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You can play a vital role in guiding teens through times when suicide may seem like the only solution to life's challenges.

The ACT! program aims to provide solid information to encourage young people who are at risk or who have friends at risk to seek help. This 23-minute video program can be tailored to fit into a single class or multiple sessions. At various points in the video, you have the opportunity to turn off the tape and lead a lively classrooom discussion based on what your students have just seen. The included teacher's resource guide offers discussion topics, background information, and ideas for integrating and reinforcing suicide prevention concepts in health education, language arts, social studies, and math. The package also contains student handouts to photocopy which feature practical tips and exercises to develop awareness and motivate action.

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We appreciate your making these free materials available to us. It enables us to use them as a tool to help teach our students skills that they need in their adolescent years. The video also gives them information they will be able to utilize in the future as young adults and parents. Our hope is that programs such as your video will enable an individual to seek appropriate help for themselves or for their friends rather than thinking that ending their life will be the solution to their problems.”

Sally Cramer, Middle School Counselor
Akron Central School District
Akron NY
December, 2003

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“We appreciate your making these free materials available to us. It enables us to use them as a tool to help teach our students skills that they need in their adolescent years. The video also gives them information they will be able to utilize in the future as young adults and parents. Our hope is that programs such as your video will enable an individual to seek appropriate help for themselves or for their friends rather than thinking that ending their life will be the solution to their problems.”

Sally Cramer, Middle School Counselor
Akron Central School District
Akron NY
December, 2003

“The entire video is very good, but I especially liked the segment about the father and son. Students often feel their parents do not care, and the video showed a father who cared very much but could not convey that concern to his son.”

Carol Brusch, Counselor
Carlin Combined Schools
Carlin, NV
December 2003

“A few years ago we had the Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program come to our school to inform students of the signs and symptoms of suicide as well as what to do if you or a friend is suicidal. The suicide prevention video is a perfect follow-up to use to remind students of the Yellow Ribbon Program in our school.”

Jody Lepp, Counselor
Mountain Lake Public School
Mountain Lake, MN
January, 2004

“I received your video “Suicide Prevention” and was impressed with the way the students were able to share this important message. Typically our budget doesn’t allow for many quality videos and because of your generosity we have a video that will be worth sharing with our students. Suicide is a hard subject to discuss and this video does it very nicely.”

Brenda Kelly, School Social Worker
Fairmont Junior-Senior High School
Fairmont, MN 56031

“I received our school copy of the ACT! Suicide Prevention video and support materials today. After previewing the handouts and guidebook, I watched the video with some of our counseling aides in the office. The video was compelling. The students who watched it expressed surprise at the statistics and compassion for the teens portrayed on film.”

Brenda Kazen, Counselor
Rincon High School
Tucson, AZ
December 2003