Calling all middle and high school students (ages 13+) and staff in California to get trained in suicide prevention!​

If you are an employee working in any public middle or high school in California, you are eligible to complete this training at no cost.

Middle and high school students and staff take the same training program.

Students and staff should choose two of the three youth-specific practice scenarios at the end of the training titled "Eric", "Ali", or "Mikayla and Hailey". 

Students who complete LivingWorks Start are eligible to earn 90 minutes of community service hours. 

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Students: You will have 60 days to complete your training and receive community service learning credits. Once you enroll in the training  please make a commitment to complete it, otherwise, that valuable license is lost

Anyone who works with children and youth is invited to take the Safe Spaces training. These individuals may include coaches, mentors, tutors, California State-Certified Wellness Coaches working in and outside of clinical settings, early care providers, and school staff—such as educators, school nurses, social workers, librarians, administrative support, school bus drivers and yard duty support. Each module is about two hours and is filled with case examples, videos, strategies and practices

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Smiles across the floor at one of The Aspen Collective’s events. Photos: The Aspen Collective
The challenges of being a teenage musician are the same now as they have been for decades – most venues have little interest in performers whose members and friends are too young to buy drinks, events tend to be run by adult professionals who are less than entertained by youthful passion that might outsize talent, lots of teens just don’t have the money to afford professional equipment and spaces. So lots of shows for young bands tend to be in fly by night style – at backyard parties and such – which might be fun, but aren’t the most sustainable or safe model.

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