Living works is a public service corporation whose vision is enhancing resources today and saving lives for tomorrow. Our Mission is to create learning experiences that help communities prevent suicide. We train locally based training resources so that the benefits of our programs live on in the community. Local resources can better transfer learning to others in the community in a cost-effective manner.
LivingWorks monitors quality, updates programs and supports the international trainer resource network. The aim is to have all of the benefits of local resources plus the advantages of a central organization dedicated to quality.
Working with caregivers of all kinds, LivingWorks prepares helpers to competently intervene with a person at risk of suicide. Caregivers master “suicide first-aid” for reasons similar to those learning CPR “heartsaver” or basic physical first aid. Advanced and other skills are then “layered” on to this suicide first-aid foundation.
ASIST is by far the most widely used, acclaimed and researched suicide intervention skills training in the world. It has been refined over 21 years with feedback from over 400,000 participants and 2,000 active trainers. For more information about ASIST, contact a registered trainer in your community.
