Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program
The Wichita Public Schools continues implementing the Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program in all secondary schools. Southeast and North High School were targeted during the 2004-05 school year. Several middle schools have also been trained. Over 100 individual classroom presentations of Yellow Ribbon have been conducted this year alone.
The Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program focuses on providing education about depression and suicide prevention, and about teaching students that they can be an important link in the life of a friend, family member or even themselves in times of despair and hopelessness.
Presentations on the Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program are often requested by churches, youth groups, schools and other community agencies and we respond whenever we are asked. This year we have presented at Good Shepherd, the Wichita Children’s Home, Street Outreach, and the Juvenile Detention Center as well as other locales.
The Wichita Public Schools also invites other school district support staff to observe and shadow when Yellow Ribbon is presented at schools. By training other districts we hope to further the outreach that Yellow Ribbon provides for our youth and community.
We track the effectiveness of the Yellow Ribbon program through the use of a pre and post test survey, the results of which are showing that the program is well received by students and staff, and is accomplishing our goal of providing education and awareness about preventing death by suicide.
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