Reaching Out: Suicide Awareness & Response Workshop

Incorporating our highly acclaimed Choices2: Reaching Out classroom video, this workshop invites youth to be aware of the impact of suicide within our communities.  Through a variety of interactive activities, youth critically explore their thoughts on suicide and the roles they could play in preventing suicide in their communities.  This workshop aims to share information and skills that support teens in reaching out to get help for themselves and for each other in times of distress.

The learning outcomes of this workshop include:

• Acknowledging youth suicide is a significant issue in B.C.
• Recognizing many youth suicides are preventable
• Noticing the key roles youth can play in preventing suicide among their peers
• Identifying qualities that can promote resiliency as well as key warning signs to watch and listen for
• Uncovering the tensions and benefits of talking directly about suicide
• Identifying available resources for youth: who and where to turn to for support

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What people say about the Suicide Awareness and Response Workshop:

I would like to thank you so much for coming into our class talking about suicide and depression. I learned that it’s really important to talk about your problems to your counsellor and friends because if we keep it inside us it will affect our school studies, friends and family. Even though we’re not really comfortable to talk about it to our parents you gave us the card to contact the Crisis Centre and I will be telling my friends about the Crisis Centre. Thank You!  – Grade 11/12 Student, Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School

Thank you for coming to our class to teach us about suicide. I learned a lot from that. Now that you have told us about it I can help my friends and family. I really enjoyed the presentation and the video. This is something that is an unforgettable memory in my life. Once again, thank you for coming to our class. – Grade 11/12 Student, Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School

Thanks for coming in and teaching us more about suicide, its consequences and the ways to prevent it. I have learnt that we shouldn’t feel ashamed to ask someone in stress that if they are planning to do such a thing if we feel that something is fishy. I have also learned that if a person is in stress then they should talk to someone they can trust or they can call the help line. Thank you for making us aware of all of this. -  Grade 11/12 Student, Sir Charles Tupper School

The most important thing I learned today is that nobody has to be alone; there are channels for people to express anything they feel they should. – Grade 9, David Thompson

Knowing that I can always talk to a counsellor is useful. When I am feeling down, I can talk to someone. -  Grade 8, West Point Grey Academy