176: Suicide Prevention: What Teachers Can Do

The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast

Jennifer Gonzalez

Education, Teaching, Instruction, Classroommanagement, Educationreform

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

What factors are most likely to contribute to suicide in young people, and how can teachers recognize the signs? In this episode I talk with Anne Moss Rogers, mental health and suicide prevention speaker, about how teachers can help to prevent suicide in adolescents and children.

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0:00.0	This is Jennifer Gonzalez welcoming you to episode 176 of the Cult of Pedagogy Podcast.
0:06.0	In this episode we are going to talk about things teachers can do to help prevent student
0:10.6	suicide.
0:14.6	Today's topic is heavy.
0:26.2	We are not learning a strategy that you can add to your instruction or reviewing research
0:31.4	on teaching methodology.
0:33.7	This episode won't do anything to help you teach your content more effectively.
0:38.3	For that reason, and because people will see the topic and assume it's going to drag
0:42.4	them down, I fear that this one won't be listened to as much as the others.
0:47.6	But I hope I'm wrong.
0:49.2	I hope that if you're on the fence about whether you should stick with it, that you'll stay.
0:55.0	Because you'll come away from this episode with a better understanding of how you can
0:58.7	help students in real crisis.
1:01.2	I learned so much, nuanced information, I gained some new insights, and I heard advice
1:08.3	that is different from what I would have done as a practicing teacher.
1:12.0	So I think it will be worth your time.
1:15.1	Before I go any further, I do want to offer a warning.
1:19.1	We will be diving into the topic of suicide prevention today.
1:22.8	And we know that educators can also struggle with thoughts of suicide.
1:27.1	If you have thoughts of suicide, please reach out to the Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255,
1:36.1	or the Crisis Text Line by texting home to 741-741.
1:43.8	These thoughts are treatable and your life is valuable.
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