Abstract

LEME, Vanessa Barbosa Romera et al. Social Skills and Suicide Prevention: Experience Report in Educational Contexts. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2019, vol.19, n.1, pp. 284-297. ISSN 1808-4281.

This study aims to present an experience report of a project that conducted workshops and lectures on social and life skills in different educational contexts. Extension actions are developed with students, teachers and technical-administrative staff of a public university and students, teachers and other employees of public primary schools, located in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Four workshops and a lecture are described in the university and schools. All actions were based on the promotion of social and life skills and showed, through the participants' reports, some gains in self-knowledge and satisfaction with proposed activities. At the end, the impact of the activities and the challenges involved in the project, focusing on the promotion of mental health and suicide prevention, are analyzed.

Keywords : social skills; life skills; suicide; prevention; mental health.

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