{"id":4913,"date":"2018-11-29T17:20:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T02:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/?p=4913"},"modified":"2018-11-29T17:20:12","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T02:20:12","slug":"sources-strength-suicideprevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2018\/11\/29\/sources-strength-suicideprevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources of Strength #SuicidePrevention"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nine KPBSD schools\u2014Homer Flex School, Kenai Alternative School, Kenai Central High School, River City Academy, Seward High School, Seward Middle School, Skyview Middle School, Soldotna High School, Soldotna Prep School\u2014are developing peer leaders through Sources of Strength (SOS) thanks to funding from the Alaska Community Foundation, GCI suicide prevention grant, and Alaska Children’s\u2019 Trust!
\nThis fall, students and adults from Skyview Middle School, River City Academy, Soldotna Prep, Kenai Alternative High, and Kenai Central High School participated in Sources of Strength training October 29-31, 2018, creating videos (Kenai What are you grateful for?<\/a> and RCA, SMS, and Soldotna Prep What are you thankful for?<\/a>), social media and school campaigns.
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\nSources of Strength is one of KPBSD\u2019s suicide prevention programs<\/strong> positioning students to become peer-leaders of suicide prevention in their schools and community.<\/strong>
\nUnlike other evidence-based suicide prevention programs, Sources of Strength (SOS) focuses on positive protective factors in student lives, such as trusted adults and mentors, healthy activities, and positive friends. These strengths aid students to develop help-seeking behaviors, coping mechanisms, and resilience that can assist overcoming difficulty and adversity in their lives. Students, with support from their adult leaders, design campaigns to promote wellness in their school.
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