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Suicide Prevention Tools and Resources for High Schools

Submitted by Administrator on Sat, 08/23/2014 - 11:50

DRAFT Model Emotional, Behavioral and Suicide Crisis Plan, 2014: House Bill 1336, passed by the state legislature in April 2013, requires that each Washington school district have a plan for how it will handle emotional and behavioral distress, including suicidal thinking, behavior, and threats of violence. The attached draft, model Plan will help districts and schools develop their own plans to respond quickly and effectively in a crisis.

Model School District Policy on Suicide Prevention: Model Language, Commentary, and Resources: The Trevor Project, in collaboration with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the American School Counselor Association, and the National Association of School Psychologists, created this model policy development document.

Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for High Schools is available again in the SAMHSA Store. Our first printing of this important resource was very popular and ran out quickly.

This toolkit assists in designing and implementing strategies to prevent suicide and promote behavioral health. It includes tools to develop a multi-faceted suicide prevention program that responds to students' needs and their cultures.

The toolkit will help schools:

  • Assess the ability to prevent suicide among students and to respond to suicides that may occur.
  • Understand strategies that can help students who are at risk for suicide.
  • Know how to respond to the suicide of a student or other member of the school community.
  • Integrate suicide prevention into activities that fulfill other aspects of the school's mission, such as preventing the abuse of alcohol and other drugs.

Need to order more than 10 copies? Email order.pubs@samhsa.hhs.gov or call 877-SAMHSA-7.