The Importance Of A Classroom Teacher When Addressing...

One of the most important responsibilities of a classroom teacher when addressing depression and/ or suicide is to be educated. Teachers must know the warning signs of depression and suicide in order to know when to intervene. Teachers need to know that depression causes a chemical imbalance in the student’s brain and it is not something to just snap out of. Teachers need to have good connections with their students so that can notice the warning signs and possibly be an outlook for the student. It is important for teachers to be available to students if they need to talk. Then if a student seems to have depression or possible suicidal thoughts it is important to get in touch with the school counselor for more resources. As a teacher it†¦show more content†¦2. Discuss alternative educational settings such as wilderness programs discussed in class. What are the benefits of a program, such as the Eckerd Wilderness Program discussed in class? What are potential drawbacks? (6 points) In class we discussed a various of wilderness settings that could be used instead of a normal classroom setting. We watched a video on Mount Carmel which is a camp for troubled teens. This was a cool video because it has a truly symbiotic relationship between the head of the camp and the campers. The rancher needed help around the ranch and recruited some young men to help out. This resulted in troubled teens who needed to get out of their toxic environment helping out this ranch for extended periods of time and learning to be responsible and make good choices. The benefits of this program is both the rancher and the boys were benefiting from the situation. The boys were learning how to be helpful and how to make good choices at this camp. The potential drawbacks of this situation is what happens when the boys go back to their city life. Those boys are going to be tempted with all the toxic activities as before and it is quite easy to fall back into those bad habits if that’s what all their friends are doing. It needs to be cemented into the students’ brains that they can do better and have such a bright future even if they were put back into their negative surroundings.