The OFFICIAL SITE to Americas #1 Youth Motivational Speaker!
The OFFICIAL SITE to Americas #1 Youth Motivational Speaker!
Nobody has more experience with teen suicides than Jeff Yalden. Schools and communities throughout North America continue to look to Jeff Yalden to restore hope, answer questions, and give teens permission to grieve through the process of losing a friend and a classmate. Jeff’s youth suicide prevention program has helped over 4000 different schools and brought hope to many of teens and families. Jeff doesn’t use any religious tone or spirituality in his message and time in your community. He opens his heart and says what needs to be said, but the administration can’t say. Being sensitive, but at the same time Jeff walks the hearts of his audience from pain and frustration to grieving and acceptance. He is known to spend hours upon hours in friends and families kitchens helping teens and families understand Teen Suicide today. These days it is simply common sense to have suicide prevention in schools.
Not all suicide prevention programs are created equal. Jeff is one of the most in demand teen/youth motivational speakers in the world. For 23 years he’s delivered his message, “About Life” in over 4,000 high schools and middle schools. He’s spoken at literally hundreds of state leadership conferences for students and staff members. He’s a favorite for his powerful stories leaving the audience reflecting, embracing, and ultimately cheering each other on. Jeff loves his work with teens, families, and educators. His passion stems from his youth and he’s taken his expertise a step further now. He’s now training teachers, staff members communities, and military personnel on how to identify, question, persuade, and refer a person in pain or possibly suicidal to get help.
What do these communities have in common? They both hired Teen Suicide Prevention Expert – Jeff Yalden. In two days, Jeff came and restored hope to a community searching for meaning and understanding. Jeff shared his heart with the staff, students, and community members including parents. He shared his theory on today’s teens and depression, anxiety, and expectations. He talked about the pressures of today’s youth – being on 24/7 and always connected. He shared everything from signs to look out for to how to deal with a teen in crisis. He is not a textbook guy. The reality, sometimes it’s just another outside voice that can say things a little differently than community members, Pastors, Principals, Superintendents, Coaches, and Teachers. Jeff is used to being the one that has to say what needs to be said. It’s an outside voice with great experience that can open his heart and move the energy in a new direction, whereas, you might be chastised for being insensitive. Jeff has a way with words and a presence that is impactful. What would you rather have? You’d rather have the person that connects and makes a difference, rather than the person that can share statistics and textbook definitions written well before today’s generation was so actively involved in social media technology. This is what Jeff does – Loving People To Life! So, for your next Suicide Prevention Training Speaker or Teen Suicide Prevention – Crisis Intervention consider the one person with more experience than anyone. Teen and Parent Communicator, Jeff Yalden will bring the students and staff members back to normalcy. You will be glad you did!
Staff members and leaders need to know how they can prevent a teen suicide from happening within their schools, their communities, and to the people they work with. That is why suicide prevention programs in schools are so important. Whether our Men and Women in our Armed Forces or the students in our buildings, Jeff Yalden is an teen suicide prevention expert, and a Certified Suicide Prevention Intervention Crisis Counselor with 23 years experience working with teens and adults.
“It begins with knowing what to do and having the courage to intervene and act immediately.” – Jeff Yalden
Now it is time to move forward from the loss, but how do we do it? Often times, Jeff has been asked to give an upbeat school wide assembly addressing the students and talking about life and bringing school spirit and morale back. Jeff can speak from the heart in a way that one of the everyday staff members or administrators can’t. Sometimes it’s just a matter of being from the outside that makes all the difference in the world. Give Jeff a call and let’s talk about having Jeff bring you through this last part where we can get back to normal and move forward. Think about inviting Jeff for the students and spending time training your staff personnel in an in-service program on how to identify, question, persuade, and refer the subject to get the professional help they need. Also, contact Jeff for your questions on how to handle this crisis. Questions such as, “What do we do now?” and “How do we handle this?” and many more questions are answered in the After a Suicide: Toolkit for Schools that Jeff will gladly send to you for your guide. Questions? Contact Jeff today for a Training in your School with teachers, staff, or administrators. 
Jeff Touches Hearts . . . Changes Lives!
Beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, the State Board/Department of Education shall adopt rules to require that all public school personnel receive at least 2 hours of suicide awareness and prevention training each year. This training shall be provided within the framework of existing in-service training programs offered by the State Board/Department of Education or as part of required professional development activities. Teen suicide is no laughing matter, if you have had a friend or family member with a mental health condition you understand this at the deepest level. There is a large risk factor for any young person, and even young people in general to display suicidal Behavior. In society, prevention by School staff, a school district, in the Parent-Teacher connection must be strong. We are dedicated to raise awareness of how to notice a warning sign, to get help for a suicidal threat, no school should go without proper suicide prevention training.
Staff In-Service Training
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“In the next decade we will see a 31% increase in teen suicides, drug addiction, and alcohol abuse.”
Learn more about suicide at Wikipedia.