Suicide prevention… what can you do?

Bring suicide awareness to your community ((suicideTALK))
Learn suicide alertness skills ((safeTALK))
Learn suicide intervention skills ((ASIST))
Explore how to create suicide-safer connections within your community ((WorkingTogether))
Upgrade skills for working with persons at risk of suicide after the initial suicide crisis ((suicideCare))
Become a trainer, or sponsor or organize a training for trainers ((ASIST Training for Trainers | safeTALK Training for Trainers))

Latest news and LivingWorks in the media

• The 12th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour will take place in Glasgow, Scotland on August 27–30, 2008
• [Washington, USA] Molokai woman recognized for suicide prevention work
• [South London, UK] "First aid" to prevent suicide - a community worker's account of ASIST
• [Manitoba, Canada] LivingWorks trainer receives Lifetime Achievement Award
• [Scotland] Suicide Prevention Training Wins Top Award
• Our Core Beliefs about Suicide and Its Prevention
• SAMHSA announces 2.88 million grant to National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - Link2Health will manage the Lifeline in partnership with the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors and LivingWorks
• [Scotland] National Training Awards 2007
• [Norway] Long-term efforts yield results: Positive evaluation of Educational Program Vivat (226Kb PDF)
• [USA] Suicide prevention top post priority - as published by the Fort Leonard Wood Army Post
• [USA] Suicide prevention efforts strengthened at all levels - as published by the Fort Bragg Weekly News (2.5Kb PDF)
• Research on effectiveness of LivingWorks programs
• [Oregon, USA] ASIST included on the Oregon list of Evidence Based Practices
• [USA] In Search of Ordinary Heroes: SPAN USA Launches Field Liaison Program (110Kb PDF): ASIST trainers Larry and Vanessa Lewis are helping suicide prevention take root in their community as fleld liaisons with SPAN USA. This article originally appeared in the Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN USA)’s Spring 2007 edition of Network News, a quarterly publication of SPAN USA
• [Honolulu, USA] Youth suicide prevention bill becomes law (96Kb PDF)
• [USA] safeTALK makes it on the SPRC Best Practices Registry
• [Oregon, USA] High-school based suicide prevention program recommends ASIST
• [New Zealand] Further initiatives for suicide prevention funded
• LivingWorks president wins international award (99Kb PDF) - Richard Ramsay is the recipient of the prestigious Andrew Mouravieff-Apostol Award, presented biennially by the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) to an individual or organization who has over time made a significant contribution to international social work

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