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Faculty and Staff Training

Faculty and Staff Training. Workshop Objectives. Review your role in our school’s suicide prevention strategy Help you better recognize students who may be at risk Provide an effective initial response to these students Clarify how to refer students for further help.

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Faculty and Staff Training

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  1. Faculty and Staff Training

  2. Workshop Objectives • Review your role in our school’s suicide prevention strategy • Help you better recognize students who may be at risk • Provide an effective initial response to these students • Clarify how to refer students for further help

  3. Why Talk about Youth Suicide? Third-leading cause of death in adolescents There are 50 to 200 attempts for every completion Every day, there are approximately 11 youth suicides Every 2 hours and 11 minutes, a person under the age of 25 dies by suicide

  4. The School’s Role in Suicide Prevention “ School systems are not responsible for meeting every need of their students, but when the need directly affects learning, the school must meet the challenge.” Carnegie Task Force on Education

  5. Lifelines Objectives 1. To increase the probability that persons who come into contact with potentially suicidal adolescents: a. can more readily identify them b. know how to respond to them c. know how to rapidly obtain help for them d. will be consistently inclined to take such action 2. To make sure troubled youth are aware of and have access to helping resources so that they are inclined to seek help as an alternative to suicide

  6. Curriculum Learning Objectives To present relevant facts about suicide To alert students to signs of suicide risk in peers and encourage serious responses To outline ways to respond to troubled peers To demonstrate positive attitudes about intervention and help-seeking behavior To identify resources

  7. Provides an effective initial response to potentially suicidal students (do You know what to do?) Knows where to refer students for additional assistance (do you know who to refer students to?) The Competent School Community in Suicide Prevention

  8. Suicide Prevention Strategies Identification Support and Response Education

  9. Characteristics of Suicide 1. An alternative to what is seen as an unsolvable problem 2. Thinking is in crisis mode 3. Considered to be a means of communication

  10. Your Role as Educators Identifying Risk Factors, Warning Signs, and Protective Factors

  11. Risk Factors Demographics Psychiatric history Drug/alcohol abuse Previous suicide attempt Family history of suicide Exposure to another’s suicide Experience of stressful life events Personality factors Access to means

  12. Warning Signs F = Feelings A = Actions C = Changes T = Threats S = Situations

  13. Remember Every threat should be taken seriously

  14. What to Do about Warning Signs • Consult with school • resource staff • Counselors • Intervention • Specialist • LSSP

  15. Talking with Students Listen Know your limits Know your resources Follow up

  16. Protective Factors Personal, behavioral, or situational characteristics that contribute to resiliency and serve as a buffer against risk

  17. Protective Factors Caring relationship with a trusted adult Sense of connection or participation in school Positive self-esteem and good coping skills Access to care for emotional/physical problems, substance abuse Cultural/religious beliefs that discourage suicide and promote self-preservation

  18. Putting It All Together The competent school community engages all members in suicide prevention activities The competent school community can increase the effectiveness of responses to at-risk teens, their families, and friends

  19. Additional Resources www.sptsnj.orgSociety for the Prevention of Teen SuicideFocuses on resources for the competent school community www.sprc.orgSuicide Prevention Resource CenterNational resource www.afsp.orgAmerican Foundation for Suicide PreventionPrinted materials & resources www.suicidology.orgAmerican Association of SuicidologyData, resources, links www.maine.gov/suicideMaine Youth Suicide Prevention ProgramExtensive resources and information on youth suicide www.maine.gov/suicide/youthMaine Teen Suicide PreventionResources and information for teens

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