DCD Updates

Suicide Survivor Support group Wednesdays beginning on April 16/08 - Wed June 4/08 Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm. Please contact karen@distresscentredurham.com or call 905-723-4461 x 34 to sign up. ( Minimum loss period is preference of 6 months ) or be put on the waiting list for the next group in .

Homicide Survivor Support Group (date to be announced) - Please contact victoria@distresscentredurham.com for further information.

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Please contact Karen to book your Adolescent Suicide Awareness Presentation - Distress Centre Durham has visited several High Schools in Durham and have found the students very receptive to this Presentation.

Distress Centre Durham has provided these presentations to the following high schools throughout Durham Region:

Ø      Anderson Collegiate and Vocational Institute, Whitby

Ø      R.S. McLaughlin Collegiate

Ø      Brock High School , Brock

Ø      Archbishop Denis O’Conner, Ajax

Ø      O’Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute, Oshawa

Ø      McLaughlin High School , Oshawa

Ø      Kingsway College

Ø      Monsignor John Pereyma Catholic Secondary School in Oshawa  

Ø      Dunbarton High School , Pickering

Ø      J Clarke Richardson, Ajax

Ø      Sinclair Secondary School , Whitby

Ø      Henry street High School, Whitby

Ø      Uxbridge S.S. Uxbridge

Ø      Father Leo J. Austin C.H.S.

Ø      Pine Ridge S.S. Pickering

Ø      Ajax H.S.

Ø      Eastdale C.V.I.

Ø      Port Perry H.S.

Ø      R.S. McLaughlin C.V.I.

Ø      Donald A. Wilson

Presentation Topics - Suicide myths versus facts, Suicide Risk Factors, Development of a Support Network, Exploration of self-care and Development of plan for self-care and care for the caregiver.

Learning Outcomes - Identify myths versus facts about suicide, Analyze and understand risk factors for suicide, Develop a formal personal support network for others and Apply a personalized plan of self-care.

For more information please contact karen@distresscentredurham.com or call 905-723-4461 x 34