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:
Arrival time for check-in begins at 10:15 am and we will begin the training promptly at 10:30. Due to strict safeTALK guidelines, we are unable to admit anyone once we begin the training so please plan accordingly. Light refreshments will be served. Casual & comfortable dress, jeans fine. We cannot accommodate children or pets.
DATE: Saturday, June 16, 2018
TIME: 10:30 am until 1:30 pm
LOCATION: Woodstock Library, 7735 Main St., Woodstock GA
QUESTIONS? Contact Diane Gillen at [email protected] or 770-597-5125.
- 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.
Arrival time for check-in begins at 10:15 am and we will begin the training promptly at 10:30. Due to strict safeTALK guidelines, we are unable to admit anyone once we begin the training so please plan accordingly. Light refreshments will be served. Casual & comfortable dress, jeans fine. We cannot accommodate children or pets.
DATE: Saturday, June 16, 2018
TIME: 10:30 am until 1:30 pm
LOCATION: Woodstock Library, 7735 Main St., Woodstock GA
QUESTIONS? Contact Diane Gillen at [email protected] or 770-597-5125.