LivingWorks
safeTALK Training for Trainers (T4T)

What is LivingWorks safeTALK T4T?

safeTALK Training for Trainers (T4T) is a two-day program that prepares attendees to facilitate LivingWorks safeTALK workshops. By completing a T4T, participants will join over 2,500 trainers around the world who provide suicide alertness skills for everyone with LivingWorks safeTALK workshops. Each T4T is led by LivingWorks instructors who have substantial experience presenting safeTALK and training others to do so.

Tips for Successful Trainers

Here are some of the factors that tend to increase the likelihood of becoming a successful LivingWorks safeTALK trainer:

You have completed a LivingWorks ASIST workshop (mandatory)
You are a skilled presenter
You have good group facilitation skills
You are committed to promoting suicide safety through open and direct discussion
You are proficient with PowerPoint (if you want to customize the safeTALK experience)

Even if you don’t feel you have all these skills, commitment and willingness to learn count for a great deal.

What You Will Learn

You will experience the LivingWorks safeTALK workshop

You’ll gain skills necessary to lead the LivingWorks safeTALK workshop

You’ll understand how to use the safeTALK Trainer Manual and audiovisuals

You’ll build the confidence and mastery to present the content

You’ll create links with other trainers who may become part of your network of safety

Attendees can expect a balance of challenge, support, and opportunities for participation at the T4T.

LivingWorks safeTALK T4T Schedule

Day 1: Morning

Observation and participation in an actual safeTALK training.

Day 2: Morning

Annotated demonstration of safeTALK, integrating what participants have learned about the training process.

Day 1: Afternoon

Study and preparation to present an assigned part of safeTALK.

Day 2: Afternoon

Participants present the part of safeTALK that they prepared for on Day 1.The T4T ends with a look forward to a new Trainer’s first safeTALK workshop including some tips on implementation, use of technology, and policies and procedures that all safeTALK Trainers are expected to follow.

Post-T4T

Additional reading and planning in preparation for your first LivingWorks safeTALK workshop.

Information Booklet

The process of becoming a registered LivingWorks safeTALK trainer requires a significant commitment from participants (and their organizations, if applicable). The opportunity to provide life-saving suicide alertness skills is well worth the effort.

To learn more about becoming a LivingWorks safeTALK Trainer, download the LivingWorks safeTALK T4T information booklet.

Have Questions for Us?

Our team can work with you to help you find the best training solution. If you still have questions after reading the information on this page, please contact us and one of our team will be in touch.

“I’ve met so many LivingWorks trainers in the last 12 months, it’s just opened my eyes to the community of care out there and it’s so rejuvenating.”

Chrissy | LivingWorks safeTALK Trainer

“I feel satisfied about the work I do; I believe life’s too short to be doing something that you don’t like. In LivingWorks training we’re not throwing content at people, we’re offering up skills that people can take on board. And by facilitating learning in an experiential way not lecturing or teaching in the formal sense.”

Sue | ASIST and safeTALK Trainer

LivingWorks safeTALK Training for Trainers (T4T)