Upon this understanding many sites, organizations and foundations have been made that assist in suicide prevention and provide information for parents and teenagers struggling with this issue. One site that is particularly well known is thetrevorproject.org. According to the website, The Trevor Project was found in 1998 by the Academy Award winner who created the site. It’s described as, “ the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24.” The site provides a suicide hotline number (866-488-7386). The website provides resources such as, The Trevor Support Center, a search engine for finding local places to get a person or their loved one help and an education page which has the “LifeGuard Workshop” giving teachers and parents the tools they need in order to help
Upon this understanding many sites, organizations and foundations have been made that assist in suicide prevention and provide information for parents and teenagers struggling with this issue. One site that is particularly well known is thetrevorproject.org. According to the website, The Trevor Project was found in 1998 by the Academy Award winner who created the site. It’s described as, “ the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24.” The site provides a suicide hotline number (866-488-7386). The website provides resources such as, The Trevor Support Center, a search engine for finding local places to get a person or their loved one help and an education page which has the “LifeGuard Workshop” giving teachers and parents the tools they need in order to help