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WWW.VALLEYRECORD.COM 6 • February 2, 2011 • Snoqualmie Valley Record If you have Parenting news, tell the Valley. Submit ideas to [email protected] . Parenting runs the first week of every month PARENTING GET IN THE GAME I nstitute of T echnology T T presents a two-week summer workshop series that introduces participants of all levels in Grade 8 or beyond to fundamentals of: n Video Game Programming n 3D Computer A nimation n Game Design n Robotics N ot yet in Grade 8? ProjectFUN also offers workshops in both video game design and animation for students in Grades 5-7. http://projectfun.digipen.edu/previewday PREVIEW DAY PREVIEW DAY REVIEW REVIEW W DA W DA A A Saturday, April 23! Attendees will receive a $100.00 discount DAY DAY toward any one of the Workshops. Find out more at: 9931 Willows Road NE, Redmond, WA 98052 Phone: (425) 558-0299 • Toll-Free (866) 478-5236 456839 456883 Family Dentistry with the Personal Touch! • Family Dental • Mercury-Free Dentistry • Veneers • Intraoral Cameras Call Dr. Kerry E. Bailey today at 425-888-2431 for all your dental needs or email us at [email protected] to make an appointment 505 NW 8th Street, North Bend, WA • www.alpinedentalnorthbend.com 456865 455707 Evening Appts. • Available New Patients • Welcome Hours: Mon & Tue 7am - 6pm and Thurs 7am - 4pm 421 Main Ave S, PO Box 372, North Bend, WA 98045 Our Wonderful Staff at Kelly R. Garwood DDS 425.888.0867 McKinley Kaylynne Stokes Gracie, Braden and Tanner Stokes of Snoqualmie are excited to announce the birth of their sister, McKinley Kaylynne. She was born to Kayla G. on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010, in Bellevue, and lovingly placed in the arms of Ryan and Jennifer Stokes of Snoqualmie on November 30, 2010. McKinley weighed 8 lbs, 12 oz. and was 21 inches long. McKinley’s grandparents are Carrie and Lee Soptich of Carnation and John and Linda Stokes of Los Alamos, N.M. Community discusses youth suicide in training sessions BY CAROL LADWIG Staff Reporter Talking about suicide, scary as it is, will not make anyone’s problems worse, says Sue Eastgard, Director of the Youth Suicide Prevention Project. More likely, it will help someone. “Most suicidal people don’t want to die,” she said. “They are, most of the time, relieved that someone has broached the subject with them.” The safeTALK train- ing that Eastgard put on at Snoqualmie Middle School on Tuesday, Jan. 26. was designed specifically to start people talking about this very difficult subject. After a three-hour safeTALK train- ing, “unanimously, people feel more comfortable with the subject,” Eastgard said. A full slate of 30-plus people attended the training, to learn how to tell if someone has suicidal thoughts, and how to help those people. Attendees included school administrative and counseling staff, teachers, and at least one parent, who was gratified to see so many school staff present. “That’s great that some of the secretarial staff are here, because they see the kids first,” said Bobbi Bland of Snoqualmie, who has a daugh- ter in elementary school. According to the YSPP website, about 80 percent of people who’ve killed them- selves had shown signs that they were considering sui- cide. In safeTALK, Eastgard categorizes the signs by what the observer sees, hears and otherwise senses. Training helps people “to better understand the ways that suicidal people tell us, both in their behavior and in their words, that they are in trouble,” Eastgard said. Anger, guilt, depression, alcohol or drug abuse, reck- less behavior, and many anti-social and non-verbal behaviors could be signs that a person, of any age, is thinking about hurting him- self or herself. The warning signs can also be subtle, so listening is very important, especially for the next step. If you sense any type of warning sign in someone, Eastgard said, “Then you’re going to ask the direct ques- tion that’s so hard to ask... ‘Are you feeling so badly you’re thinking about suicide?’” Then, be ready to listen to what they say, because “hardly anybody says no to that ques- tion,” said Eastgard. It’s a myth that asking some- one directly about suicide will plant the idea, says Kristy Trione, who’s taken the train- ing. “Sue really drives home the fact that they’ve already got the idea in their heads.” The safeTALK training also covers how to connect a person who needs help with the right resources, and some basic role-playing, to give par- ticipants a chance to ask those hard questions. Many of the participants worked at ele- mentary and middle schools, where youth suicide was not as much of a concern, but all were ready to learn. “My feeling is that you can never know enough about the topic,” said Snoqualmie Middle School counselor Heather Kern. Adminstrative assis- tants Karon Paauw and Jean Christensen, also at SMS, wanted to be able to help if they saw a need. “It would be good to know about what the signs are,” said Paauw. “And if you could recognize them,” Christensen added. Last week’s safeTALK and Skills for safety Seth Truscott/Staff Photo Jennifer Fisher, Laura Collinwood and Bobbi Bland roleplay a listening exercise with Heather Kern, foreground, during a SafeTALK intervention class at Snoqualmie Middle School. SEE SAFETALK, 8
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WWW.VALLEYRECORD.COM6 • February 2, 2011 • Snoqualmie Valley Record
If you have Parenting news, tell the Valley.
Submit ideas to [email protected].
Parenting runs the first week of every monthPARENTING
Get in the Game
DigiPen institute of technologytechnologytpresents a two-week summer workshop series that introduces participants of all levels in Grade 8 or beyond to the fundamentals of:
n Video Game Programmingn 3D Computer animationn Game Designn Robotics
not yet in Grade 8? ProjectFUN also offers workshops in both video game design and animation for students in Grades 5-7.
http://projectfun.digipen.edu/previewday
Preview DayPreview DayPreview DayGet a sneak peek of the Workshops at Preview DayPreview DayPreview DayPreview DayPreview Day on Preview DaySaturday, April 23! Attendees will receive a $100.00 discount
Preview Day$100.00 discount
Preview Daytoward any one of the Workshops. Find out more at:
9931 Willows Road NE, Redmond, WA 98052 Phone: (425) 558-0299 • Toll-Free (866) 478-5236
456839
4568
83
Family Dentistry with the Personal Touch!• Family Dental • Mercury-Free Dentistry • Veneers • Intraoral Cameras
Family Dentistry with the Personal Touch!Family Dentistry with the Personal Touch!
Call Dr. Kerry E. Bailey today at 425-888-2431 for all your dental needs or email us at [email protected] to make an appointment505 NW 8th Street, North Bend, WA • www.alpinedentalnorthbend.com
4568
65
455707
Evening Appts. • Available
New Patients • Welcome
Hours: Mon & Tue 7am - 6pm and Thurs 7am - 4pm421 Main Ave S, PO Box 372, North Bend, WA 98045
Our Wonderful Staff at Kelly R. Garwood DDS
425.888.0867
McKinley Kaylynne StokesGracie, Braden and Tanner Stokes of Snoqualmie are excited to announce the birth of their sister, McKinley Kaylynne.She was born to Kayla G. on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010, in Bellevue, and lovingly placed in the arms of Ryan and Jennifer Stokes of Snoqualmie on November 30, 2010. McKinley weighed 8 lbs, 12 oz. and was 21 inches long. McKinley’s grandparents are Carrie and Lee Soptich of Carnation and John and Linda Stokes of Los Alamos, N.M.
Community discusses youth suicide in training sessionsBY CAROL LADWIG
Staff Reporter
Talking about suicide, scary as it is, will not make anyone’s problems worse, says Sue Eastgard, Director of the Youth Suicide Prevention Project. More likely, it will help someone.
“Most suicidal people don’t want to die,” she said. “They are, most of the time, relieved that someone has broached the subject with them.”
The safeTALK train-ing that Eastgard put on at Snoqualmie Middle School on Tuesday, Jan. 26. was designed specifically to start people talking about this very difficult subject. After a three-hour safeTALK train-ing, “unanimously, people feel more comfortable with the subject,” Eastgard said.
A full slate of 30-plus people attended the training, to learn
how to tell if someone has suicidal thoughts, and how to help those people. Attendees included school administrative and counseling staff, teachers, and at least one parent, who was gratified to see so many school staff present.
“That’s great that some of the secretarial staff are here, because they see the kids first,” said Bobbi Bland of Snoqualmie, who has a daugh-ter in elementary school.
According to the YSPP website, about 80 percent of people who’ve killed them-selves had shown signs that they were considering sui-cide. In safeTALK, Eastgard categorizes the signs by what the observer sees, hears and otherwise senses. Training helps people “to better understand the ways that suicidal people tell us, both in their behavior and in their words, that they are in trouble,” Eastgard said.
Anger, guilt, depression, alcohol or drug abuse, reck-less behavior, and many anti-social and non-verbal behaviors could be signs that a person, of any age, is thinking about hurting him-self or herself. The warning signs can also be subtle, so listening is very important, especially for the next step.
If you sense any type of warning sign in someone, Eastgard said, “Then you’re going to ask the direct ques-tion that’s so hard to ask... ‘Are you feeling so badly you’re thinking about suicide?’”
Then, be ready to listen to what they say, because “hardly anybody says no to that ques-tion,” said Eastgard.
It’s a myth that asking some-one directly about suicide will plant the idea, says Kristy Trione, who’s taken the train-ing. “Sue really drives home the fact that they’ve already got the idea in their heads.”
The safeTALK training also covers how to connect a person who needs help with the right resources, and some basic role-playing, to give par-ticipants a chance to ask those
hard questions. Many of the participants worked at ele-mentary and middle schools, where youth suicide was not as much of a concern, but all were ready to learn.
“My feeling is that you can never know enough about the topic,” said Snoqualmie Middle School counselor Heather Kern.
Adminstrative assis-tants Karon Paauw and Jean Christensen, also at SMS, wanted to be able to help if they saw a need.
“It would be good to know about what the signs are,” said Paauw.
“And if you could recognize them,” Christensen added.
Last week’s safeTALK and
Skills for safety
Seth Truscott/Staff Photo
Jennifer Fisher, Laura Collinwood and Bobbi Bland roleplay a listening exercise with Heather Kern, foreground, during a SafeTALK intervention class at Snoqualmie Middle School.
SEE SAFETALK, 8
