PORT ANGELES — Registration is being accepted now for a two-day workshop on suicide prevention.
The Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training workshop will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 20 and Thursday, April 21 at the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center, 905 W. Ninth St.
The workshop fee is $65 and participation both days is mandatory. Payment is required by April 11.
“Our target audience is anyone who may come into contact with someone having thoughts of suicide,” said organizer Leeann Grasseth, Stevens Middle School prevention/intervention specialist.
“The workshop is open to all interested community members.”
The workshop will teach suicide first-aid intervention skills.
Over the course of the workshop — 15 training hours — participants will learn skills that help identify those at risk and how to better listen to and care for those having thoughts of suicide.
The workshop is presented by the Port Angeles School District in partnership with Forks Community Coalition.
The facilitators for this training are Grasseth; Jolene Price, Forks Community Coalition coordinator; and Sandra Valasquez, Readiness to Learn coordinator.
Continental breakfast and lunch will be served.
To register, make checks or purchase orders payable to Port Angeles School District and mail to Leeann Grasseth, 1139 W. 14th St., Port Angeles, WA. 98363. Purchase orders can be faxed to 360-457-5709.
For more information, email lgrasseth@portangelesschools.org or call 360-565-1786.
