Oct 31, 2018
Coach Awareness Series: Suicide Prevention is a Team Sport
When you’re a coach, you’re not just someone who provides your athletes with help and direction about their play. You often become a surrogate parent, a big brother or sister, a confidant- an important person in your players’ lives. The one thing all these roles have in common is that they demonstrate that the kids you coach trust you. So, whether or not you know it, your influence in their lives goes way beyond the…
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Apr 21, 2016
Speaking With Students About Suicide
At the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide, one of our core values is the belief in the effectiveness of evidence -based suicide prevention strategies. Yet, one of the questions we are most often confronted with is the request for assembly presentations. What we know about suicide prevention and keeping students safe is that assembly style presentations fail to take into consideration what we know about suicide risk. Instead, what should happen, is the inclusion of students in…
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Jul 27, 2015
Kristen Bell and SPTS Bring Fashion To A Cause
KRISTEN BELL AND SPTS BRING FASHION TO A CAUSE Celebrity helps spread message that "You Are Not Alone" International celebrity Kristen Bell has partnered with the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide in an attempt to help spread suicide prevention awareness, while raising funds for the New Jersey based non-profit. The mission of SPTS is to reduce to reduce the number of youth suicides and attempted suicides by encouraging overall public awareness through the…
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