NAASP exists for people who carry the weight of suicide prevention and refuse to accept “good enough.”
For mental health providers, NAASP offers a connected learning home with evidence-informed tools, case-based education, and networking to strengthen readiness.
For suicide prevention coalitions, we provide peer connections, support to build infrastructure, and practical tools to use data, policy, and funding more effectively.
For peers and people with lived experience, NAASP is a platform for shared leadership, co-created initiatives, and respected expertise—reinforcing the safety net for anyone affected by suicide.
NAASP advances suicide prevention through five core pillars, each with targeted examples to guide its work with providers, coalitions, peers, and other stakeholder leaders.
Convene and support mental health professionals, peers, coalitions, and program leaders for shared learning, mentorship, and advocacy.
NAASP advances suicide prevention through five core pillars, each with targeted examples to guide its work with providers, coalitions, peers, and other stakeholder leaders.
Convene mental health professionals, peers, coalitions, and program leaders for shared learning, mentorship, and advocacy.
Deliver proprietary training, coaching, and technical assistance to achieve the highest quality services in prevention, intervention, and postvention.
Expand efforts to develop and integrate self-care practices for those in suicide and crisis work.
Center people with lived experience as experts shaping strategy, governance, policy and systems design.
Engage and support subject-matter experts to develop and adapt products for organizations and diverse populations.
From Ideas to Practice: How Technical Assistance Strengthens Suicide Prevention
We provide targeted and practical technical assistance (TA) that helps organizations develop and enhance the skills, systems, protocols, and structures to be more effective. It goes beyond giving information or one-time training.
For example, when a hospital wants to implement safety planning, or when a community clinic is trying to improve follow-up after a crisis — TA can make it happen. When TA is done well, systems don’t just know better. They do better.
NAASP provides targeted services across its five pillars, refined for key audiences in suicide prevention.
You don’t have to wait for the next conference to engage colleagues about suicide prevention priorities. Join our free network and connect with other clinicians, peers, coalitions, and leaders.
Get on-demand training modules, situational coaching, and technical assistance.
Benefit from self-care protocol toolkits, burnout assessments, mindfulness exercises, and more.
People with lived experience are welcome to help drive organizational priorities, co-design intervention toolkits, and inform NAASP’s equity-driven initiatives.
Participate in applied expertise forums to prototype and adapt products for the workforce, diverse populations and other stakeholders.
