“REACH is the OSU Suicide Prevention training program designed to help the OSU community prevent suicide by teaching faculty, staff and students how to:
Recognize warning signs
Engage with empathy
Ask directly about suicide
Communicate hope
Help suicidal individuals to access care and treatment”
I went to REACH training during the second semester and was the only student in attendance. As conveyed by the peer instructors, sometimes the training session has plenty of students, sometimes the session only has one. I listened intently, asking questions, and receiving valuable answers. Along with an in depth understanding of the acronym REACH, I took away several real-life statistics and facts introduced to me entailing the Ohio State campus and elsewhere in regards to Suicide. This training is one that I highly recommend and is one that I have found myself using several times. It is also a training that I would really like to see introduced into an International Affairs meeting.
The website http://suicideprevention.osu.edu is also a wealth of information and provides this information through the get help, prevention, programs, outreach, resources, news, events, etc. tabs. As such, this site is of great value, listing resources, hotlines, a prevention app, and much more.