Training: safeTALK - COS - Nov. 15, 2019

Trainers: Andrew McCleary

Location: College of the Sequoias, 915 S. Mooney Blvd, Visalia, CA  (map), Hospital Rock Building, Room 127
Time:  Training runs one half-day from 8:00 AM to Noon.
Cost: No registration or other fees. Refreshments will not be provided.

Registration: Required. The registration portal is provided below.

Special: Parking pass is required. This session is only open to COS faculty, staff, and students.

Questions: Please CLICK HERE to send an email, or call 559-624-7474.

About safeTALK:

Most people with thoughts of suicide don’t want to die—instead, they are looking for a way to work through the pain in their lives. Through their words and actions, they usually invite others to help them in making a choice for life. safeTALK teaches participants to recognize these invitations, engage with the person with thoughts of suicide, and connect them with resources to help them be safer from suicide. These resources could include health care professionals, first responders, or crisis line workers—among many others who have suicide intervention training.

Training process
safeTALK features both presentations and interactive elements. Trainers will facilitate participants’ involvement through:

  • Trainer presentations
  • Diverse selection of audiovisuals
  • Interactive discussion and questions
  • TALK steps practice
  • TALK wallet card
  • “You can TALK to Me” stickers
     

Goals and objectives
safeTALK helps participants become alert to suicide. Suicide-alert people are better prepared to connect persons with thoughts of suicide with life-affirming help. Over the course of their training, safeTALK participants will learn to:

  • Notice and respond to situations where suicide
  • thoughts may be present,
  • Recognize that invitations for help are often overlooked,
  • Move beyond the common tendency to miss,
  • dismiss, and avoid suicide,
  • Apply the TALK steps: Tell, Ask, Listen, KeepSafe, and
  • Know community resources and how to connect someone with thoughts of suicide to them for further suicide-safer help.