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Teaches adults how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness andsubstance use disorders in adolescents. The training introduces common mental healthchallenges for youth and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. 

Register online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RACSB-YouthMHFA2025

safeTALK is a 3-hour training in suicide alertness. It helps participants recognize a person with thoughts of suicide and connect them with resources who can help them in choosing to live. Participants do not need any formal preparation to attend the training.

Please register online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RACSB-safeTALK2025

Over the course of their 3-hour workshop, safeTALK participants learn to:

• Notice and respond to situations where suicide thoughts maybe present,
• Recognize that invitations for help are often overlooked,
• Move beyond the common tendency to miss, dismiss, and avoid suicide,
• Apply the TALK steps: Tell, Ask, Listen, KeepSafe, and
• Know community resources and how to connect someone with thoughts of suicide to them for further suicide-safer help.

There currently is no cost per participant. Training materials and facilitation are provided thanks to the generous support of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) through the Rappahannock Area Community Services Board.

The LivingWorks Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, commonly referred to as ASIST, is a 2-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. Participants learn to recognize when someonemay have thoughts of suicide and to work with the individual to create a plan that will supporttheir immediate safety. ASIST can be learned and used by anyone ages 16 and older.

***Participants must attend the entire session.***
Register online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RACSB-ASIST-Training2025

Training is from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. both days. Please only register if you are able to attend and fully participate for the full two days.

Training will be held at RACSB at River Club located at 10825 Tidewater Trail, Fredericksburg, VA 22408 (behind the CVS at the intersection of Tidewater Trail/Route 2 and Benchmark Road). When facing the building, please utilize the doors to the right marked “Training and Development.”

Course Specifics

Over the course of their two-day workshop, ASIST participants learn to:

• Understand the ways that personal and societal attitudes affect views on suicide and interventions
• Provide guidance and suicide first aid to a person at risk in ways that meet their individual safety needs
• Identify the key elements of an effective suicide safety plan and the actions required to implement it
• Appreciate the value of improving and integrating suicide prevention resources in the community at large
• Recognize other important aspects of suicide prevention including life-promotion and self-care

There currently is no cost per participant. RACSB is providing lunch and refreshments both days of the training (please bring your own coffee/tea). Training materials and facilitation are provided thanks to the generous support of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS).

Space is limited to 30 participants. Only register if you are able to attend and fully participate the full two days and are not “on-call” for other duties during that time. (A minimum of 10 registrations is needed to host the course.)

The Community Resilience Initiative (CRI) has developed courses to teach any communitymember interested in learning more about toxic stress and how individuals and communitiesbuild resilience across the lifespan.

CRI Course 1: Trauma-Informed is a 6-hour course that covers NEAR Science (Neuroscience, Epigenetics, ACE Study, Resilience), Brain States, and ROLES strategies for individuals seeking a trauma-informed certification.

Register online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RACSB-CRI-Training2025

The Community Resilience Initiative (CRI) has developed courses to teach any communitymember interested in learning more about toxic stress and how individuals and communitiesbuild resilience across the lifespan.

CRI Course 1: Trauma-Informed is a 6-hour course that covers NEAR Science (Neuroscience, Epigenetics, ACE Study, Resilience), Brain States, and ROLES strategies for individuals seeking a trauma-informed certification.

Register online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RACSB-CRI-Training2025

Our life experiences can impact our health. Join us as we review the research on how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) play a tremendous role in developing potential physical, mental and behavioral problems later in life. Learn how you can not only work to reduce ACEs but also how to help foster individual and community resilience. Training is three hours.

Register Online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RACSB-ACEs-Training2025

Teaches adults how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness andsubstance use disorders. The training introduces common mental health challenges and givesyou the skills to reach out and provide initial support to someone who may be developing amental health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care.
Register online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RACSB-MHFA-Training2025 

Our life experiences can impact our health. Join us as we review the research on how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) play a tremendous role in developing potential physical, mental and behavioral problems later in life. Learn how you can not only work to reduce ACEs but also how to help foster individual and community resilience. Training is three hours.

Register Online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RACSB-ACEs-Training2025

safeTALK is a 3-hour training in suicide alertness. It helps participants recognize a person with thoughts of suicide and connect them with resources who can help them in choosing to live. Participants do not need any formal preparation to attend the training.

Please register online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RACSB-safeTALK2025

Over the course of their 3-hour workshop, safeTALK participants learn to:

• Notice and respond to situations where suicide thoughts maybe present,
• Recognize that invitations for help are often overlooked,
• Move beyond the common tendency to miss, dismiss, and avoid suicide,
• Apply the TALK steps: Tell, Ask, Listen, KeepSafe, and
• Know community resources and how to connect someone with thoughts of suicide to them for further suicide-safer help.

There currently is no cost per participant. Training materials and facilitation are provided thanks to the generous support of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) through the Rappahannock Area Community Services Board.

The Community Resilience Initiative (CRI) has developed courses to teach any communitymember interested in learning more about toxic stress and how individuals and communitiesbuild resilience across the lifespan.

CRI Course 1: Trauma-Informed is a 6-hour course that covers NEAR Science (Neuroscience, Epigenetics, ACE Study, Resilience), Brain States, and ROLES strategies for individuals seeking a trauma-informed certification.

Register online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RACSB-CRI-Training2025

The LivingWorks Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, commonly referred to as ASIST, is a 2-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. Participants learn to recognize when someonemay have thoughts of suicide and to work with the individual to create a plan that will supporttheir immediate safety. ASIST can be learned and used by anyone ages 16 and older.

***Participants must attend the entire session.***
Register online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RACSB-ASIST-Training2025

Training is from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. both days. Please only register if you are able to attend and fully participate for the full two days.

Training will be held at RACSB at River Club located at 10825 Tidewater Trail, Fredericksburg, VA 22408 (behind the CVS at the intersection of Tidewater Trail/Route 2 and Benchmark Road). When facing the building, please utilize the doors to the right marked “Training and Development.”

Course Specifics

Over the course of their two-day workshop, ASIST participants learn to:

• Understand the ways that personal and societal attitudes affect views on suicide and interventions
• Provide guidance and suicide first aid to a person at risk in ways that meet their individual safety needs
• Identify the key elements of an effective suicide safety plan and the actions required to implement it
• Appreciate the value of improving and integrating suicide prevention resources in the community at large
• Recognize other important aspects of suicide prevention including life-promotion and self-care

There currently is no cost per participant. RACSB is providing lunch and refreshments both days of the training (please bring your own coffee/tea). Training materials and facilitation are provided thanks to the generous support of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS).

Space is limited to 30 participants. Only register if you are able to attend and fully participate the full two days and are not “on-call” for other duties during that time. (A minimum of 10 registrations is needed to host the course.)

Our life experiences can impact our health. Join us as we review the research on how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) play a tremendous role in developing potential physical, mental and behavioral problems later in life. Learn how you can not only work to reduce ACEs but also how to help foster individual and community resilience. Training is three hours.

Register Online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RACSB-ACEs-Training2025

safeTALK is a 3-hour training in suicide alertness. It helps participants recognize a person with thoughts of suicide and connect them with resources who can help them in choosing to live. Participants do not need any formal preparation to attend the training.

Please register online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RACSB-safeTALK2025

Over the course of their 3-hour workshop, safeTALK participants learn to:

• Notice and respond to situations where suicide thoughts maybe present,
• Recognize that invitations for help are often overlooked,
• Move beyond the common tendency to miss, dismiss, and avoid suicide,
• Apply the TALK steps: Tell, Ask, Listen, KeepSafe, and
• Know community resources and how to connect someone with thoughts of suicide to them for further suicide-safer help.

There currently is no cost per participant. Training materials and facilitation are provided thanks to the generous support of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) through the Rappahannock Area Community Services Board.

Teaches adults how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness andsubstance use disorders in adolescents. The training introduces common mental healthchallenges for youth and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. 

Register online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RACSB-YouthMHFA2025

The Community Resilience Initiative (CRI) has developed courses to teach any communitymember interested in learning more about toxic stress and how individuals and communitiesbuild resilience across the lifespan.

CRI Course 2: Trauma-Supportive is a 6-hour course that covers the science of resiliency andshares promising strategies to build culturally and contextually resilient individuals andcommunities. (You must complete CRI Course 1 in order to take Course 2.)

Register online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RACSB-CRI-Training2025

Teaches adults how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness andsubstance use disorders. The training introduces common mental health challenges and givesyou the skills to reach out and provide initial support to someone who may be developing amental health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care.
Register online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/RACSB-MHFA-Training2025