Thank you for your willingness to help in the fight against youth suicide. If we are going to make a difference, it is important for you, your school and your community to join the battle.
HOW YOU CAN HELP YOUR:
Friends
- Use the LIFE model:
- Listen to your friends when they need to talk about problems or thoughts of suicide.
- Insist that they be honest with you.
- Feelings, share them with each other.
- Extend a helping hand and go with them to get a responsible adult involved to help.
- You must remember to TLR – Talk, Listen, and Respond to your friends.
- Never keep a friend’s suicidal thoughts to yourself. Get a responsible adult involved immediately and encourage your friend to get professional help at once. You must be willing to risk your friendship to save your friend.
- Encourage your friends to visit this website and visit the Pledge page. Make a promise to be there for each other in times of need. Click here for more information.
School
- Talk to your guidance counselor about including The Jason Foundation suicide prevention curriculum lessons in the school program. Click here for more information.
- Encourage your principal or guidance counselor to present a teacher staff development program for the whole faculty on the awareness and prevention of youth suicide. Click here for more information.
- Check this website to see if there is a Jason Foundation local office in your area. Click here for more information.
- Use youth suicide awareness and prevention as a report topic and share what you learn with others. Click here for more information.
- Lead a poster campaign about youth suicide prevention and display them in your school.
- Lead a letter writing campaign to local and state legislators asking them to get involved in the awareness and prevention of the problem.
Community
- Contact local churches and service organizations to let you share information with them about the problem of youth suicide.
- Contact the local mall about displaying your posters about youth suicide prevention.
- Contact your local newspaper and encourage them to publish articles that inform the public about the problem and prevention of youth suicide.
Let JFI know the kinds of things you do in your community to help prevent youth suicide. We would like to share innovative ideas with others through our newsletter and website.
