SEL Updates

Suicide prevention is an important piece of our work. To promote Suicide Prevention Month, several groups in our community have organized events. All are free:

1. Student Video Contest, age 14-25, flyer attached

2. Elkhart County Suicide Prevention Coalition event in Elkhart on September 19^th, flyer attached

3. Kevin Hines: Beyond the Bridge event in South Bend on October 8^th, flyer attached

4. QPR training in Elkhart on October 21^st, https://www.facebook.com/events/485362155632664/

Although only one of these focuses on youth (video contest), all of them provide an opportunity for groups in our community to reduce the stigma around suicide and increase our ability to support and intervene when needed. Please share this information as you see fit. If you’d prefer to share via Facebook, we will soon have posts about all the events at https://www.facebook.com/thesourceelkhartcounty/.

Beacon Community Impact is looking for volunteers trained in QPR, ASIST or Mental Health First Aid – or mental health professionals – to attend the Kevin Hines event on October 8^th. Volunteers would need to be present throughout the event to provide crisis triage/intervention for any attendee who seeks support. If you are interested, or know someone who is, please link with me or the event organizer, Emily Fisher, efisher@beaconhealthsystem.org.

Violence Prevention Resources from the CDC

SEL Work Team Projects 2019 Folder

• (Meet and Greet and Train the Trainer- under construction)

SEL Lesson Drafts 2019 (In progress)

CCCEC Agency Resource List (under construction- Only available to SEL Work team at this time)