LivingWorks ASIST suicide intervention training is a two-day in-person workshop featuring powerful audiovisuals, discussions, and simulations.

You’ll learn how to recognize when someone may be thinking about suicide, and how to provide a skilled intervention and develop a safety plan with the person to connect them to further support.

You will also consider how personal and community attitudes about suicide affect someone’s openness to seek help and your ability to provide it.

This workshop will increase your willingness, confidence, and capacity to provide suicide first aid.

Two knowledgable, supportive trainers will guide you through the course, ensuring a comfortable and safe learning environment.

Workshop is full. Please contact us if interested in having a workshop for your Department/Agency

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Course Description:

Most psychological crisis intervention is done one person to one person, rather than in groups.  These interactions may be face-to-face (in person or electronically), telephonic, via email, or even via text messaging.  The SAFER-R model of individual psychological crisis intervention was developed to serve as a simple protocol or procedural guide to aid in conducting such individual psychological crisis interventions.

This two day course builds upon, and is the logical continuation of, the basic ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS course.  Using the SAFER-R framework as a platform, participants are introduced to scenario based variations of the model.  Topics such as advanced psychological triage, grief,  suicide intervention, challenges in follow up and referral, and self-care are addressed.  In addition, participants are asked to evaluate pre-recorded video examples of crisis intervention using the SAFER-R model.

*Prerequisite: Assisting Individuals in Crisis(formerly Individual Crisis Intervention and Peer Support)

Course Highlights:

• Natures & definitions of a psychological crisis and psychological crisis intervention

• Nature and definition of critical incident stress management and its role as a continuum of care

• Empathic communication techniques

• Practice of psychological triage

• SAFER-Revised model of individual psychological crisis intervention in s suicide scenario

• SAFER-Revised model of individual psychological crisis intervention in a “follow-up” or referral scenario

• Risks of iatrogenic “harm” associated with psychological crisis intervention and will further discuss how to reduce those risks

• Principles of self-care

Registration closed.

this 2-day onsite training is designed to equip individuals with the knowledge, skills, and techniques needed to effectively support and assist people who are experiencing a crisis or emotional distress.

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The Warren County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the New York Law Enforcement Assistance Program (NYLEAP), is pleased to announce the availability of the ICISF Assisting Individuals in Crisis (AIC) AND Group Crisis Intervention (GCI) training courses. These courses are a critical component for those that serve as law enforcement peers.

Group Crisis Intervention:

 Participants will learn how to provide group crisis intervention using proven methods

 Participants will receive a certificate of completion from the ICISF

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

 To increase awareness of key terms and concepts relevant to the practice of crisis intervention and disaster mental health intervention.

 To become familiar with relevant research findings and recommendations for practice.

 To understand the nature and importance of incident assessment and strategic intervention planning.

 To understand the nature of the “resistance, resilience, recovery” continuum and the role of the integrated, multi-component, Critical Incident Stress Management system (CISM).

 To become familiar with large group crisis interventions:

Rest, Information & Transition Service (RITS; formerly called Demobilization)

 Crisis Management Briefings

 To become familiar with small group crisis interventions:

 -   Defusing

-   Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)                  

 To become familiar with risks of adverse outcome associated with crisis intervention and how to reduce those risks.

Registration Link

The Warren County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the New York Law Enforcement Assistance Program (NYLEAP), is pleased to announce the availability of the ICISF Assisting Individuals in Crisis (AIC) AND Group Crisis Intervention (GCI) training courses. These courses are a critical component for those that serve as law enforcement peers.

These FREE two-day classes are being offered:

Assisting Individuals in Crisis:

 Participants will learn how to provide individual crisis intervention using proven methods

 Participants will receive a certificate of completion from the ICISF

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

 Understand the natures & definitions of a psychological crisis and psychological crisis intervention

 Understand the resistance, resiliency, recovery continuum

 Understand the nature and definition of critical incident stress management and its role as a continuum of care

 Practice basic crisis communication techniques

 Be familiar with common psychological and behavioral crisis reactions

 Understand the putative and empirically-derived mechanisms of action in psychological crisis intervention

 Practice the SAFER-Revised model of individual psychological crisis intervention

 Understand how the SAFER-Revised model may be altered for suicide intervention

 Understand and discuss the risks of iatrogenic “harm” associated with psychological crisis intervention and will further discuss how to reduce those risks

Registration Link

Group Crisis Intervention:

• Participants will learn how to provide group crisis intervention using proven methods

• Participants will receive a certificate of completion from the ICISF

• This course is required for persons pursuing the ICISF Certificate of Advanced Training 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• To increase awareness of key terms and concepts relevant to the practice of crisis intervention and disaster mental health intervention.

• To become familiar with relevant research findings and recommendations for practice.

• To understand the nature and importance of incident assessment and strategic intervention planning.

• To understand the nature of the “resistance, resilience, recovery” continuum and the role of the integrated, multi-component, Critical Incident Stress Management system (CISM).

• To become familiar with large group crisis interventions:

Rest, Information & Transition Service (RITS; formerly called Demobilization)

         Crisis Management Briefings

• To become familiar with small group crisis interventions:

 -   Defusing

     -   Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)                  

• To become familiar with risks of adverse outcome associated with crisis intervention and how to reduce those risks.

Registration closed.

Registration closed.

Administrator Level. Rank of Lieutenant and above. All Peers will also be of the rank of Lieutenant or above.

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The Saratoga County Peer Support Team, in partnership with the New York Law Enforcement Assistance Program (NYLEAP), is pleased to announce the availability of the ICISF Assisting Individuals in Crisis (AIC) AND Group Crisis Intervention (GCI) training courses. These courses are a critical component for those that serve as law enforcement peers.

Group Crisis Intervention:

 Participants will learn how to provide group crisis intervention using proven methods

 Participants will receive a certificate of completion from the ICISF

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

 To increase awareness of key terms and concepts relevant to the practice of crisis intervention and disaster mental health intervention.

 To become familiar with relevant research findings and recommendations for practice.

 To understand the nature and importance of incident assessment and strategic intervention planning.

 To understand the nature of the “resistance, resilience, recovery” continuum and the role of the integrated, multi-component, Critical Incident Stress Management system (CISM).

 To become familiar with large group crisis interventions:

Rest, Information & Transition Service (RITS; formerly called Demobilization)

          Crisis Management Briefings

 To become familiar with small group crisis interventions:

 -   Defusing

-   Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)                  

 To become familiar with risks of adverse outcome associated with crisis intervention and how to reduce those risks.

Registration Link

The Saratoga County Peer Support Team, in partnership with the New York Law Enforcement Assistance Program (NYLEAP), is pleased to announce the availability of the ICISF Assisting Individuals in Crisis (AIC) AND Group Crisis Intervention (GCI) training courses. These courses are a critical component for those that serve as law enforcement peers.

These FREE two-day classes are being offered:

Saratoga County

Assisting Individuals in Crisis:

 Participants will learn how to provide individual crisis intervention using proven methods

 Participants will receive a certificate of completion from the ICISF

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

 Understand the natures & definitions of a psychological crisis and psychological crisis intervention

 Understand the resistance, resiliency, recovery continuum

 Understand the nature and definition of critical incident stress management and its role as a continuum of care

 Practice basic crisis communication techniques

 Be familiar with common psychological and behavioral crisis reactions

 Understand the putative and empirically-derived mechanisms of action in psychological crisis intervention

 Practice the SAFER-Revised model of individual psychological crisis intervention

 Understand how the SAFER-Revised model may be altered for suicide intervention

 Understand and discuss the risks of iatrogenic “harm” associated with psychological crisis intervention and will further discuss how to reduce those risks

Registration Link

Assisting Individuals in Crisis

• Participants will learn how to provide individual crisis intervention using proven methods

• Participants will receive a certificate of completion from the ICISF

• This course is required for persons pursuing the ICISF Certificate of Advanced Training 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Understand the natures & definitions of a psychological crisis and psychological crisis intervention

• Understand the resistance, resiliency, recovery continuum

• Understand the nature and definition of critical incident stress management and its role as a continuum of care

• Practice basic crisis communication techniques

• Be familiar with common psychological and behavioral crisis reactions

• Understand the putative and empirically-derived mechanisms of action in psychological crisis intervention

• Practice the SAFER-Revised model of individual psychological crisis intervention

• Understand how the SAFER-Revised model may be altered for suicide intervention

• Understand and discuss the risks of iatrogenic “harm” associated with psychological crisis intervention and will further discuss how to reduce those risks 

Registration Link

Group Crisis Intervention (GCI) - this 2-day onsite training is designed to prepare individuals to provide effective support and intervention to groups of people who have experienced a traumatic event or crisis situation.

The target audience of this course is law enforcement (including police, corrections, parole, probation officers, 911 communicators and chaplains), that currently serve as peers, or are in the process of developing a peer support program.

Seating is extremely limited. Those interested in attending are encouraged to register immediately.

There is no fee to attend this course. 

There are no prerequisites to attend this training.  

If you have any questions about the training, please email NYLEAP Training Coordinator Brian Flynn by email at brianflynn@nyleap.org 

Registration is closed.

These FREE two-day classes are being offered:

Assisting Individuals in Crisis: July 31 - August 1, 2023 – Jefferson County (Watertown)

Group Crisis Intervention: August 2-3, 2023 – Jefferson County (Watertown)

Target audience of these courses is law enforcement (including police, corrections, parole, probation officers and LE chaplains), that currently serve as peers, or are in the process of developing a peer support program.

These are International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) developed curriculums.  Advantages of attending are: 

Assisting Individuals in Crisis:

• Participants will learn how to provide individual crisis intervention using proven methods

• Participants will receive a certificate of completion from the ICISF

• This course is required for persons pursuing the ICISF Certificate of Advanced Training 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Understand the natures & definitions of a psychological crisis and psychological crisis intervention

• Understand the resistance, resiliency, recovery continuum

• Understand the nature and definition of critical incident stress management and its role as a continuum of care

• Practice basic crisis communication techniques

• Be familiar with common psychological and behavioral crisis reactions

• Understand the putative and empirically-derived mechanisms of action in psychological crisis intervention

• Practice the SAFER-Revised model of individual psychological crisis intervention

• Understand how the SAFER-Revised model may be altered for suicide intervention

• Understand and discuss the risks of iatrogenic “harm” associated with psychological crisis intervention and will further discuss how to reduce those risks 

Group Crisis Intervention:

• Participants will learn how to provide group crisis intervention using proven methods

• Participants will receive a certificate of completion from the ICISF

• This course is required for persons pursuing the ICISF Certificate of Advanced Training 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• To increase awareness of key terms and concepts relevant to the practice of crisis intervention and disaster mental health intervention.

• To become familiar with relevant research findings and recommendations for practice.

• To understand the nature and importance of incident assessment and strategic intervention planning.

• To understand the nature of the “resistance, resilience, recovery” continuum and the role of the integrated, multi-component, Critical Incident Stress Management system (CISM).

• To become familiar with large group crisis interventions:

Rest, Information & Transition Service (RITS; formerly called Demobilization)

         Crisis Management Briefings

• To become familiar with small group crisis interventions:

 -   Defusing

     -   Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)                  

• To become familiar with risks of adverse outcome associated with crisis intervention and how to reduce those risks. 

ICISF Assisting Individuals in Crisis (AIC) AND Group Crisis Intervention (GCI) - Nassau Co.

Free Peer Development Training

The NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services, Office of Public Safety, in partnership with the New York Law Enforcement Assistance Program (NYLEAP), is pleased to announce the availability of the ICISF Assisting Individuals in Crisis (AIC) AND Group Crisis Intervention (GCI) training courses. These courses are a critical component for those that serve as law enforcement peers.

These FREE two-day classes are being offered:

Assisting Individuals in Crisis and Group Crisis Intervention: June 12 - 14, 2023 – Nassau County 

These are International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) developed curriculums.  Advantages of attending are: 

Assisting Individuals in Crisis:

• Participants will learn how to provide individual crisis intervention using proven methods

• Participants will receive a certificate of completion from the ICISF

• This course is required for persons pursuing the ICISF Certificate of Advanced Training 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Understand the natures & definitions of a psychological crisis and psychological crisis intervention

• Understand the resistance, resiliency, recovery continuum

• Understand the nature and definition of critical incident stress management and its role as a continuum of care

• Practice basic crisis communication techniques

• Be familiar with common psychological and behavioral crisis reactions

• Understand the putative and empirically-derived mechanisms of action in psychological crisis intervention

• Practice the SAFER-Revised model of individual psychological crisis intervention

• Understand how the SAFER-Revised model may be altered for suicide intervention

• Understand and discuss the risks of iatrogenic “harm” associated with psychological crisis intervention and will further discuss how to reduce those risks 

Group Crisis Intervention:

• Participants will learn how to provide group crisis intervention using proven methods

• Participants will receive a certificate of completion from the ICISF

• This course is required for persons pursuing the ICISF Certificate of Advanced Training 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• To increase awareness of key terms and concepts relevant to the practice of crisis intervention and disaster mental health intervention.

• To become familiar with relevant research findings and recommendations for practice.

• To understand the nature and importance of incident assessment and strategic intervention planning.

• To understand the nature of the “resistance, resilience, recovery” continuum and the role of the integrated, multi-component, Critical Incident Stress Management system (CISM).

• To become familiar with large group crisis interventions:

 Rest, Information & Transition Service (RITS; formerly called Demobilization)

         Crisis Management Briefings

• To become familiar with small group crisis interventions:

 -   Defusing

     -   Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)                  

• To become familiar with risks of adverse outcome associated with crisis intervention and how to reduce those risks. 

There is no fee to attend this course. The number of seats available is extremely limited. Therefore, you must receive confirmation on attendance. All interested parties should register immediately to secure a seat in the training. The location of training and class times will be provided through an email confirmation, you must register to attend.

This course is currently closed