Trained Lifesavers & Group Leaders*

 

Lifesavers Meetings

(Meet in Senora Eaton's Room)

 

What is LifeSavers?

LifeSavers is a peer crisis prevention and intervention program aimed at training young adults to be caring listeners in their interactions with their peers. It involves a team approach to helping teen-agers cope healthfully with the challenges of drugs and alcohol, peer and family relationships, sexual issues, violence, academic problems, aggression, anxiety and suicide.

What does the LifeSavers Program do?

LifeSavers trains selected students from 9th through 12th grades to be skilled listeners who can responsibly help other students deal with the emotional crises of adolescence. Students are not trained to be professional counselors, but to be listeners. By listening, a LifeSavers member can assist others in working out personal and emotional problems before they become life-threatening.

LifeSavers are also trained to recognize when a peer's problem is beyond their abilities, and to know what resources are available to refer peers to for the appropriate help. By listening with care, a LifeSavers member can provide direction toward professional help when needed.

Information taken from the Carbondale LifeSavers Website.