This course will help teams create a comprehensive crisis response system and a safe environment for students who are experiencing a mental health crisis. Learn best practices for prevention, intervention, and postvention strategies. Develop a tailored plan for your school district to ensure effective support for students in need.
Attendees (school teams) will become familiar with the model school district policy on suicide prevention as well as explore best practices in mental health response and referral. Topics will include scope and definitions, risk factors/protective factors, prevention, intervention, postvention strategies, and implementation plans. In addition, considerations around equity, culture, and community involvement will be reviewed. District school teams will leave with a good understanding of what a quality systemic suicide prevention plan should entail, as well as possess strategies for how to implement it in their setting(s).