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NYFS Hosting Annual Safety Town Program For Students Entering Kindergarten

Published: Jun 25, 2014 12:00 am

Newtown Youth & Family Services, Inc., will again be offering a week long program for children entering kindergarten called “Safety Town” in July.

Safety Town is a national program that was developed in 1964 to teach young children important information on traffic safety, fire safety, water safety, bus safety, bicycle safety, awareness of medicine and poison, and awareness of strangers. All safety topics will be taught in collaboration with local community and health agencies.

Cost is $25 per child for the one-week program, and financial assistance is available.

Five-day (one week) sessions will be held July 21-25 and July 28-August 1. Sessions will run Monday through Friday from 9 to 11 am, with snack included.

Safety Town will be held at NYFS, 15 Berkshire Road. Registration is requested and can be done by calling 203-426-8103.

Preschools interested in bringing their classes are welcome to call and get more information.

NYFS is a licensed, non-profit, mental health clinic and youth services bureau dedicated to helping children and families achieve their highest potential. NYFS provides programs, services, activities, counseling, support groups and education throughout the greater Newtown area.

Children in the 2013 Newtown Youth & Family Services Safety Town program learned about fire safety and toured a Sandy Hook Fire & Rescue Co. fire engine with Lieutenant and Deputy Fire Marshal Ryan Clark during one of the many presentations that were part of last year’s program.

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Indeed suicide awareness is important as is asking young people these tough questions. That said, saying that "every suicide is preventable" is not only incorrect, it is overly simplistic at best and downright harmful at worst. The Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors - an online support resource with over 25,000 members worldwide writes frequently about the ramifications of such slogans. Many family members say that prevention messages leave them feeling guilty, upset and fearful of being judged – as if they “dropped the ball.". A few of the many sentiments on their webpage from bereaved family members include: -“I believe suicide is preventable ONLY if someone shows a sign. …My daughter did not show any signs." -“As a newly bereaved mother, I find the campaign offensive & repulsive. It places the responsibility on family members and those who are about to take their lives. We obviously would have done something if our loved ones expressed their intentions." -"Awareness yes. Preventable no. There was nothing to prevent what happened to my son. Nothing. And I am so sick of the saying it is preventable." -"I lost my husband to suicide four months ago. It makes me feel cold and sick in the pit of my stomach when I read ‘suicide is preventable’ because I think: ‘It’s my fault, I let him down.'" Suicide - especially youth suicide - is a complex problem with no easy answers. It’s possible to prevent sometimes — but not always.

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