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How to Create a Life-Changing Symposium on Suicide Prevention in High School?

Why is a Suicide Prevention Effort Necessary?

High school’s challenging atmosphere encourages our students to learn and get acclimated to real life. But, students who still have their minds developing exist in the physical and digital realms, and are hit harder by high school’s stressful environment. As a result, we have seen that high schoolers who are not able to deal with the stress end their lives before it truly even begins. As shown in the numbers, the third-leading cause of death for high school students is suicide. In addition, a staggering 22% of students are reported to have seriously considered suicide, and 10% have made an attempt.

 

We all have a role in reducing these numbers, and we can take advantage of the plain facts, namely that no one knows more about teenage social dynamics than teenagers themselves. Administrators and teachers are truly trying their hardest to make sure that students do not exit this world before their lives truly get started, but students do not really come to their teachers for problems in the crisis of their lives. Adding to the hard work done by our school districts to make sure that we make student suicide a thing of the past is the goal that I need your help in achieving.

Here is the plan that I have created to leverage our health curriculum and teen-on-teen communication to beat student suicide:

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Health curriculums throughout the country deal with suicide, what the signs are, and how to make sure that students do not go over the edge. But, for a teenager, that fine line between okay and not okay is an easy one to cross. As a result, most teenagers do not see the signs in themselves, and it takes someone close to them to see them too. When a student lets off the subtle signs, we should make sure that their fellow students know how to react and how to get help. However, some school districts have made an effort to do that exact thing, but students are not paying attention or getting the lesson. There is a way to fix that as well.

Show teens what the signs are and how they can help in a crisis.

Students do not pay attention to health class, and as a result, the lessons of the health class go over their heads. But, we can make our health class engaging by allowing students to more directly interact with victims of suicide (people very close to taking their lives, or family members of suicide victims). Typically, these people speak in an auditorium, where their effects and moving words cannot have as much effect as when they talk right in front of students in a more condensed and direct setting. The message that they give to students will resonate much better. In addition, having more simulations of real-life suicide scenarios, will show students how the signs of suicide often fly under the radar.

Make our health classes more engaging.
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Together, we can empower students with the knowledge and tools they need to save lives.

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