More than 100 students from 33 Long Island schools learned about the signs of mental health challenges Tuesday amid a recent significant rise in teen suicides.

Students who attended the Third Annual Long Island Wellness Summit in Merrick attended workshops geared toward teaching them team building skills, self-worth and confidence.

The program comes at a time when suicide is the second-leading cause of death among adolescents.

Amanda Ali, a junior at Mepham High School, says it's important to take what they learned during the summit and bring it back to their school to help others.

"I just want to be there for them, a person they can come to, and I want them to know that I can give them resources they need," Ali says.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says suicide rates for people ages 10-24 nationwide went up by over 57% from 2007 to 2018.

Stacey Brief, of the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide, says she hopes to spread the message that it's OK to speak out about how your feeling

"It's so important right now that we are helping them create open dialogue, providing them with coping strategies so that they really know how to take care of themselves and their friends," Brief says.