Suicide Prevention and Supporting the School Community After a Loss

Prevention

• Bring Suicide Prevention to Your School American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• Learn the Facts: Risk factors, warning signs, statistics, treatment, and how to report about it responsibly American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• Model School District Suicide Prevention Policy National Association of School Psychologists
• Preventing Suicide: Guidelines for Administrators and Crisis Teams National Association of School Psychologists
• Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for High Schools Youth.gov
• Preventing Youth Suicide: Tips for Parents & Educators National Association of School Psychologists
• Reluctance to Require Suicide Prevention Education Could Cost Lives, But It’s Complicated Hechinger Report
• Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide Among Adolescents: A Look at Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• Talking About Suicide The Trevor Project
• Youth Suicide Prevention Programs by State Kognito

Postvention

Postvention is an organized response in the aftermath of a suicide to accomplish any one or more of the following:

• To facilitate the healing of individuals from the grief and distress of suicide loss
• To mitigate other negative effects of exposure to suicide
• To prevent suicide among people who are at high risk after exposure to suicide

Students

• After a Suicide Death Dougy Center: The National Center for Grieving Children & Families
• Coping With Grief in the Classroom Scholastic
• Five ways school leaders can create grief-responsive teaching environments Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Helping Students Through a Period of Grief Edutopia
• Helping the Grieving Student: A Guide for Teachers Dougy Center: The National Center for Grieving Children & Families
• Provide for Immediate and Long-Term Postvention Suicide Prevention Resource Center
• Responding to Grief, Trauma, and Distress After a Suicide: U.S. National Guidelines Suicide Prevention Resource Center
• Supporting Grieving Students: A Handbook for Teachers And Administrators Stanford
• Supporting Survivors of Suicide Loss Counseling Today
• Teacher Training Module: Supporting Grieving Students in Schools School Crisis Center

School Community

• Helping Students—and Schools—Cope With Tragic Death Rob Evans
• Practical Information for Immediately After a Loss American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• Safe and Effective Messaging and Reporting Suicide Prevention Resource Center
• Webinar Recording: Managing a Loss in Your School Community SAIS