Northern BC Crisis Centre Upcoming Workshops
We are here to listen, here to help - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Upcoming Workshops:
- ASIST: February 19th & 20th, 2025. 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Location: University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), Prince George.
- ASIST: March 25th & 26th, 2025. 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Location: University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), Prince George.
For more information or to register, please contact jody@crisis-centre.ca.
*Please note that payment is non-refundable. If payment has been made and you are unable to attend the workshop, it can only be transferred forward to one of the next two workshops conducted by the Crisis Centre.
ASIST
ASIST: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training is a two-day, interactive workshop that prepares caregivers to provide suicide life-assisting first-aid interventions. This workshop is open to all caregivers, formally designated or not; adults and youth 16 plus.
By the end of this workshop, participants will be better able to:
- Identify people who have thoughts of suicide
- Understand how beliefs and attitudes can affect suicide interventions
- Understand a person who is thinking about suicide’s story about suicide
- Recognize turning points that connect the person to life
- Conduct a safety assessment and develop a plan that will keep the person thinking about suicide safe for now
- Confirm the person thinking about suicide’s commitment to the safe-plan and their intent to follow it through.
The role of ASIST in a Suicide-Safer Community:
ASIST caregivers complete the process that safeTALK helpers start, providing life assisting, suicide first-aid intervention.
“I use ASIST in virtually every crisis situation, in both of my roles as a volunteer and employee…thank you for this life changing program.”
–ASIST PARTICIPANT
