Dear Safe Schools Coalition Members and Friends:

 

From Youth Suicide Prevention Program (YSPP), a member of the Safe Schools Coalition:

(1) Prevention [of Suicide] at School: Starting a School Program

(2) Riding the Waves, a new suicide prevention curriculum for 5th graders

(3) Look, Listen, Link,  suicide prevention curriculum for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders

(4) H.E.L.P. (Helping Every Living Person), suicide prevention curriculum for 9th and 10th graders

(5) How to Help – straightforward, including actual words to say

(6) Training

 

From the Trevor Project re: suicide:

(7) Resources for LGBTQ Youth (including a hotline)

(8) Resources for Educators and Parents

 

From Suicide Prevention Resource Center:

(9) The Role of High School Teachers in Preventing Suicide

(10) The Role of High School Mental Health Providers in Preventing Suicide

 

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About YSPP: Youth Suicide Prevention Program is a Washington State suicide prevention education program focusing on youth. They offer peer-to-peer programs and resources for students, training for educators and staff, counselors and nurses, principals and administrators, and information for parents.  The YSPP website includes fact sheets, awareness materials, resource lists for adults and youth, and a special section about preventing suicide among LGBTQ youth. They are looking for Board Members and Youth [Peer] Facilitators.

 

(1) Prevention [of Suicide] at School: Starting a School Program

Go to: http://www.yspp.org/for_youth/school_program.htm

 

(2) Riding the Waves, a new suicide prevention curriculum for 5th graders

Go to http://www.yspp.org/curriculum/index.htm

 

(3) Look, Listen, Link,  suicide prevention curriculum for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders

Go to http://www.yspp.org/curriculum/index.htm

 

(4) H.E.L.P. (Helping Every Living Person), suicide prevention curriculum for 9th and 10th graders

Go to http://www.yspp.org/curriculum/index.htm

 

(5) How to Help – straightforward, including actual words to say

Go to: http://www.yspp.org/about_suicide/what_to_do.htm

 

(6) Training

Go to: http://www.yspp.org/training/index.htm

 

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About the Trevor Project: The Trevor Project is a national organization providing 24/7 crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth. They also offer advocacy and have formal strategic partnerships with some public school districts (New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Philadelphia, and Washington DC). They have “Trevor Ambassador Committees” in San Diego, San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Ft. Lauderdale/Miami. For more about that, go to: http://www.thetrevorproject.org/ambassadors

 

(7) Resources for LGBTQ Youth (including a hotline)

Go to: http://www.thetrevorproject.org/lifelinechat or call, toll-free, 1-866-488-7386

 

(8) Resources for Educators and Parents

Go to: http://www.thetrevorproject.org/trevorresources

 

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About the Suicide Prevention Resource Center: SPRC is the nation’s only federally supported resource center devoted to advancing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. They provide technical assistance, training, and materials to increase the knowledge and expertise of suicide prevention practitioners and other professionals serving people at risk for suicide. They also promote collaboration among a variety of organizations that play a role in developing the field of suicide prevention.

 

(9) The Role of High School Teachers in Preventing Suicide

Go to: : http://www.sprc.org/sites/sprc.org/files/Teachers.pdf  

 

(10) The Role of High School Mental Health Providers in Preventing Suicide

Go to: http://www.sprc.org/sites/sprc.org/files/SchoolMentalHealth.pdf

 

 

 

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