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Join DCSO YESS Officers: safeTALK-Free Suicide Awareness Training

Join DCSO YESS Officers: safeTALK-Free Suicide Awareness Training

There is hope, there is help!  Suicide is a public health issue and is preventable!  Learn how to talk about it!  Learn how to create a suicide safer community.

DATE/TIME:  June 13, 2019 11:30 am – 3:00 pm.

Lunch is being provided by The Rotary of Castle Pines and Denver Springs. We will eat while we train.

LOCATION:  Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Highlands Ranch Substation, 9250 Zotos Dr, Highlands Ranch, CO

REGISTRATION:  Email Phyllis Harvey at pharvey@dcsheriff.net, please include full name, email address and cell phone # for each participant.  Space is limited.

Who should attend:  Anyone over the age of 15

safeTALK, about three hours in duration, is a training that prepares anyone over the age of 15 to identify persons with thoughts of suicide and connect them to suicide first aid resources. Most people with thoughts of suicide invite help to stay safe.  Alert helpers know how to use these opportunities to support that desire for safety.  As a safeTALK-trained suicide helper, you will be better able to:

– move beyond common tendencies to miss, dismiss or avoid suicide;

– identify people who have thoughts of suicide;

– apply the safeTALK steps to connect a person with suicide thoughts to suicide first aid, and intervention caregivers.

Learn steps that help contribute to saving lives.