The ASK Workshop: Assessing Suicide in Kids | Online
13 March @ 8:30 am – 1:30 pm
Children experience the world differently from adults—and that includes how they show distress or think about suicide.
Approaches designed for adults don’t always work for young children, which is why the ASK Workshop: Assessing Suicide in Kids is so important.
This online workshop is for professionals working with children and young people aged 5-14 years old. The ASK Workshop is completed across two days plus reading completed prior to the live workshop.
The ASK Workshop challenges commonly held notions about children’s capacity to consider suicide.
In 2022, suicide was the second leading cause of child death in Australian children aged 5 -17 years.
Participants learn
- How to talk about death with children
- How to talk about suicide with children
- Developmentally appropriate strategies and tools to identify young children at risk of suicide
- How to quickly gather and organise details needed to assess risk
- How to explore and consider protective factors to inform safety planning
- To consider common challenges when working with parents and possible solutions
Important Course Information
Pre-Workshop reading is required to be completed prior to the workshop to be permitted access to the live stream.
Pre-reading is via online modules, no later than the 10th March to access the course that starts 12th March at 8:30 am.
Your live stream link and pre-reading will be emailed to you in the days prior to the training.
The live stream will go from 8:30am to 1:30pm Thursday 12 March and 8:30am to 1:30pm Friday 13 March 2026.
Course Structure
Participants learn using case studies, guided simulations, discussion and practice using an assessment tool.
Following the course
Participants will have an increased understanding and alertness to the fact that children can be at risk of suicide. They will know what risk factors to look out for and feel confident approaching the subject of death and suicide with a child. Participants receive a risk assessment tool, a quick reference tool and a certificate.
Course length: 9 hours – delivered across two live streams over two consecutive days (4.5 hours per day)
plus 1-2 hours of self-paced pre-workshop reading
Participants receive
- A risk assessment tool
- A quick reference tool
- A certificate
Mind-Ed members – contact workshops@mind-ed.org.au for your discount code.
Need support to attend?
Ask about community scholarships to waive course fees.
Contact workshops@mind-ed.org.au
