Our Workshops
Imagine if we could create a Suicide-Safer community of trained people who are ABLE to recognize the signs of suicide, READY to intervene, and WILLING to assist a person with thoughts of suicide. Engage Life’s Choices (ELC) can teach you how to get a person with thoughts of suicide to agree to be safe for now and eventually start to engage in life. People who are in crisis are part of many different communities, whether they are at home, work, or play. We need to build and surround them with a safety net of interconnected trained personal throughout those communities who are capable of recognizing invitations and change the projection of the individual with thoughts of suicide.
No matter what role someone wants to play in making their community or workplace safer, we have a training program to help them to get prepared. Together, we can make a life-saving difference for those in need. All of our integrated training programs are designed to make a trained individual a combat-multiplier in the War on Suicide by fighting suicide in multiple communities at once. From the work place straight to the household and from all manners of friendship to relatives in between. This is one way to organize and make a greater impact on many fronts.
We are proud to partner with agencies, companies, schools, military Veteran services, faith groups and many other organizations nationwide. We are here to help. Engage Life’s Choices (ELC) is with you every step of the way throughout this journey to make your organization a part of a suicide-safer community. We believe that suicide is preventable and everyone 13 and up can play a life-saving role.
Creating a Suicide-Safer Community
Help to create awareness about suicide and give you the confidence and support to deal with it.
Work with you to develop a suicide prevention strategy.
Get to know you and understand your unique organizational needs.
Join the community to fight and win against suicide and celebrate your achievement and community leadership.
Get to know you and understand your unique organizational needs.
Work with you to develop a suicide prevention strategy.
Help to create awareness about suicide and give you the confidence and support to deal with it.
Join the community to fight and win against suicide and celebrate your achievement and community leadership.
Benefits of Training
This training has been providing communities and organizations with suicide prevention solutions for over 35 years. Here is how these training programs will have an impact across your organization:
Creates a supportive safety network for employees and clients.
Show the organization’s support for employee/student safety and well-being.
Establish the organization as a socially responsible leader in the fight against suicide.
Safeguards the bottom line and protects employees’ morale.
They will carry the lifelong skill with them to their home and other communities.
ASIST: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
ASIST is an intensive two day, 16 hour, in-person training session where people are taught how to skillfully intervene, assist someone in crisis, and help them stay safe. This workshop features powerful audio-visuals, open discussions, and meaningful simulation. You will learn how to prevent suicide by recognizing signs, providing a skilled intervention, and developing a safety plan to keep someone alive and encouraging them to connect with a professionally licensed resource.
Two certified, knowledgeable, and supportive trainers will guide you through the course, ensuring that there is a balance between being challenged while maintaining comfort and safety.
Here’s what over 30 peer-reviewed studies and government reports on LivingWorks ASIST found:
Improves training skills and readiness.
Interventions shown to increase general counseling and listening skills.
Safe for trainers, with no adverse effects from the training.
Saving on investment of up to 50:1.
Although ASIST is widely used by healthcare providers, participants don’t need any formal training to attend the workshop—ASIST is evidence-based and can be learned and used by anyone.
*ASIST is recommended for ages 15 and up.
ASIST Testimonial
This is a fabulous class and I feel it was very well presented, I appreciate the time taken to present a very important tool. Thank you.
safeTALK: Suicide Alertness for Everyone
This half-day,4-hour in-person training goes more in-depth so people learn to recognize when someone needs help, how to talk with them to better understand their situation, and safely connect them to the resources they need. Using a simple yet effective model, safeTALK empowers everyone to make a difference, with over 120,000 people attending each year, it’s the world’s fastest-growing suicide prevention training. This training is recommended for those who feel that others would be a better fit for the intervention portion. The safeTALK workshop will teach you how to prevent suicide by recognizing signs, engaging someone, and connecting them to an intervention resource or an ASIST trained person for further support.
safeTALK is a four-hour face-to-face workshop featuring powerful audiovisuals, open discussions, and meaningful simulation. Two certified, knowledgeable, and supportive trainers will guide you through the course, ensuring your comfort and safety. Like all Livingworks core programs, safeTALK is evidence-based.
Here’s what over 15 peer-reviewed reports and government studies on Livingworks safeTALK found:
Improves trainee skills and readiness
Effective for participants as young as 15 years old
Better skill retention compared to other connector programs
Safe for trainees, with no adverse effects from training
Helps break down suicide stigma in the community
suicideTALK: Suicide Awareness
SuicideTALK is a changing, scalable, one-hour or two-hour, face-to-face training program where people learn how to recognize the signs of suicide and develop the skills to connect someone to help and support such as a parent, teacher, someone trained in safeTALK/ASIST or any other helpful resources available.
This training will be geared towards youth ages 13 and up.