Community Education and Training Programs
Agora has certified trainers on staff who can help train your organization in suicide awareness and intervention as well as other topics such as communication skills or self-care. These are customizable workshops which can be tailored to the needs of your group.
Our speakers are also available to tell your organization about Agora's services and how you might best use us for support. We can tell you about Agora in as brief a time as 15-minutes (or longer)!
Workshops up to 2-hours in length, located within the greater ABQ area can be scheduled free of charge. We are able to provide this service due to the generosity of our donors, and we happily accept a donation when possible for a group to offer.
Workshops longer than 2 hours may involve fees-
contact us for pricing and availability.
Our speakers are also available to tell your organization about Agora's services and how you might best use us for support. We can tell you about Agora in as brief a time as 15-minutes (or longer)!
Workshops up to 2-hours in length, located within the greater ABQ area can be scheduled free of charge. We are able to provide this service due to the generosity of our donors, and we happily accept a donation when possible for a group to offer.
Workshops longer than 2 hours may involve fees-
contact us for pricing and availability.
Our Suicide Awareness and Intervention workshops include the following:
ASIST - Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training. This is the gold standard, evidence-based intervention model used by the US military, school systems and law enforcement agencies around the world. Shown by major studies to significantly reduce suicidality, the ASIST model is designed to teach anyone, regardless of experience, how to recognize that someone is at risk of suicide and to be able to intervene and provide suicide first aid. The ASIST workshop is a two-day, sixteen hour experience. For pricing, please contact us at agora@unm.edu.
Other Suicide Awareness and Intervention Workshops - Agora offers a variety of customizable trainings on the topic of suicide awareness, prevention, and intervention. Each of these workshops teaches how to:
The longer the workshop is, the more detail and practice can be included. Our trainers will design a workshop to fit your time availability, the audience attending, and budgetary guidelines. If you would like a brief one to two-hour presentation, there is no charge if the location is within the greater-Albuquerque area. For more information and pricing of longer sessions, please contact us at agora@unm.edu.
ASIST - Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training. This is the gold standard, evidence-based intervention model used by the US military, school systems and law enforcement agencies around the world. Shown by major studies to significantly reduce suicidality, the ASIST model is designed to teach anyone, regardless of experience, how to recognize that someone is at risk of suicide and to be able to intervene and provide suicide first aid. The ASIST workshop is a two-day, sixteen hour experience. For pricing, please contact us at agora@unm.edu.
Other Suicide Awareness and Intervention Workshops - Agora offers a variety of customizable trainings on the topic of suicide awareness, prevention, and intervention. Each of these workshops teaches how to:
- recognize that someone may be at risk for suicide;
- talk to them about suicide;
- connect them to further resources which will help them to stay safe from suicide.
The longer the workshop is, the more detail and practice can be included. Our trainers will design a workshop to fit your time availability, the audience attending, and budgetary guidelines. If you would like a brief one to two-hour presentation, there is no charge if the location is within the greater-Albuquerque area. For more information and pricing of longer sessions, please contact us at agora@unm.edu.
