FORT WAYNE — Parkview Health and several regional partners will host free suicide prevention training sessions, Saturday, Oct. 12. Parkview Warsaw YMCA and 11 different locations throughout the region will host the sessions, a news release from Parkview said. The training relies on a technique called QPR, which … Read More
MENTONE — Tippecanoe School Corporation hasn’t always had the happiest history. Students have known much sorrow over the years as they’ve lost a number of classmates to suicide, and the schools are actively trying to do something about it. Valley Schools hosted a suicide prevention training seminar Tuesday … Read More
FORT WAYNE — Parkview Behavioral Health and several regional partners will be hosting a series of free suicide awareness and prevention training sessions on Saturday, Sept. 23. It is also known as “Super QPR Saturday.” QPR stands for question, persuade and refer, a technique used to recognize the … Read More
MENTONE — The Tippecanoe Valley Community Mental Health Task Force invites the public to attend an upcoming session of QPR suicide prevention training. QPR stands for Question, Persuade and Refer – three steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. People trained in QPR learn … Read More
WARSAW — Suicide is the eighth leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for more than one percent of all deaths. More years of life are lost to suicide than to any other single cause except heart disease and cancer. Substance abuse is another great instigator … Read More
AKRON — Remedy Live, an organization that specializes in listening and advising people who are having life issues, recently gave a presentation at Tippecanoe Valley High School to a mixture of high school and middle school students. During that presentation a survey was given to roughly half of … Read More
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — On Saturday, February 27 23 local citizens were trained by the Indiana Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention as safeTALK ALERT Helpers.
Read MoreKOSCIUSKO COUNTY — A student walking down the hallway notices two classmates casually passing insults back and forth about a third person, who pretends to laugh but is clearly hurt. The student has seen this before; in fact, it happens a lot to this person. The student is faced … Read More
By SARAH M. HONAKER Public Education Campaign Coordinator Indiana Psychological Association INDIANAPOLIS — Monday, Sept. 7, through Sunday, Sept. 13, is National Suicide Prevention Week. On average, one American completes suicide every 12.8 minutes. In Indiana, more people die by suicide than homicide. The Indiana Youth Institute recently … Read More
By BRETT BOGGS, TVS Superintendent AKRON — The Tippecanoe Valley Community Mental Health Task Force and the Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation invite the public to attend an upcoming session of “QPR for Suicide Prevention” training. Tippecanoe Valley Middle School, located at 11303 W. CR 800S, Akron, will host “QPR … Read More
WINONA LAKE — The community is invited to “Journey from Hoplessness to Health” today at the Manahan Orthopaedic Center at Grace College, Winona Lake. Keynote speakers Eric Hipple and Dr. Phil Rodgers share their experiences in the morning, followed by an intervention panel presentation from 10:50-11:50 a.m. with … Read More
By BRETT R. BOGGS Superintendent, Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation Connecting Fulton County will be hosting a youth mental health first aid course from 8 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Rochester Learning Center, 1820 Park Road, Rochester. Similar to a first aid or CPR course, … Read More
[weaver_youtube ELQhV8cqgfM rel=0] In front of a crowd of several hundred people, all staring at him with unwavering attention, Jeff Yalden delivered a bold, powerful and passionate speech that left nearly everyone in attendance visibly shaken. Tippecanoe Valley High School has been through some trying times recently, and Yalden … Read More
The Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation will host youth suicide prevention speaker, Jeff Yalden, on Monday and Tuesday, February 16 and 17. Jeff Yalden is a high energy, “tell it like it is” youth motivational speaker and parent communicator. He will provide dynamic and entertaining assemblies for students at … Read More
By MARY GERARD Vice President of Human Resources, The Otis R. Bowen Center for Human Services From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, the Otis R. Bowen Center will be holding a suicide prevention event at the Syracuse Community Center. This event will be free to … Read More
Tippecanoe Valley will host a Community Presentation on Suicide Awareness and Prevention in the Tippecanoe Valley Middle School Commons from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 18. Huntter Randall of The Bowen Center will help participants learn how to identify the warning signs, clues and communications of … Read More
