What safeguards are in place to support participants that may be adversely affected by the training?

We have tested SafeSide with a wide array of audiences, including peer workforces, and in this testing, we specifically asked about any material people found upsetting. We came across very few instances of participants feeling distressed. When you participate, you'll see why SafeSide's InPlace® Workshop is positive and encouraging. 

Lived experience input and teaching are at the heart of the program, so we have taken every possible care not to present material that will be triggering or upsetting. The workshops are largely focused on getting to know the framework and on practical, tactical-level skills for engaging with individuals at-risk in a hopeful, recovery-oriented way. This focus ensures that participants leave with an understanding of the framework and armed with skills they can use within each core task, without going "deep" into suicide-related material. The main workshop is hosted in groups, so there are lots of opportunities to process any feelings or reactions that arise--and there are prompts in the training to do so.

The workbooks also describe each of the demonstrations in advance, so participants can choose to step out or take a break at anytime if desired.