During my time of participating with Colorado Change Agents, we started off very simple and small by planning out where we wanted to take our projects. We then progressed to actually taking action towards the projects we decided to work on, and my topic was suicide prevention which then lead into creating a support group at Aurora Central. On my end before I took action I decided to participate in challenge day to get a sense of how students at our school were feeling and how much they hide their personal life from us. I got in contact with the therapist provided through Aurora Mental health to talk about how to create and run a support group. I also talked to school counselors about what would be best for the students in this support group. Unfortunately it became too late in the year to start the support group so we decided to implement it next year. Next year we will also be implementing an organization that will come talk to students and teachers to teach about mental health, to help the school become more aware of their community. It’s been a tough ride to get through this project as the events of my friend Emmanuel were still hitting me and still are to this day, but because of him this project started and we can help schools get the awareness they need for their students.
Laura and her COCA colleagues in a workshop with Sandy Brown, social activism consultant
Last Updated: May 20, 2019 by admin
Project Summary
Laura Deras
During my time of participating with Colorado Change Agents, we started off very simple and small by planning out where we wanted to take our projects. We then progressed to actually taking action towards the projects we decided to work on, and my topic was suicide prevention which then lead into creating a support group at Aurora Central. On my end before I took action I decided to participate in challenge day to get a sense of how students at our school were feeling and how much they hide their personal life from us. I got in contact with the therapist provided through Aurora Mental health to talk about how to create and run a support group. I also talked to school counselors about what would be best for the students in this support group. Unfortunately it became too late in the year to start the support group so we decided to implement it next year. Next year we will also be implementing an organization that will come talk to students and teachers to teach about mental health, to help the school become more aware of their community. It’s been a tough ride to get through this project as the events of my friend Emmanuel were still hitting me and still are to this day, but because of him this project started and we can help schools get the awareness they need for their students.
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