SIGNS OF SUICIDE (SOS) Program Overview School is a natural and effective place to deliver suicide prevention programming. Schools can create a safe environment to teach students the signs and symptoms of depression and suicidal thinking, while also training faculty and staff to respond to concerns. The SOS program includes a video, a classroom discussion and the sharing of additional resources for support. Specifically, the Signs of Suicide middle school video, Time to ACT, is approximately 20 minutes in length and features three dramatizations and roundtable discussions of common middle school scenarios such as online bullying and self-injury. The video also includes a Q&A between a high school student and school counselor that addresses common questions surrounding depression and suicide, and their related risk factors. The Signs of Suicide high school video, Friends for Life, is approximately 25 minutes in length and features three real-life stories including a suicide attempt survivor, a story of family and friends who lost a loved one to suicide, and a story of hope about a girl who found help after struggling with depression and alcohol use. The video also includes four dramatizations addressing substance use and threats of school violence.
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