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SOS Signs of Suicide® 2nd ACT/Self-Injury Booster Kit

The SOS Signs of Suicide® 2nd ACT/Self-Injury Booster Kit contains materials for these two programs.

The SOS Signs of Suicide 2nd ACT Program:

  • Is a refresher course of the original SOS Signs of Suicide program for juniors and seniors preparing for life beyond high school.
  • Teaches students how to identify and respond to serious depression and potential suicidality in themselves or a friend.
  • "Graduates" the ACT® acronym to be more relevant for individuals approaching adulthood, replacing the Tell in ACT: Acknowledge, Care, Tell with Treatment—Help the person you are concerned about get to treatment.
  • Focuses on maintaining mental health through the transition from high school to college, military or the workplace.
  • Familiarizes students with college and community-based mental health.

SOS Signs of Suicide 2nd ACT kit includes:

  • Implementation Guide: Step-by-step instructions including training materials, educational resources, lesson plans, screening tool and template (English and Spanish)
  • Educational DVD and Discussion Guide: Helps prepare students in their last years of high school for mental health situations that may arise after high school
  • Brief Screen for Adolescent Depression (BSAD): A screening tool for depression (student version)
  • Parent Resources: Strategies to help parents communicate with their teens about menal health issues that may arise after high school

The Signs of Self-Injury Prevention Program:

  • Is a school-based curriculum designed to address the issue of self-injury in the high school population.
  • Is based on the same model that Screening for Mental Health used to develop its award-winning SOS program.
  • Applies principles of modeling to teach youth to recognize signs of distress, in either themselves or a friend, and to respond effectively using the ACT method (Acknowledge, Care and Tell)

Self-injury is defined as deliberately harming one’s body, usually without suicidal intent, in order to reduce psychological distress.

Signs of Self-Injury kit includes:

  • Implementation Guide: Training materials, educational resources, lesson plans and templates
  • Signs of Self-Injury Educational DVD: The Self-Injury DVD has two chapters, one for students and the other to train school personnel
  • Additional Materials: Educational handouts for students and parents
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