Updated 4/21/04

  STAY

  LISTEN

  GET HELP

Yellow Ribbon Card teaches Vital Skills

A well known life skill for saving a life in an emergency is ‘Stop - Drop & Roll’.
This program teaches another vital life skill, ‘Stay - Listen - Get’ for another life threatening 
emergency situation - suicide. The yellow ribbon cards explain this skill and will coach you 
if you are faced with helping someone in need.

Youth are accustomed 
to receiving life saving skills!

Youth express genuine relief at receiving these instructions and learning a suicide prevention program. They have expressed their gratefulness to have learned what 
to do if someone does come to 
them for help. They are quickly learning & using this new life skill!

Adults learn that this life skill does save lives!

Many have expressed their thanks to have learned what to do ‘if’. They tell of feeling more confident of being able to ‘really know what to do to save their children’. They are no longer so afraid of addressing this life threatening issue.

Studies show that the crisis peaks just prior to a suicide attempt and is often a temporary crises. The danger level decreases as much as 90% with contact with, and by talking to, people. Suicide is often an impulsive 
act for teens

What to do if someone hands you a
Yellow Ribbon Card ~ or asks for help:

STAY: Do not leave the person alone unless there is risk of 
harm to yourself.  Studies show that most people will not 
harm themselves when they are with someone.
You don't need to say much and there are no magic words.  If you 
are concerned, your voice and manner will show it.  Show patience 
and caring.  Avoid arguments and advice giving

LISTEN: what might seem trivial to you can be 
overwhelming and consuming to the person in pain.
If the person is saying: : "I can't go on", ask: "Are you having 
thoughts of suicide?"  You are not putting ideas into their head; 
you are showing that you take it seriously, and that it is OK 
to share their pain with you.

GET HELP - The person receiving the card or cry for 
help, does not have to be a counselor.  We just ask that you 
Be a link^®, be a lifeline...call for help. 
Youth - call your parents, their parents, another trusted adult - 911! 
Adults - call their parents, other help or 911.

To see Yellow Ribbon Ask for Help Card