALK
A
new half day workshop for caregivers and members of the
community providing awareness of suicide issues and some
basic skills in suicide first aid.
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Counselling
The Bereaved Workshop
A
full day workshop for caregivers and members of the community
concentrating on the issue of grief and loss as a result
of loss including loss of job, loss of child or divorce.
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Moving
On A
half day workshop for telephone workers in call centres
or public contact roles, teaching them to
identify calls they find stressful and difficult and
what strategies they can use to deal with the their
emotional responses to these calls
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Working
Effectively
A
one day workshop for workers in public contact roles responding
to people who are sometimes quite
distressed and may either become angry and aggressive,
or talk about the possibility of suicide or
homicide. The workshop covers how to manage these interactions
in role appropriate effective ways,
exploring appropriate role boundaries and issues related
to risk assessment and the process for followup debriefing
and support. |
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Calendar 2010 |
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Telephone Counsellor Training Course
Calendar 2010 |
Participant
Quotes:
"I didn't realise
the continuing (bereavement) impact on those left behind,
that a suicidal death has, compared with a death thru accident
or "natural causes". It appears, although there
are some similarities in the pain experienced, a death by
suicide appears to have an additional dimension that is beyond
any comparison. I needed to understand that dimension. Thanks
for the course." Kerry, Goldfields Workshop Participant
"I am better able to recognise those at risk and have
the confidence to know what to say and do next". Carol
- Workshop participant
"I attended the
workshop towards the end of November and between the workshop
and Christmas Day, I used the skills 5 times". Peter
- Workshop participant
"The workshop
has heightened my awareness and now I realise that many of
my clients were sending out signals all the time, I just didn't
know how to react and how to help". Lyn - Workshop
participant
Numbers are limited
so book early. To make a booking you can:
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