Teaching Suicide Awareness and Prevention 2019
Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Quizzes for Secondary School Teachers
Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Quizzes for Secondary School Teachers
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
SUICIDE AWARENESS & PREVENTION MODULE 2018<br />
LESSON 5: OUR SUPPORT SYSTEM<br />
Notes for Teachers:<br />
We have reviewed attitudes about suicidal persons, garnered some factual data about suicide,<br />
studied signs of impending suicide, <strong>and</strong> opened ourselves to the skill of Active Listening. The<br />
bottom line of all of this is "Now what do I do if I am faced with a potential suicide or an<br />
immediately impending suicide?" Calmness <strong>and</strong> level- headedness are of paramount<br />
importance.<br />
Calmly recalling what one has learned in these lessons, the teacher or student sets into motion<br />
the human mechanisms to save a life. The one factor that is on the side of rescue is the fact that<br />
the person threatening suicide really does not want to die. As was said before, he or she just<br />
wants the pain to go away. It is our task to help alleviate the pain or see to it that the individual<br />
gets the necessary help to restore emotional equilibrium. What is needed is an effective<br />
Support System that will diffuse the potential disaster. Oftentimes the teacher will be an<br />
integral part of this Support System.<br />
The following lesson outlines a Support System model, includes fictional situations for classroom<br />
discussion <strong>and</strong> personal consideration <strong>and</strong> concludes with a list of do's <strong>and</strong> don'ts for interacting<br />
with a potentially suicidal person.<br />
Youth <strong>Suicide</strong> <strong>Prevention</strong> Irel<strong>and</strong> Publications Limited Page 47 of 70
Change language