Suicide Prevention Teaching Plan

Stephanie Johnson
November 24, 2003


Teaching Project: Suicide Prevention

The group that I will be presenting to is high-school girls that have been identified as “at risk”. The group of about 10 girls ranges from 13-17 years of age. Their high school guidance counselor and school nurse has identified the girls as at risk based on academic, behavioral, and psychosocial problems. The group meets every other week to talk about issues and concerns that the girls may have and ideas the school nurse or guidance counselor sees necessary. The atmosphere in which they meet is a casual round table discussion group. The guidance counselors and school nurse are present to facilitate and guide the sessions. Along with facilitating they educate the girls on any misconceptions and information they have.
Upon deciding the topic of my presentation I decided to meet with the group of girls to get an idea of what their interest and what they have already been presented i...