Crisis Intervention and Teen Suicide

Crisis Intervention Can Prevent Future Suicides

The importance of acute and immediate counseling on traumatic scenes of grief are essential in preventing further damage.  Crisis intervention hopes to lower the immediate trauma and to start the process of mourning in a healthy and safe fashion.  Crisis Intervention is also needed for teens who have contemplated suicide.

Foxnews.com writes in “CDC: Teen Suicide Attempts on the Rise” about the alarming increase of teen suicide attempts.  This only reiterates the importance of good crisis counseling.
Scary statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  released Thursday revealed that the number of attempted suicides among teenagers  had increased from 6.3 percent in 2009 to 7.8 percent in 2011.
The information comes from the CDC’s 2011 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey  (YRBS), a report designed to find health-risk behaviors among youth and young  adults related to injury and violence, sexual behaviors, alcohol, and drugs.   Along with the increase in attempted suicides, the survey also showed an  increase in teens texting behind the wheel along with an increase in marijuana  use.
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Crisis Intervention Counseling can help prevent future suicides.   If you know anyone who has suicidal thoughts please get them help!   Crisis intervention is needed.   You might just be saving a life.   Please review our program and click here

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Educational Professionals and Crisis Intervention

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A crisis situation can put your world in a real bind. Use crisis intervention to solve it.

Professional educators and teachers alike can play an important role in their students’ lives. Sometimes they can become a confidant or serve as a role model to the child. Many professional educators are learning skills and techniques in  Crisis Intervention to better serve their students and prevent anything from happening to them. Educators and administrators should select a crisis intervention training program that fits their school and demographic needs. Smaller schools may require specialized training in different aspects of crisis’ and vice versa for larger schools as their problems may vary based on locations and lifestyles. This is why choosing the right program will assist educators in providing the best services. In the end, child safety and prevention is paramount to any crisis intervention training program and should be the key factors when deciding on what program to choose because the children’s safety should always be a teacher’s number one concern.

If you are ready to get started with your educational goals then you might want to look at our crisis training program.

Various Types and Styles of Crisis Intervention

Crisis Intervention comes in several forms depending on your individual or company needs. These needs will dictate the type of training and certification that each company will require. Having certified instructor in crisis intervention allows a company to have certified trainers on site to train and instruct new employees or to act as consultants when a question of crisis intervention might need some expert advice. Online training allows staff to review courses and lessons at their own pace. This also allows the staff to take tests and exams online to gain certification. Crisis intervention training is offered a variety of ways to allow for certification and ease in keeping up with new trends by retaking courses after a set period of years for re-certification. Please check with your human resources department or a creditable crisis intervention training institute if you are interested in learning more about crisis intervention training certification.

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Do you have any questions about crisis intervention?

What style of crisis counseling do you feel would best suit you?   It is a matter of personal preference.    You need to see which style fits you the best.    Just remember your education can you save lives.   So make the most of it and get the best education possible.