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Awareness and prevention through education.
SOS is a video-based program of suicide prevention for secondary schools. This program is easily implemented by existing school personnel during one or two school periods. Each school receives an educational video for students, a training video for staff, and educational material for students and parents.
What is the goal of the SOS Program?
The SOS Program teaches teens that depression is a treatable illness and empowers them to respond to a potential suicide of a friend or family member by using the ACT technique:
Acknowledge the signs of suicide
Respond with Care
Tell a responsible adult
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A previous suicide attempt
Current talk of suicide or making a plan
Strong wish to die or a preoccupation with death
Giving away prized possessions
Signs of depression such as moodiness, hopelessness, withdrawal
Increased alcohol and/or other drug use
Hinting at not being around in the future or saying good-bye
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