The Suicide Prevention and Education program is currently available from International Horizons Unlimited. Wilen said the company will work with schools who are interested in purchasing the program to help meet their needs. Wilen, has been tapped as the keynote speaker at the Texas School Safety Summit being held at Austin's Holiday Inn Airport South on Jan. 29 at 9 a.m. On Jan. 31 the firm is producing seminars on suicide prevention and educational accountability for the Texas Education Agency's Midwinter Administrator's Meeting being held at the Austin Convention Center. If you reacted in any of those ways you might be missing an opportunity to save a life, perhaps the life of someone who is very close and important to you.
Suicide is a major cause of death.
A growing number of those lives are young people in their teens and early twenties. Although it is difficult to get an accurate count because many suicides are covered up or reported as accidents, suicide is now thought to be the second leading cause of death among young people. If someone you know is suicidal, your ability to recognize the signs and your willingness to do something about it could make the difference between life and death. No doubt you have heard that people who talk about suicide won't really do it. It isn't true.