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safeTALK: The LivingWorks safeTALK Experience with WTCSB

At a LivingWorks safeTALK workshop, you’ll learn how to prevent suicide by recognizing signs, engaging someone, and connecting them to an intervention resource for further support.

A skilled, supportive trainer will guide you through the course, and a community resource will be on hand to support your safety and comfort.

Date: February 28, 2024
Time: 9:00am-12:30pm (EST)
Location: Franklin Food Bank – 618 South St, Franklin, VA 23851
Trainer: Angela Brown and Charlene Cutting

Like all of LivingWorks’ core programs, LivingWorks safeTALK is evidence-based. Here’s what over 15 peer-reviewed reports and government studies on LivingWorks safeTALK found:

— Improves participant skills and readiness
— Safe for participants, with no adverse effects from training
— Effective for participants as young as 15 years old
— Helps break down suicide stigma in the community
— Better skill retention compared to other connector programs

LivingWorks safeTALK participants learn to recognize when someone is thinking about suicide and connect them to an intervention provider, such as an LivingWorks ASIST participants.

In this way, LivingWorks safeTALK participants build a safety network around these intervention providers and greatly increase their reach and impact.

Register for this Training Here!

Date

Feb 28 2024
Expired!

Time

9:00 am - 12:30 pm

Location

Franklin Food Bank
618 South St, Franklin VA 23851

Organizer

Western Tidewater CSB
Phone
(757) 758-5106
Email
[email protected]
Website
https://www.wtcsb.org/