Suicide Prevention & Wellness Training

Providing professional development and facilitated planning opportunities to build capacity on identifying the factors for disproportionate youth suicide risk and Acting (Acknowledge, show Care and Concern, and Tell) when these signs are presented:

• Mental health issues: the most common mental illness leading to suicide is depression. It is also the most treatable.

• LGBTQ youth: the 2019 YRBS data showed LGBTQ youth were almost 3.5 times more likely to have thought about suicide, planned how to end their life, or attempted suicide than their non-LGBTQ peers.

• AODA issues: Binge drinking is highly correlated with suicide attempts. Ninety percent of people who died by suicide had some form of mental illness or an alcohol or other drug abuse problem.

Teachers and other school staff are well-positioned to observe student behavior and to ACT (Acknowledge, show Care and Concern, and Tell) if there is a suspicion that a student may consider self-harm.

Anyone who works with students must be able to recognize suicide warning signs and know how to respond quickly

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem, but for kids, their problems can seem endless at this stage. If we get them through the crisis, there is a 90 percent chance that they will never attempt suicide.

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