Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

Iowa educators, you can earn 1 free Iowa Licensure Renewal Credit for participating!

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.

As the world’s leading suicide intervention workshop, LivingWorks’ ASIST program is supported by numerous evaluations including independent and peer-reviewed studies.

Results demonstrate that ASIST helps participants become more willing, ready, and able to intervene. 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.

Ultimately, ASIST is founded on the principle that everyone can make a difference in preventing suicide. The more people in the community who have suicide intervention training, the more likely it is they will be able to identify someone at risk and intervene to keep them safe.

Over the course of the two-day workshop, ASIST participants learn to:

• Understand the ways that personal and societal attitudes affect views on suicide and interventions.
• Provide guidance and suicide first aid to a person at risk in ways that meet their individual safety needs.
• Identify the key elements of an effective suicide safety plan and the actions required to implement it.
• Appreciate the value of improving and integrating suicide prevention resources in the community at large.
• Recognize other important aspects of suicide prevention including life-promotion and self-care.

Location: Pappajohn Center Room 208, 1200 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa

This event is limited to 30 participants. If you’re not one of the first 30 people to register, you will be notified that your name will be on a waitlist. 

By registering for this event, you agree to attend the ASIST Training in person on July 6-7th at the Pappajohn Center, 1200 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA.

If for some reason you are unable to attend the training, you must notify us at scsmh-main@uiowa.edu 48 hours prior to the event, otherwise, we will invoice you $200 for the cost of the training.