Objectives: To increase understanding of suicide bereavement and learn basic support skills. Outline: The StandBy Service Model; Crisis, trauma and grief; What makes suicide different from other sudden deaths?; Support approaches and best practice; Self Care. Brief Summary: This workshop can be presented to community workers and volunteers, health care providers, human resource management staff and other stakeholders including community groups and local individuals. The ‘What Do I Say? What Do I Do?’ (WDIS?) workshop is designed to: – increase understanding of the impact of suicide; – increase knowledge and skills on how to support those impacted by suicide; – encourage self-care practices. The workshop presentation is available in two versions, one more a ‘lecture style’ presentation and the other designed as more an ‘information sharing’, ‘led discussion’ or ‘yarning circle’ style format
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