suicide ideation and suicide

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—ASIST can be learned and used by anyone.

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
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—ASIST can be learned and used by anyone.

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—ASIST can be learned and used by anyone.

Suicide and high-risk behavior are increasingly common in individuals with a trauma history. At the same time, many professionals in the helping field report fear or state they feel ill-equipped to manage these issues. There is a need for frank conversation in a non-judgmental setting to explore how we manage these concerns. This training picks up where many suicide intervention workshops leave off.

This webinar is tailored to help parents understand and support their teens experiencing depression with or without suicidal ideation. Throughout the presentation, parents will learn about the signs and symptoms of depression in teens, as well as strategies for providing support and assistance. Topics covered will include recognizing the difference between typical adolescent behaviour and signs of depression, how to initiate the conversation with their teen, and best practices for creating a supportive home environment.

The Mental Health Commission of Canada is launching a new resource highlighting the experiences of African, Caribbean and Black communities with suicide in Canada to commemorate Black Mental Health Day.

To improve our understanding of the experiences of African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) communities with suicide, this resource was co-created by the Mental Health Commission of Canada and a diverse group of people from ACB communities with lived and living experience (PWLLE) with suicide. This resource aims to:

Suicide disproportionally impacts 2SLGBTQI+ individuals. Often those who work directly with clients feel ill-prepared to cope with the complexities related to suicidal ideation, especially when intersectionality of experience plays into the interactions.

Self-harm in teenagers: The spectrum from nonsuicidal self-injury to suicidality

On-demand training presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute

Facilitator: Marshall Korenblum, MD, FRCP(C), Dip. Child Psych.
Dr. Marshall Korenblum is an expert speaker and psychiatrist at Garry Hurvitz Centre for Community Mental Health at SickKids.

Suicide and high-risk behavior are increasingly common in individuals with a trauma history. At the same time, many professionals in the helping field report fear or state they feel ill-equipped to manage these issues. There is a need for frank conversation in a non-judgmental setting to explore how we manage these concerns. This training picks up where many suicide intervention workshops leave off.

Transforming self-blame for survivors of suicide loss

Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute

The primary goal of this training is to build therapeutic skills to assess suicide risk. This training examines risk assessment from both the client perspective and a systemic perspective. Evidence-based best practices are shared regarding risk assessment and intervention. Therapeutic engagement, risk assessment, safety planning, and responding with appropriate interventions for risk reduction create the framework for this session.

The primary goal of this training is to build therapeutic skills to assess suicide risk. This training examines risk assessment from both the client perspective and a systemic perspective. Evidence-based best practices are shared regarding risk assessment and intervention. Therapeutic engagement, risk assessment, safety planning, and responding with appropriate interventions for risk reduction create the framework for this session.

Dates: Sept 13, 20, 27 0ct 4, 2023

Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. EST
Where: Zoom (link to follow)

To complete your registration for our course, please send an E-Transfer to payments@elpizocounselling.com

Once we have received payment, you will get an email receipt sent to you as well as further information resources in preparation. That is your confirmation of payment as well as your confirmed attendance.