Dates: 2 Days: Monday January 13 and Tuesday Jan. 14, 2025 from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.

ASIST is a 2-day program where participants learn how to prevent suicide by recognizing signs, providing a skilled intervention, and developing a safety plan to keep someone alive.

Class Format: 16.00 hours approx. over 2 days (in person).Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are available . 

Location: Cape Cod Community College, Main Campus, Library Media Room

The Cape and Islands Suicide Prevention Coalition has partnered with Cape Cod Community College to offer QPR, safeTALK, Mental Health First Aid, Sudden Death Postvention, and ASIST training programs that provide our communities with the necessary information and tools to raise awareness, educate, and increase action to reduce suicides.

Questions: Contact Val Duffy, CCAPE, at 508-375-5018 or email vduffy@capecod.edu 

Date: Thursday, February 13, 2025 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am.

QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer. People trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. Industry Certificate will be awarded upon completion of session.

Class Format Live via Zoom. 

The Cape and Islands Suicide Prevention Coalition has partnered with Cape Cod Community College to offer QPR, safeTALK, Mental Health First Aid, Sudden Death Postvention, and ASIST training programs that provide our communities with the necessary information and tools to raise awareness, educate, and increase action to reduce suicides.

Questions: Contact Val Duffy, Cape Cod Community College, at 508-375-5018 or email vduffy@capecod.edu  

Date: March 4, 2025, from 9:30 am - 1:30 pm

A training in suicide alertness skills to help people ask about suicide directly, connect others to life-saving resources and keep them safe until those resources take over. Industry Certificate will be awarded upon completion of session.

Class Format: 4 hours (in person)

Location: 4Cs Hyannis Campus, 540 Main St., Hyannis.

Questions: Contact Val Duffy, Administrative Asst. at vduffy@capecod.edu or 508-375-5018

Date: Tues., April 8, 2025 from 9:30am-1:30pm

Using National Best Practice protocols, participants learn how to reduce the risk of contagion and create a comprehensive response plan in the event of a traumatic death. Industry Certificate will be awarded upon completion of session.

Class Format: 4.00 hours (in person)

Location: In Person, Cape Cod Community College, Hyannis Campus

The Cape and Islands Suicide Prevention Coalition has partnered with Cape Cod Community College to offer QPR, safeTALK, Mental Health First Aid, Sudden Death Postvention, and ASIST training programs that provide our communities with the necessary information and tools to raise awareness, educate, and increase action to reduce suicides.

Questions: Contact Val Duffy, at 508-375-5018 or email vduffy@capecod.edu 

Do you feel like you're burning the candle from both ends? Are you craving time to feel more balance, energy, and excitement? During this zoom session we will explore what burnout is, how it is affecting you, how to acknowledge and manage these feelings, and how to set priorities and boundaries.

We will look at how to notice and reframe the narrative you may be experiencing, and ways to integrate personal time into your daily life so that you feel refreshed and engage with renewed energy. You will leave this session with a plan that includes reframing your thoughts, and goals and strategies for change.

Goal: To understand and manage burnout for renewed energy

You will learn:

• What burnout is and ways to change and manage the narrative
• How burnout affects you
• How to set boundaries and priorities
• Strategies to become refreshed with renewed energy

Course format
This class is offered using Zoom.