Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), is a two-day in-person workshop that teaches anyone 16 or older how to provide immediate suicide first aid, recognize suicide warning signs, and help someone create a safety plan to keep them safe for now. Developed by LivingWorks, it's an evidence-based program used globally by professionals and community members to empower people to intervene when someone is considering suicide. 

Learning Objectives:

1. How to recognize signs of suicidal thoughts.

2. To ask directly about suicide in a compassionate way.

3. To help create a safety plan, focusing on immediate support and resources.

4. To use the PAL (Preserve Life, Help-Assist-Link) model, a structured approach to intervention. 

Course Description:

This course will provide foundational information on substance misuse, its affects and related issues. To include; physical and psychological affects, stigma associated with substance misuse, and other risk factors.

Objectives/Agenda:

• Discuss/Review Substance Abuse/Dependency
• Discuss/Review Addiction as a disease​
• ​Discuss/Review Stigma and Its impact​
• ​Discuss/Review effects of Substance Use​
• Discuss/Review Current Substance Use trends ​

Who should attend?

• Community Members
• Families impacted by Opioid Crisis
• Behavioral Health Professionals
• Law Enforcement
• Medical Professional
• Students
• Peer Coaches

Note: You will receive Zoom link information following registration via email. 

Each session will cover the same training content. You will only need to choose one session to attend. 

For questions, contact us at training@lsfnet.org

Course Description:

Participants will be presented with an overview of the opioid epidemic to include current trends and related data. This course discusses overdose recognition and response.

Objectives/Agenda:

-Discuss/Review Opioids and Opioid Epidemic

-Discuss/Review the impact of stigma

-Discuss/Review signs of an overdose

-Discuss/Review an overdose response

Who should attend?

Community Members

Families impacted by Opioid Crisis

Behavioral Health Professionals

Law Enforcement

Medical Professional

Students

Peer Coaches

Note: You will receive Zoom link information following registration via email. 

Each session will cover the same training content. You will only need to choose one session to attend. 

For questions, contact us at training@lsfnet.org

Verbal De-Escalation: This training will provide attendees with verbal de-escalation and conflict resolution tactics and strategies to utilize with someone who is in crisis. The training will include techniques to handle crisis’ and understanding mental health crisis.

Join us for a training on Compassion Fatigue, Burnout and Empathic Strain. Learn the nuances of these terms, the role that organizations and individuals share in the occurence of such and practical strategies for wellness as a helping professional. 

Learning Objectives:

•Define Compassion Fatigue, Burnout & Secondary Traumatic Stress or Vicarious Trauma
•Discuss warning signs
•Cultivate awareness of shared individual and organizational responsibility to preventing Compassion Fatigue and Secondary Traumatic Stress
•Review Francoise Mathieu’s 4 step guide to Wellness
•Remembering the Rewards of the Work

Who should attend?
Behavioral Health Professionals
Advocates
Community Health Workers
Educators
Ministry Workers
Volunteers
Any Helping Profession
Students of Psychology, Social Work or Human Service


Please note: You will receive your Zoom link to attend this training within 48hrs of the training date*

For questions please contact us at training@lsfnet.org.

Suicide Prevention Training 

QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. Each year thousands of Americans, like you, are saying "Yes" to saving the life of a friend, colleague, sibling, or neighbor.

Learning Objectives: 

•Discuss brief history of suicide prevention, prevalence and risk factors  •Describe Gatekeeper role 
•Attitudes Toward Suicide​ 
•Warning Signs of Suicide​
•Ways Ask the Suicide Question​ 
•How to Persuade Someone to Stay Alive​
•Techniques for Referring Individuals to Get Help

Who should attend?

Case Managers
Behavioral Health Professionals
Medical Professionals
Community Health Workers
Paraprofessionals 
Hospitality and Service Industry Workers
Advocates
Educators 
Students

You will receive a Zoom link at least 48-hours prior to the training.

For questions please contact us at training@lsfnet.org.

Each training listed below will be a stand alone training so you will only need to attend once. We look forward to you joining us!

This quarterly CRPS Certification Information Session is designed for individuals who are interested in becoming a Certified Recovery Peer Specialist (CRPS) or who are currently working toward certification and want clearer guidance on the process.

During this two-hour session, participants will receive an overview of:

• What CRPS certification is and who it is intended for
• Eligibility requirements and pathways to certification
• Required training hours, supervision, and work experience
• The certification application process and common documentation requirements
• Typical timelines and what to expect after submitting an application

The session will also include time for:

• Walking through common questions or areas of confusion
• Practical tips for preparing a strong application
• Discussion of common challenges and how to navigate them
• Q&A and open discussion

This session is informational and supportive in nature and is appropriate for individuals at any stage of the certification process, whether you are just exploring CRPS certification or actively working toward submitting your application.