Adapting the Adolescent Suicide Awareness Program (ASAP) to Suicide Prevention in Inner City Schools

This summarized paper describes the adaptation of an adolescent suicide awareness program in an urban, low income, multi-ethnic school system. It includes a discussion of the benefits incurred e.g. students welcome the opportunity to discuss feelings, problems, & coping skills; educators learn identification & referral skills, & an outline of the issues to be addressed to ensure the success of similar programs e.g. creation of appropriate audio visuals portraying urban minority students. (GW)