Join us for our ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) Workshop on Mental Health First Aid In-Person Training on Wednesday, May 15 - Thursday, May 16, 2024!
Registration closes on Monday, May 6 at 5:00 p.m.
Registration is $165.00+HST per person. This workshop is only open to OCA Members. Participants need to be at least 18 years of age at the time of the workshop.
About the Course
LivingWorks' ASIST workshop 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.
Valuing participants' contributions and experiences, the workshop encourages them to take an active role in the learning process. ASIST's key features include:
- Small-group learning
- Audiovisual aid
- Training focus
- Reliable, proven model
- Emphasis on individual needs
- Perspective matters
- Direct approach
- Adaptable components.
To learn more about LivingWorks and the ASIST program, visit: https://livingworks.net/training/livingworks-asist/
About your Experience
About the Instructor, Rachael Lawrence
Rachael has over fifteen years of experience working in community mental health; with thirteen years of focused experience within the field of higher education. Her experience ranges across the lifespan across various aspects of community mental health, crisis intervention, and trauma. She has a passion for continuous learning, compassionate understanding, and sharing to invite and empower others to foster a deeper sense of community and health.
Her diploma in Social Services Work along with her various training credentials (ASIST, SafeTALK, Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace, etc.) has allowed her to work and serve as a community advocate and educator for positive change in diverse and dynamic arenas.
Rachael completed her Bachelor of Community Mental Health from Seneca College in 2023. Her education offers unique perspectives in understanding mental health at micro and macro levels, creating a constant committed conversation around positive challenge for change.
About the Host, Suzanne Ross
Suzanne is a partner with the Camp Safety Network and a Community Mental Health Practitioner, with a specialization in Addictions. A trained Emergency Medical Dispatch Operator and former MHFA Instructor for both the Standard and Youth streams, she is a passionate advocate for de-stigmatizing mental health and substance use disorders. Suzanne spent her camper years at Onondaga, ROM Camp, and U of T Camps, and currently works with Camp Wenonah.
How to Use Your 10% Membership Renewal Discount
If you completed your Membership Renewal by September 30, 2023, you are able to use your 10% discount for this event. To use the discount, please follow these steps:
- Complete your registration but STOP at the payment step.
- Select "Invoice Me".
- Send an email to events@ontariocamps.ca and let us know you'd like to use the discount. We will amend the invoice.
- Complete payment.
This discount cannot be applied after payment, no refunds will be given. Please note that this is a one-time discount, if you used your discount for the OCA Connects 2024 Conference or the 2024 OCA Health Conference then you cannot use the discount for the ASIST Workshop.
About Registration
If you are an administrator for your organization and are registering for others, please include the participants' information during registration to ensure they receive future communications about the ASIST Workshop.
Refund requests submitted before Wednesday, May 8, 2024, will incur a 20% administration fee. Any refund requests submitted Thursday, May 9, 2024 or later will incur a 40% administration fee. Any questions about refunds? Please email events@ontariocamps.ca.
Please note: there is a limit to the number of participants for this course. If the course fills, please add yourself to the waitlist. You will be contacted in advance if there is an opportunity to be moved off the waitlist.
If you have any questions, please email events@ontariocamps.ca.
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