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The Association Announces Free Suicide Prevention Trainings

Do you want to learn signs to help identify someone who might be having thoughts of suicide?

Would you like to feel more confident in your ability to help someone considering suicide?

The Mental Health Association in Greensboro invites you to attend safeTALK,a three-hour suicide prevention program.

safeTALK is an acronym combination of safe, which stands for Suicide Alertness For Everyone, and TALK, which stands for the practice actions that one does to help those with thoughts of suicide: Tell, Ask, Listen, and KeepSafe.

The program is recognized nationally as a best practice by the US Suicide Prevention Resource Center and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, both considered experts in the field of prevention.

By having numerous people in the community trained in safeTALK, our community will have a greater awareness of the possibilities of suicide, and will be equipped to take action when the situation presents itself.

The objectives of safeTALK are as follows:
• Challenge attitudes that inhibit open talk about suicide.
• Recognize a person who might be having thoughts of suicide.
• Engage them in direct and open talk about suicide.
• Listen to their feelings about suicide to show that they are taken seriously.
• Move quickly to connect them with someone trained in suicide prevention.

Trainings are free through the generous support of the Moses Cone ~ Wesley Long Community Health Foundation.

To attend a safeTALK training, call the Mental Health Association in Greensboro at (336) 373.1402 ext. 207, or email Jamie Stephens, director of programs, at jstephens@mhag.org.