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Guidance for Grown-Ups Is Anybody Listening? Talking About Depression and Suicide This Discussion Guide contains the following Activity Sections:
Send teens to the websites listed below to gather information about symptoms of depression and warning signs of suicide. Ask teens to work in groups to create two posters. One poster should address the symptoms of depression, and a second poster should explain the warning signs of suicide. II. Make a Community Connection Listen to the NPR transcript Treating Depression in Adolescents. Ask teens to take notes as they listen to the report. After listening to the report, discuss the suggestions for dealing with depression that were offered in the segment. Go to the website listed below and click on the "Listen" button to hear the Treating Depression in Adolescents program. Go to the NYC Child Study Center website. Scroll down to the "Real Life Stories" section of the web page and read Alex and Cheryl's stories. After the teens have finished reading Alex and Cheryl's stories, pair teens for a role-playing activity. Ask one of the teens in each pair to play either Cheryl or Alex. Tell the other teen to engage Cheryl or Alex in a conversation in which they offer advice based on what they learned in the NPR Treating Depression in Adolescents program. SAVE has designed a Suicide Prevention Community Action Kit. This kit provides a way to implement a suicide prevention effort in your community. Visit the SAVE website to learn more about the action kit.Have you used Guidance for Grown-ups with your class or teen group? Tell us which ones you used and what kind of success you had with it. Did you put your own spin on it? Let us know. Become a Member Today | Learn more about Guidance for Grown-ups |
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