Break Free From Depression

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FREE TRAINING OFFERED

May 16, 2013

9:30AM-4:00PM

Springfield, MA

Springfield City Library

220 State Street, Springfield, MA 01103

September 27, 2013

9:00AM-3:30PM

Waltham, MA

Boston Children's Hospital at Waltham

9 Hope Ave, Waltham, MA 02453

Full Day Workshop

Boston Children's Hospital Neighborhood Partnerships and the Swensrud Depression Prevention Initiative along with the Department of Public Health would like to announce two upcoming trainings in the Boston and Worcester areas.

Developed at Boston Children’s Hospital, Break Free from Depression is a curriculum designed for high school students aimed to increase adolescents’ awareness about depression, teach them how to recognize it in themselves and in their friends, and give them strategies for finding help. The centerpiece of the program is a detailed 4-session curriculum for high school students, featuring a compelling documentary that focuses on a diverse group of adolescents talking about their struggles with depression and suicide. We learn of their symptoms, the course of their illness, and the methods they use for coping through their own words.

In this training workshop, participants will be introduced to the Break Free from Depression curriculum and trained in facilitating it in their school settings. Participants will have the opportunity to hear about adolescent depression and suicide as a public health concern as well as prevention strategies by learning how to use, teach, and implement this curriculum.

To register, please click on Train the Trainer Registration

For more information, please contact Molly Jordan, LICSW at: molly.jordan@childrens.harvard.edu

Break Free from Depression

Developed at Boston Children’s Hospital, Break Free from Depression is a comprehensive curriculum for high school students to increase adolescents’ awareness about depression, teach them how to recognize it in themselves and in their friends, and give them strategies for finding help. This curriculum is designed to be facilitated by school staff and includes detailed lesson plans for each component of the program.

The centerpiece of the program is a detailed 4-session curriculum for high school students including facts on depression, treatment for depression, accessing resources, and coping skills. It features a compelling documentary that focuses on a diverse group of adolescents talking about their struggles with depression and suicide. We learn of their symptoms, the course of their illness, and the methods they use for coping through their own words. The curriculum also includes components for workshops for parents and school staff.