Talking to Children About Suicide

The Talking to Children about Suicide workshop was developed in response to a number of requests from community members who wanted to know how best to support children who have experienced a death by suicide in their family, friend group, or wider social circle. This workshop aims to provide community members with information about:

• How to approach the topic of suicide with children
• How children may respond to a death by suicide,
• How to discuss the death in an age-appropriate way and,
• The importance of self-care when dealing with this difficult subject.

It is recommended, but not mandatory, that participants first gain confidence in talking about suicide
by attending a suicide intervention training such as Reach Out or ASIST/Uqaqtigiiluk!. As it is a
half-day workshop, it can be offered on the same day as Reach Out if desired.

ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᖏᓐᓂᖃᖅᑲ ᑖᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑦ?

• Talking to Children about Suicide offers a child-focused approach to suicide postvention, something
  which is often not touched on in other more general suicide awareness programming.

ᑭᓇᒧᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᔅᓴᖅ?

• This workshop is open to all community members aged 19 and older.

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᕙᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᑦᑐᓪᓗ:

Talking to Children about Suicide is a half-day workshop. The session includes a presentation, group
discussions, a podcast episode, and a list of resources that could be helpful before or after a
conversation with a child.

Course Length: 4 hours
Languages: English
Participants: Minimum of 10 participants
Cost: Free

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᑎᔪᑦ ᐃᓴᒃᓯᒪᒋᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ
ᐃᓴᒃᓯᒪᒋᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᓖᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔩᑦ