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Start training teaches valuable suicide prevention identification skills to everyone 13 and older and requires no formal training or prior experience in suicide prevention. Participants will learn a powerful four-step model to keep someone safe from suicide, as well as practice the model through impactful simulations. This training is completed online, individually and can typically be done in 90 minutes.
Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR) training teaches best practices recommended by the nation's leading experts in the research and delivery of suicide care. Expert trainers lead this one-day training teaching skills for providing compassionate care to people at risk for suicide through videos, live demonstrations, and paired and written practice. This training can be delivered virtually or in-person and is for social workers, professional counselors, therapists, psychologists, physicians, and psychiatrists.
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day face-to-face workshop featuring powerful audiovisuals, discussion, and simulations. Participants will learn how to prevent suicide by recognizing signs, providing a skilled intervention, and developing a safety plan to keep someone alive. ASIST is a gatekeeper training geared towards anyone who is strategically positioned within a community/organization to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide (e.g. parents, friends, neighbors, teachers, case workers, coaches, law enforcement, etc.).
https://www.livingworks.net/asist
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. Although ASIST is widely used by healthcare providers, participants don't need any formal training to attend the workshop-anyone 16 or older can learn and use the ASIST model.
Certified Trainers in Michigan (*willing to travel)
| Name | Location | |
| Lisa Clavier* | Statewide | KierstensRide@outlook.com |
| Sarah Derwin | Marquette (U.P.) | sderwin@mqto.org |
| Anne Kramer* | Statewide | ack@umich.edu |
| Erica Saum* | Oakland County | easum@jfsdetroit.org |
| Mary Schalk* | NE Michigan | mary@nemcpi.org |
| Barb Smith* | Statewide | sosbarb@gmail.com |
| Amelia Lehto | Metro Detroit | a3lehto@hotmail.com |
| Maricela Alcala* | Kalamazoo | MAlcala@gryphon.org |
| Kaitlyn Bollwahn* | Fowlerville | weberkt317@gmail.com |
| Lindsay DeCamp* | Fowlerville | ldecamp13@gmail.com |
| Laurin Jozlin* | Oakland County | laurin.jozlin@gmail.com |
| Ashley Kipp* | Kalamazoo | akipp@gryphon.org |
| Jacqueline List* | Caro | jacquelinelist@listpsych.com |
| Michelle Rose-Armstrong | Ypsilanti* | mrosearmstrong7@ycschools.us |
| Amanda Strigel* | Allegan | amanda.strigel@gmail.com |
| Karen Marshall* | Ferndale | karenmmarshall55@gmail.com |
| Ursula Walther | Sault Ste. Marie | ursula.w.walther@uscg.mil |
| Steffany Wilson* | Oakland County | steffwilson81@gmail.com |
https://www.sprc.org/training-events/amsr
AMSR is a one-day training workshop for behavioral health professionals. The 6.5-hour training program is based on the latest research and designed to help participants provide safer suicide care.
Certified Trainers in Michigan
| Name | |
| Cindy Ewell Foster | cjfoster@umich.edu |
| Ashley Jenema | AJenema@up-pathways.org |
| Kathy Lewis-Ginebaugh | kathy.lewis@wmich.edu |
| Marcy Rosen | mjrosen51@gmail.com |
QPR (Question, Persuade, and Refer) Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention is a 1-2 hour educational program designed to teach lay and professional "gatekeepers" the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to respond. Gatekeepers can include anyone who is strategically positioned to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide (e.g., parents, friends, neighbors, teachers, coaches, caseworkers, police officers). The process follows three steps: (1) Question the individual's desire or intent regarding suicide, (2) Persuade the person to seek and accept help, and (3) Refer the person to appropriate resources. Trainees receive a QPR booklet and wallet card as a review and resource tool that includes local referral resources. The training is delivered in person by certified QPR gatekeeper instructors or online.
Certified Trainers in Michigan
| Name | Location | |
| Sarah Derwin | Marquette (U.P.) | sderwin@mqtco.org |
| Tracy Fay | Van Buren County | tfay@vbcmh.com |
| Tonette Brown Garner | Muskegon | bgarnert@muskegoncc.edu |
| Tanequa Hampton | Kalamazoo | thampton@gryphon.org |
| Emily Pratt | Marquette | epratt@mqtco.org |
| Michael Pyne (Master Trainer) | Muskegon | Michael.Pyne@healthwest.net |
| Andrea Smith | Detroit/Wayne County | asmith1@dwmha.com |
| Scott Teichmer | Muskegon | scott.teichmer@healthwest.net |
https://www.livingworks.net/safetalk
safeTALK is a half-day alertness training that prepares anyone 15 or older, regardless of prior experience or training, to become a suicide-alert helper. Most people with thoughts of suicide don't truly want to die, but are struggling with the pain in their lives. Through their words and actions, they invite help to stay alive. safeTALK-trained helpers can recognize these invitations and take action by connecting them with life-saving intervention resources, such as caregivers trained in ASIST.
Certified Trainers in Michigan (*wiling to travel)
| Name | Location | |
| Vicki Barnes | West Branch | vicbar48756@yahoo.com |
| Lisa Clavier* |
East Jordan | kierstensride@outlook.com |
| Jennifer Fisher | Kalamazoo | fisheje@bronsonhg.org |
| Nickole Fox* | Madison Heights | nickolefox@gmail.com |
| Stacy Gatz* | Eaton County | sgatz@eatonresa.org |
| Julie Helmer | Kalamazoo | jhelmer@iskzoo.org |
| Anne Kramer* | Ann Arbor | ack@umich.edu |
| Jacqueline List | Caro | jacquelinelist@listpsych.com |
| Randolph Miota | St. Joseph | randolph.miota@spectrumhealth.org |
| Kay Ross | Lenawee County | kross@lcmha.org |
| Erica Saum* | Oakland County | ericasaum@gmail.com |
| Mary Schalk | Rogers City | mary@nemcpi.org |
| Kristen Smith | Kalamazoo | ksmith134@michigan.gov |
| Barb Smith* | Saginaw | barb.smith@srrn.net |
| Darius Watkins* | Detroit | dwatkins8@emich.edu |
https://www.livingworks.net/programs/suicide-to-hope/
suicide to Hope is a workshop for clinicians and other professional helpers who are, or would like to be, involved in ongoing suicide care for people, once they are safe. It assumes that participants are familiar with suicide intervention and can provide suicide first aid. While LivingWorks’ ASIST is not a prerequisite, it is recommended as one way to learn suicide first aid and provides background for suicide to Hope’s learning processes and tools.
Certified Trainers in Michigan (*willing to travel)
| Name | Location | |
| Anne Kramer* | Statewide | ack@umich.edu |
| Erica Saum* | Oakland County | esaum@jfsdetroit.org |
