School Suicide Prevention Program

[RentAngel]

My high school recently installed an anti-bullying curriculum that was not effective so I've decided to write to administration. I want to try to convince administration to start a suicide prevention program. Is there anything you guys would want in a curriculum like this? Like what would you say to these kids? Are there any books that you think would be helpful? (fiction or nonfiction) Do any of your schools have suicide prevention programs and are they helpful? What do they teach? and what is it called? Are there stereotypes that you want to adress? How should teachers be trained to handle this? And if you think of anything else you want adressed please bring it up. Please feel free to apply all of this in how to handle mental illness, self-injury, eating disorders etc.

I have a list of what I want to bring up, but I want other opinions to make it as thorough as possible.

[Ebunny96]

1. suicide warning signs
2. depression warnings signs
3. I am begging you to have the teachers trained they need it!
4. To reach out for help if they need it and not to be afraid to get that help
5. Honestly, I think the Yellow Ribbon is the best suicide prevention program
6. If you see changes in your friend get them help right away if you friend is suicidal please call a hotline or 911 or the local police
7. If a student or teacher sees there friend is struggling to keep up with schoolwork please give them the assistance they need

Feel free at anytime to pm me

[RentAngel]

Awesome those were the things that I had and I think that the program should spend time on different sorts of disorders that cause suicide as well.

[SoraKat]

Thirteen reasons why

by Jay Asher

[Akito]

I agree with Sora's proposition. Thirteen Reasons Why is a great book with great relevance to preventing suicide. ^

[MichWolverineFreak]

At my school there was this group of kids called bullycide that came over and did a play. I didnt see the point, though, as are schools incredibly peaceful.

[Cabron]

This is a good idea and it's awesome that you're taking initiative A Bright Red Scream by Marilee Strong is more about self-harm and eating disorders than anything else, but it has a lot of suicide-related stuff and I learned a lot from it.