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Prevention Services

Dial 988 or text ā€œHelloā€ to 741741 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

The purpose of the Prevention Services Department is to offer strategies and evidence-based prevention programs relating to substance misuse prevention, suicide prevention, and mental health promotion across the lifespan. For more information, contact our Prevention Services Coordinator at 540-213-7599.

If you feel you are in a crisis call the Lifeline at 988. People have called for help with substance misuse, economic worries, relationship and family problems, healing from abuse, depression, mental

and physical illness, and even loneliness.

Suicide Prevention Resources

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Dial 988, text ā€œHelloā€ to 741741 or visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

 

Lock and Talk VA https://lockandtalk.org/

 

Suicide Prevention Resource Center https://www.sprc.org/

 

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention https://afsp.org/

 

Substance Misuse Prevention Resources

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - Teens: Drug Use and The Brain https://teens.drugabuse.gov/teens

 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - Talk. They Hear You. https://www.samhsa.gov/talk-they-hear-you

 

Partnership to End Addiction https://drugfree.org/prevention-and-taking-action-early/

 

Opioid and Stimulant Prevention Resources https://www.beginwithhope.org  

Mental Health Promotion Resources

ā€‹Mental Health America https://www.mhanational.org/


Seize the Awkward https://seizetheawkward.org/


SAMHSA Disaster Distress Helpline ā€“ 1-800-985-5990 or visit https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/disaster-distress-helpline

Prevention Training

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Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

https://www.livingworks.net

Length: 16 hours

Audience: Anyone 18 +

Min/max: 8 ā€“ 30 participants with 2 trainers, 14 ā€“ 45 participants with 3 trainers

ā€œApplied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. Although ASIST is widely used by healthcare providers, participants don't need any formal training to attend the workshopā€”anyone 16 or older can learn and use the ASIST model.ā€

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safeTALK

https://www.livingworks.net/safetalk

Length: 4 hours

Audience: Anyone 15 +

Min/max: 10 ā€“ 30 participants

ā€œsafeTALK is a half-day alertness training that prepares anyone 15 or older, regardless of prior experience or training, to become a suicide-alert helper. Most people with thoughts of suicide donā€™t truly want to die but are struggling with the pain in their lives. Through their words and actions, they invite help to stay alive. safeTALK-trained helpers can recognize these invitations and take action by connecting them with life-saving intervention resources, such as caregivers trained in ASIST.ā€ 

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Mental Health First Aid

www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/

Length: 8 hours

Audience: Anyone 18 +

Min/max: 5 ā€“ 30 participants

ā€œJust as CPR helps you assist an individual having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid helps you assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use-related crisis. In the Mental Health First Aid course, you learn risk factors and warning signs for mental health and addiction concerns, strategies for how to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis situations, and where to turn for help.ā€  

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REVIVE!

http://www.dbhds.virginia.gov/behavioral-health/substance-abuse-services/revive

Length: 1 hour

Audience: Anyone 18 +

Min/max: 5 ā€“ 30 participants

ā€œREVIVE! is the Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Education (OONE) program for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Currently REVIVE! provides training on how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose emergency with the administration of naloxone (Narcan Ā®). Layā€ÆRescuer trainingsā€Æare between 1-1.5 hours long. This training covers understanding opioids, how opioid overdoses happen, risk factors for opioid overdoses, and how to respond to an opioid overdose emergency with the administration of Naloxone.ā€ 

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Understanding ACEs: Building Self-Healing Communities

http://www.aceinterface.com/

Length: 1 hour to 4 hours

Audience: Anyone 18 +

Min/Max: 5-30 participants

ā€œIn over thirty locations across the country, amazing people like you are using ACE Interface materials to improve understanding of how experience affects the life course.ā€Æ We are generating compassion, creativity, and confidence.ā€Æ The presentations we give and the dialogues we facilitate inspire a wide range of actions that build more effective communities and support parents so that they can prevent high ACE Scores in the next generation. Across the country, people are gaining a common language and a common understanding of the science.ā€Æ Together, we are reaching to people in all sectors and disciplines.ā€Æ Trainers are working in many different environments, from living rooms to board rooms, developing what we call "Self-Healing Communities.ā€ā€Æ

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VCSB Prevention Services

VCSB Prevention Services can facilitate presentations around substance misuse, mental health, and other prevention-related topics.


Call the Prevention Services Coordinator at 540-213-7599.

Community Resources

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Contact Us

85 Sanger's Lane

Staunton VA 24401


Main Line:

540-887-3200 or

540-943-5515

Fax: 540-887-3245


Videophone:

540-416-0115


Emergency Services (24/7):

540-885-0866 or

540-943-1590


Toll free: 866-274-7475

Main Office Hours of Operation:

Offices are operating differently for in-person services. Please call ahead.

This site is not monitored continuously and is not intended to be a means of direct contact to treatment providers. Please do not leave time sensitive emails.

 

If immediate medical assistance is needed, call 911.  

 

If you need emergency mental health crisis assistance, call 988

or VCSB emergency services at 540-885-0866. 

 

If you need to speak with a Provider call 540-887-3200 during office hours or leave a message for after hours.

DEI STATEMENT:

ā€œTo promote VCSBā€™s efforts in providing accessible, equitable and quality services in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner for persons of diverse backgrounds, including individuals receiving services, staff, and community.ā€ 

Valley Community Services Board is an equal opportunity employer. All employment related decisions are made without regard to race/color, gender, age, religion, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, or disability.

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