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Touchstone Suicide Prevention Project, Douglas P. Johnson
Touchstone Suicide Prevention Project, Douglas P. Johnson
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports
- Continue to train a peer-based program to help create natural connections and interactions with at-risk students before the individual reaches a ‘crisis’ point.
- Use peer relationships to ‘normalize’ natural distress related to life experiences and the developmental challenges faced by college students.
- Facilitate connections to a wide array of student groups, organizations, clubs, and interest groups as a method o f increasing connection and engagement and decreasing isolation.
- Touchstone Social Network (TSN) students participate in a 6 week training program that covers suicide prevention, helping skills, bystander intervention, and referral resources. Touchstone Peers participate in ongoing weekly training meeting and …