Classic Program: Starter Facilitator Handbook for Healing Groups

Lesson 6B Section

Sub points

SG: Have some groups discuss Question 1 and others Question 2: (5 min) 1. If a person in your community is considering suicide, are the ways people treat him or her helpful? 2. How can we help people considering suicide? LG: Feedback and top up. Add: Help the person connect with a suicide hotline or other support services. (8 min) LG: Have some groups discuss Question 1 and others Question 2. (5 min) 1. If someone in your community commits suicide, are the ways people treat his or her loved ones helpful or unhelpful? 2. How can you help the loved ones of someone who has committed suicide?

5. How can we help people considering suicide? (13 min)

6. How can we help loved ones of someone who has committed suicide? (12 min)

LG: Feedback and top up. (7 min)

SG: Choose one of the two closing exercises.

Closing exercise (15 min)

Skit: Assessing the risk of suicide Do this skit as part of Section 4 (“Warning signs”). Adjust it as needed. • Use a common cause of suicide in the area, for example: a female university student becoming pregnant by her boyfriend, a teen failing an exam that is needed to continue their education, someone who has been sexually or phys- ically abused, a wife who was raped by a neighbor, a student bullied at school, a husband losing his job, a wife whose husband and children were killed. • Talk about suicide in the way it is discussed in your culture. For example, in the United States, people can ask direct questions like, “Have you ever thought of killing yourself?” In other countries, it is more appropriate to ask, “Have you lost all hope?” Introduction While attending boarding school, Josephine suddenly began to have trouble with her studies. She started skipping class and staying in her room. When she came

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