PROVIDING accessible
psychiatrists,
shelters, help lines and
peer counselling services
were just a few of the
suggestions arising out
of last week’s con-
ference on adolescent
suicide and risk taking
behavior.

By JOANNE MacDONALD

The conference, which
featured an open lecture ses-
sion followed by workshops,
drew a total of about 650
people over a two-day
period.

Conference organizer Ira
Applebaum told the North
Shore News he could ‘‘not be
more elated’’ at the success
of the conference . He add-
ed enough funds were raised
to not only meet the costs of
the gathering, but to finance
a future conference as well.

About 75 registrants were
turned away from the
workshop sessions due to
limited enrolment
requirements.

- Over 20 suggestions were
offered by workshop par-
ticipants at Friday’s wrap-up
session to combat the in-
cidence of adolescent risk
taking behavior on the
North Shore, with ideas rang-
ing from the establishment of
a secure treatment facility for
children at risk, parental in-
volvement and education, to
changes in the counselling

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*“*What we need is a focus
for our ideas. We could
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consolidate our efforts;’ said
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suggested turning to school-
parent groups as one way to
consolidate efforts, but cau-
tioned people to be aware of
the ‘‘strait-jacketed’’ posi-
tion the schools are now in
regarding finances.

Gary Mavis, the Executive
Director of the Vancouver
Crisis Centre, told the group
the Centre will soon be offer-
ing a Youth Services Pro-
gram which will encompass
counselling, educational in-
formation, crisis work and
research. He said the pro-
gram could serve as a ‘‘vehi-
cle’? for North Shore profes-
sionals and lay people in their
work against adolescent risk
taking behavior, and stated
the Centre will need
volunteer youth workers to
work on the program. He ad-
ded a promotional drive
would probably also be
undertaken to promote
awareness of the issue among

parents, professionals and
adolescents.

Steve Rettie of the
Squamish Indian Band

countered Mavis’ suggestion
with the statement that ‘‘The
North Shore needs something

visible, especially in the
Lower Lonsdale area. We
need visible people, like a

streetworker, to help these
kids.”’

Snelgrove concluded the
discussion by stating that a
follow up meeting to the con-
ference should be held for the
conference organizing
committee.

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