SafeTALK training

March 25th, 1:00 pm -4:00 pm

Description:

safeTALK is a training that prepares anyone over the age of 15 to identify persons with thoughts of suicide and connect them to suicide first aid resources. Most people with thoughts of suicide invite help to stay safe. Alert helpers know how to use these opportunities to support that desire for safety. As a safeTALK-trained suicide alert helper, you will be better able to:

  • move beyond common tendencies to miss, dismiss or avoid suicide;
  • identify people who have thoughts of suicide;
  • apply the TALK steps (Tell, Ask, Listen and KeepSafe) to connect a person with suicide thoughts to suicide first aid, intervention caregivers.

Powerful video clips illustrate both non-alert and alert responses. Discussion and practice help stimulate learning. Learn steps that contribute to saving lives.

To see safeTALK in action to see if it is right for you, visit http://livingworks.net/page/safeTALK.

Certificates are given out upon completion of the course.

We would like to thank the Southwest LHIN and Helalth Links for covering the cost of this course.  Registered participants only.  To register for this course, please email Jackie Ralph at Canadian Mental Health Association – Grey Bruce Branch at jralph@cmhagb.org

Location:

Public Health Grey Bruce, 101 17th Street East

Town/City:

Owen Sound

Contact Name/Email:

Jackie Ralph

jralph@cmhagb.org

Website/Email:

www.cmhagb.org