The presence of resiliency factors can lessen the potential of risk factors to lead to suicidal ideation (thoughts) and behaviours. Once a child or adolescent is considered at risk, then schools, families, and friends should work to build these factors in and around the youth. Resiliency factors include:
Parent notification is a vital part of suicide prevention. Parents need to be informed and actively involved in decisions regarding their child’s welfare. Even if a child is judged to be at low risk for suicidal behavior, schools will ask parents to sign a Notification of Emergency Conference form to indicate that relevant information […]
Tips for Parents and Educators Suicide is the third leading cause of death among youth between 10 and 19 years of age. However, youth suicide is preventable. Youth who are contemplating suicide, frequently give warning signs of their distress. Parents, teachers, and friends are in a key position to pick up on these signs and […]
Any conversation with a student must be developmentally appropriate. Young children are not able to process the complexities of violence in the same way that adolescents and young adults are prepared to discuss the issue. Young children often gauge how threatening an event is by
Protecting Your Child Online Most social networking websites require that young people be at least 13-years old, and sometimes even 18, to create an account. Don’t let younger children pretend to be older to use these websites. MySpace and some other social networking websites let users set their profiles to private so that only their […]
Most parents don’t know what cyberbullying refers to – are you one of those parents? In this short article we discuss how to keep your child safe in this cyber obsessed world. Keep your home computer in a busy area of your house. Set up email and
Parents can help stop cyber-bullying. You can start by talking to kids about the issue and teaching them the rules below that will help prevent cyber-bullying from happening to them or someone they know. What Kids Need to Know:
Parents Can Play a Central Role To Preventing Bullying. Here are a few things you can do. Teach kids to solve problems without using violence and praise them when they do. Give children positive feedback when they behave well to help build their self-esteem. Help give them the self-confidence to stand up for what […]
Bullied or being a Bully can comprise of the following actions: Fighting, threatening, name-calling, teasing, or excluding someone repeatedly and over time An imbalance of power, such as size or popularity Physical, social, and emotional harm
There is a misconception that substance misuse refers to illegal drugs only. This is a very dangerous assumption to make as many of the other substances which are misused and abused, can be bought at your local grocery store or pharmacy. Possible Warning signs:
