Fowlerville High School Suicide Case Study

In addition teachers and others should have a conversation with their students or children about how they’re feeling. They should do their best to make their children feel happy with themselves and more comfortable talking about their problems. These mature individuals should show the young teens or adults that the world is not as bad as it seems that the world is a beautiful place where one can overcome anything. In the article, “Developing a Comprehensive School Suicide Prevention Program” Keith A. King

The girl that is walking down the hall past you, the one you said “reeked”? She has been going to school with you since the first grade, and she’s someone who has never done anything but be nice to you, while all you do is degrade her. What you don’t know, is that her mind is eating away at itself because she is suffering from depression and anxiety. She does not need your words to make her feel any worse; she is already at her breaking point. Suicidal tendencies are so common that about one in five high school students actively considers suicide. Suicide is often at times the result of misery that is commonly correlated with to an emotional, or mental illness in a person. It is thought that there is an understanding as to why some decide take their own lives away, but there is no definite explanation. Theories about mental illnesses range from field to field as to why they exist. One thing that we do know to be truthful about suicidal tendencies are the contributing factors to the idea of suicide. With that being said, Maine West and Maine South have a program that is designed to help students understand this their mental state, and to help them if they are indeed weighing the idea of suicide. If Maine East understood the positive effect that Elyssa 's Mission has at Maine West, and Maine South, then the school may consider adopting the program into their own school.

The community has an extremely high rate of unemployment and poverty. The people that go to that school are called aboriginals which mean they have been in that certain region for the longest time. Aboriginals are treated as if they are Third World Citizens and are treated worse than the refugees that are pouring in. Usually when a suicide happened the school would march the body back form the coroner’s office and do a vigil in their honor. They are trying to make a few changes around that area to help. They are starting to do group therapy session, peer counseling and training for school staff on suicide prevention and detection. This past Sunday was supposed to be a day of celebration for a student’s fifteenth birthday; however, they community had to spend it at her funeral. I plan I critiquing this article and discuss my opinion on how she

From experts on this issue, to the civilians in the public, it is expressed deeply that suicide should not be hidden from any person, including children. It is said that, ¨Each day in our nation there are an average of over 5,400 attempts by young people grades 7-12,¨ (The Parent Resource Program). The thought of a lovely girl named AnnMarie Blaha may come into mind, who took her life in 2013, and was a fifth grader at Meadow Ridge. Nothing can compare to the tragedy of why AnnMarie decided to commit suicide, and the sadness that overwhelmed the school districts was unbearable. From learning about AnnMarie’s story, it can show that like most parents of children who commit suicide, AnnMarie’s parents who had no idea of their daughter’s unknown situation. I confronted my parents, asking them certain questions dealing with this difficult topic. The first question I asked was, “Do you know where to go if you believe your child is thinking of suicide?” Unfortunately, neither one of my parents were able to answer question, because like parents of suicidal children, the thought has never crossed their minds. Since AnnMarie’s death, the importance of educating children and teens of suicide has grown tremendously, and a Prevention Law called, ¨AnnMaries Law,¨ was signed by Governor Bruce Rauner to require ¨the Illinois State Board Education and local school boards to create policies ensuring that students receive age-appropriate lessons youth suicide and prevention¨ (Chicago Tribune). Multiple websites describe the traumatizing death of AnnMarie, but one in particular called, ¨AnnMarie’s Foundation, A Life to Remember,¨ provides resources, hotlines, facts, and notifies the community of warning signals that may be given off by any person. The raise in education is highly needed in all communities. In

Polytech High School has experienced four deaths among students all within one month in the year of 2012. The most recent death was a 17-year-old male on February 15, 2012. This increase in suicides among this particular age group has generated many questions both from the community as well as researchers. According to WBOC, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stepped in to get a better understanding of why there has been increase of suicides and why the increase in this particular age group. A common factor among all four fatal cases were that all four individuals suffered from depression, with strong implications that the depression may have went unaddressed and untreated (Crosby et al., 2013).

The idea of youth committing suicide mystifies our societal logic. We do not understand the reasons why youth -normally associated with energy, determination and possibilities- turn to such a final act as a solution. Suicide eventually enters all of our lives, either directly or indirectly. However, the situation becomes more cruel and unfair when a youth commits suicide. We can not help but think of the opportunities and potential lost so swiftly for one so young. Although adolescent suicide is a current crisis in today’s Canadian society, youth for all of history and in all cultures have resorted to this ultimate form of self-destruction. Clearly we have and always have had, a teenage

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When a student dies in an accident, schools can mourn the death as a random occurrence. However, when a student kills themselves, a school feels guilty as they mourn. The teachers feel that they failed to help the student. The students feel bad for not knowing the student. Those who are responsible in some way are conflicted inside by guilt. These people cannot fully live with themselves because they know that they caused someone to kill to themselves. If a school truly wants to know more about diversity, then they should learn more about suicide, the causes of it, and what they can do to help. School must take the leap.

I’m not going to begin this story with absurdity, instead I am going to relive a year that went by so freaking fast that I nearly forgot half of it, but what I do remember has left me with a little knowledge and a lot of pain that will last a lifetime. This year is the year the suicides began. First, before I make any person feel a little tearful or for the tough guys only tearful in the inside and never on the outside, let’s go back to the year before; as a freshman.

This source focuses on the aspect of teen suicides and how they connect with each other along with suicide events that are considered copycat suicides. The sources main focus is suicides in a particular location, in this case it is in Colorado. Max Kutner is an author for Newsweek, he puts a great emphasis on a girl named Riley that committed suicide in Colorado. Kutner’s background on whether he is well versed in teen suicide is unknown, his research on the subject seems well thought out. The audience can be a group of which have seen an increase in suicide rates, one after the other and wants to see how another location is dealing with it. This source is supportive with other sources on the same topic by which copycat suicides is on the rise in teenagers. The Colorado suicide rate between 2015 and 2016 stands out as being 49 times the yearly national average for kids their age. Found this source by searching copycat suicides in Opposing Viewpoints database.

Twelve students, one teacher, two murderers dead, and twenty-one injured in Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. The perpetrators Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, were both intelligent, but had issues getting along with other students at Columbine high school. However seemingly normal, both were deeply disturbed, hating everyone but a handful of people, in journals found Klebold had been contemplating suicide since 1997, and both have been thinking about a massacre in April of 1998, a full year before it happened. The both of them had been arrested for breaking into a van on January 30, 1998, they had convinced people that they felt guilty for the break in, but behind the scene planned a large scale massacre. The plan of the massacre was

Imagine someone’s best friend dies. Later this person discovers that their friend commit suicide. Envision this person’s feelings and all of the painful thoughts and memories going through their mind. This person probably feels intense sadness and maybe even betrayal. Do not forget the suicide victim’s parents. Their own child felt worthless enough to kill themselves. The students at the victim’s school have confusion, start rumors, and gossip. All of the victim’s friends feel as if the suicide happened because of them. Everyone feels as if they could have done something to prevent this tragic event. Suicide is a social issue rising in severity. Each year, over a million people commit suicide throughout the world. Suicide has the name of a

The activity we received was a case study, I was expecting it to not be that descriptive. However, it helped me to understand how to apply the information from chapter nine to a client's suicide story. I'm looking forward to more case studies, this one was a little time consuming, because I was not exactly confident with how to ask the questions. The chapter nine lecture made me feel more confident when it came to knowing what to ask a client who is suicidal. I feel that this improved my weakness when dealing with clients who have these thoughts. It is a sensitive topic for many people to discuss that is why I have never received sufficient information. I did not know that the percentage of people who have thoughts of hurting themselves was that high. The lecture made me exposed to a topic I did not know about it made me feel aware that these feelings are not uncommon. If I ever have a friend who has these ideas it will help me be supportive or point them in the right direction if they need help.

The first family we meet has recently lost their son, Tyler, to suicide at the age of 17. Tyler’s dad recounts the way Tyler transformed from being a bubbly child to a loner. Tyler’s dad discusses how he knew that Tyler was getting shoved into lockers and being told to hang himself, and that he understands why Tyler took his own life. Tyler’s mom then shows us Tyler’s old room where he committed suicide, how his younger brother, Troy, found him, and how they changed the room into an office to work on their anti-bullying stuff. Tyler’s parents are both extremely understanding and want to celebrate Tyler’s life by helping others experiencing mistreatment. Unfortunately, the school would not take any responsibility for what happened, dismissing all accusation, and left all bullying unpunished. Even at a town meeting, no representative from the school came to hear

Day to day, teens suffer from peer pressure, problem from home, and stress from academics. Despise their status in the environment, majority of high school students refrain from acknowledging the presence of their reality. The problem in most situations in that students feel shut in, trapped in a never ending misery. How do they cope? What are their ways of dealing? Most students live in denial. Others have friends to confide in. For the devastating part, most students are not as open to these ideas and it leaves them with this alternative: suicide. Suicide is the third leading cause in teens the ages 14 to 19 within rural underserved areas. Suicidal ideation (SI), suicidal thoughts, were surveyed in over 12 high schools and it was found that in the past year, thoughts of (SI) were not shared with peers or even adults in the pursuit of receiving help or support (Pisani, 2012). Because a student spends most of their day at school, it is ideal for schools to provide realistic opportunities and school-based programs to assist with the suicide among the youth. The Surviving the Teens Suicide Prevention and Depression Awareness Program designed four 50 minute session or each high school student. This presented information in regards to factual information about depression, suicidal warning signs, suicidal risk factors and myths associated with suicide (King, 2010). The program provide coping strategies for everyday life, referral sources if feeling suicidal, and how to recognize