As a youthworker you may be struggling with how to talk with your students about a shooting rampage. It may be difficult to talk to your students about the devastation of an F4 tornado that wipes out a small town. It is important to remember that children look to the adults in their life to [...]
Archive for the ‘Suicide’ Category
Guiding Your Students Through A Traumatic Event
Posted: May 17, 2012 in Anxiety, Drug Abuse, Grief, Self-Injury, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Teen Dating ViolenceTags: Adult, f4 tornado, Fear, Health, Mental health, Mental health professional, ministry settings, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Psychological trauma, Student
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Building Bridges (art of connecting pt. 1)
Posted: September 8, 2011 in Addiction, Adolescent Development, Depression, drug prevention, emerging adults, extended adolescence, LGBTQ Youth, Mental Illness, Parenting, Spirituality, Suicide, systemic abandonment, Teens, Youth Ministry, Youth With DisabilitiesOne of the Apostle Paul’s most famous speeches took place at Mars Hill, the Areopagus, in Athens. He noted that they appeared to be a very religious lot of people due to the sheer number of statues they had to their gods. In a brilliant move he identified the one statue that was for the [...]
Suicide Grief: Living in the Aftermath of a Suicide
Posted: September 17, 2010 in Depression, Mental Health, Suicide, Teens, Youth MinistryTags: Death, depression, Emotion, Grief, Health, Holy Spirit, Mental health, Suicide
A student’s suicide can be emotionally devastating. Using and modeling healthy coping strategies — such as seeking support — will help you and others on the journey to healing and acceptance. When a student dies, your grief may be heart-wrenching. When a student commits suicide, your reaction may be more complicated. Overwhelming emotions may leave [...]
PTSD and the Youth Worker
Posted: September 9, 2010 in Depression, Grief, Mental Health, Suicide, Teen Dating Violence, Youth MinistryTags: Child abuse, Human sexual activity, Rape, Sexual abuse, Sexual assault, Stress (biology), Support group, Traffic collision
Suicide, sexual abuse, drive by shootings, car accidents, date rape. These events and many other traumatic events occur on a seemingly regular basis and can impact the surviving student(s), families, or youth workers more deeply than imagined. If you work with kids long enough then you will experience a traumatic event and it will serve you well [...]
I found this interesting article on the USA Today website and wanted to share it with all of you… The sun is shining. Flowers are blooming. It’s May, and many of us feel great. But the thoughts of some vulnerable people grow dark at this seemingly bright time of year. In fact, if there is [...]
