Village Of New Lenox: Free 4-Hour Training In Suicide Alertness Skills

NEW LENOX, IL — The New Lenox Safe Community Coalition, in partnership with Sertoma Centre, Inc. is pleased to announce a free suicide prevention program called “safeTALK.” This program will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17 in the Community Room at the New Lenox Village Hall, 1 Veterans Parkway.

Registration is open and can be found via this link.

“safeTALK” is a four-hour training in suicide alertness skills. Attendees will learn four basic steps to create a life-saving connection. This program is widely used by professionals and is applicable for the general public.

Studies have shown that participants gain confidence:

• Asking people about suicide directly
• Connecting them to life-saving resources
• Keeping them safe until those resources take over

In 2016, 82,189 people completed the “safeTALK” program. There were 64,107 interventions with 8,975 suicide attempts prevented, based on estimates from studies.

This program is ideal for community members, counselors, social workers, clinicians, educators, coaches, athletes, firefighters, police officers, students and anyone wishing to learn life-saving suicide alertness skills.

Additional questions regarding this program may be directed to Daniel Martin, Safe Community Coordinator, Village of New Lenox - dmartin@newlenox.net or (815) 462-6493. Additional information about “safeTALK” may also be found at https://www.livingworks.net/safeTALK.

This press release was produced by the Village of New Lenox. The views expressed here are the author’s own.