Circle of Support Training
Harlan Community Adults Who Care Training Workshop
May 22, 2013
3:00-6:00 p.m.
 3:00-3:20- Interview Activity
pg31Tackling Tough Stuff
You will have 3 minutes to interview your partner and 3 minutes to be
interviewed. Then be prepared to share three interesting things about your partner as
you introduce them.
 3:20-3:30 –Introduction to the Adults Who Care Presentation
o Connect people that care about youth to recognize and help youth that are
struggling with Depression
o Four Points to Presentation
 Deal with the myths of Teen Depression
 Learn how a Circle of Support can assist Teens
 Recognize the major symptoms of Teen Depression, What
to look for
 Provide a greater understanding of what help looks like
 Learn how to listen and help youth to talk
 3:30-3:50:
Test Yourself
pg 55 Adults Who Care
 3:50—3:55 Introduction to the Circle of Support
 pg9-10 Building a Circle of Support
o What is It?
o Why is it necessary? Draw your Own Circle of Support
 3:55-4:30
Depression Video Activity pg 59 Tackling Tough Stuff Video
o Focus on: Connect, Listen, Understand, Express Concern, Seek Help
o BEFORE THE VIDEO:**Visualize someone with depression. Now write
3 words that describe that person.
o ***The youth in this video are not actors. They are youth who are willing
to help others by telling their story so others may not have to experience
the depression and difficulties that they went through.
o AFTER THE VIDEO **Let’s make a list of words that describe
depression.
 Depression causes great turmoil and pain. Teens with
depression need to be taken seriously, and caring adults and
peers must take action to get help.
 Depression is a significant factor in most if not all suicide
attempts.
 Depression and alcohol are the greatest contributors to teen
suicide.
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 4:30-4:40
Depression is twice as common among females as among
males.
 One in ten high school students are depressed.
 Depression affects the way teens think about themselves,
losing motivation, take little pleasure in living, look joyless
and feel worthless. They become pessimistic and down on
themselves.
 Depression affects basic biological functions. Sleep
patterns and eating habits change.
 Depressed teens either become super busy or withdraw.
 Both boys and girls respond in self-destructive ways.
 Girls tend to show quietly disturbed feelings—worrying,
loneliness, feeling unloved, fear of losing their minds, loss
of hope for the future.
 Guys show more acting out behaviors such as being
irritable, fighting, destroying property, running away, and
hurting themselves.
Snack Break
 4:40-5:00 Understanding and Trusting the Help process in the community
 Getting Help in the Community—Myrtue Behavioral
Health
o What happens to cause someone to need clinical
help and treatment? What are the assessment and
some of the treatment options? What about drugs in
the process of treatment?
 Understanding Depression Community Brochure
 5:00-5:30
How to listen so kids will talk
 Not Just your Own Kid
 Let’s Talk
 5:30-5:50
groups
How to present this info in an hour presentation for community
 5:50:- 6:00
Questions