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Suicide of Student or Staff Member Resources
For Educators
Response:
- After Suicide: A Toolkit (PDF)
- Guidelines for Schools Responding to a Death by Suicide (PDF)
- Guidelines for Responding to the Death of a Student or School Staff (PDF)
- Sample Letter Notification Templates
- After a School Tragedy: Readiness, Response, Recovery & Resources (PDF)
- Recovery from Large Scale Crisis: Guidelines for Crisis Teams and Administration
- School Crisis Guide
- Leading Through Crises
Prevention:
- Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policies, Programs, and Practice
- Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for High Schools (PDF)
- Preventing Youth Suicide: Tips for Parents and Educators
- Suicide Prevention: The Role of the High School Teacher (PDF)
Suicide Clusters:
Memorials:
- Memorials: Special Considerations When Memorializing an Incident (PDF)
- Memorials After a Suicide: Guidelines for Schools and Families (PDF)
- Commemoration and Memorialization Module
- Commemoration and Memorialization Module Summary (PDF)
Supporting Staff:
Supporting Students:
- Returning to School After A Crisis: A Guide to Addressing Traumatic Events at School
- Suggestions for Educators: Helping Traumatized Children in School (PDF)
- Childhood Traumatic Grief: Information for School Personnel (PDF)
Self Care:
For Youth
- When Terrible Things Happen: For Students (PDF)
- Childhood Traumatic Grief: Youth Information Sheet (PDF)
- Draw your Feelings
- Tips for Grieving Teens
- Suicide Prevention Resources for Students (PDF)
- What to Do if You are Worried About a Friend’s Safety (PDF)
- Save a Friend: Tips for Teens to Prevent Suicide
For Caregivers
Talking With Your Children:
- Guiding Adults in Talking to Children About Death and Attending Services (PDF)
- How to Talk to Your Child About Suicide: An Age-By-Age Guide (PDF)
- How to Talk to Kids About Suicide (PDF)
- What To Do If You Are Worried About Your Teen’s Mental Health: A Conversation Guide
Helping Children Cope:
- Supporting Children After the Suicide of a Classmate (PDF)
- Children, Teens and Suicide Loss (PDF)
- Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Traumatic Events
- Supporting Children Who Are Grieving a Death by Suicide
- A Guide for Taking Care of Your Family Member After Treatment in the Emergency Department (PDF)
Trauma/Grief Responses in Children:
Prevention:
- Preventing Youth Suicide: Tips for Parents and Educators
- Not My Kid: What Every Parent Should Know
- Teen Suicide Risk: What Parents Should Know
- Helping Your Loved One Who is Suicidal: A Guide for Family and Friends (PDF)
Self-Care:
For Mental Health Professionals
Response:
- Psychological First Aid for Schools: Field Operations Guide (PDF)
- Culturally Competent Crisis Response
- Treatment for Suicidal Ideation, Self-harm, Suicide Attempts Among Youth (PDF)
Prevention:
- Preventing Suicide: The Role of the High School Mental Health Professional (PDF)
- Prevention and Treatment of Anxiety, Depression, and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among College Students (PDF)
- TRAILS
- TRAILS Tier 3 Suicide Risk Management
Supporting Students:
- Coping After Suicide Loss
- Special Considerations for Telling Your Own Story: Best Practices for Presentations by Suicide Loss and Suicide Attempt Survivors
- Supporting Children Who Are Grieving a Death by Suicide
Self Care:
Additional Resources
- American Association of Suicidology
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- American Psychological Association
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Coalition to Support Grieving Students
- Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network
- National Alliance for Children’s Grief
- National Association of School Psychologists
- National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement
- National Center for School Safety
- National Education Association
- National Institute of Mental Health
- PBS Kids
- Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration SAMHSA
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center
- The Jed Foundation
- The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- TRAILS
- Wise
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