I've been taking in hours of suicidality professional development, trying to prepare myself for a spike in child suicide. Preventable child suicide.
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Amarnath Amarasingam
An 11-year-old girl took her own life in Texas after she was tormented by classmates who threatened to call ICE and have her family deported. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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The rates for Black, queer, Native, Spanish speaking, and disabled people are disproportionately high.
Thr very people we, as a society and country, target, find themselves at the very end of their existential ropes. This isn't surprising.
Person-centered
Actively-listening/attending
Impact-regarding
Neurodiversity/queerness-affirming
Trauma-Informed
...
Yes, I know it's an acronym. Sometimes, it works out as such.