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Teen Suicide Prevention: Frequently Asked Questions

STUDENTS

•   24-Hour Suicide Prevention Hotline (English)
    24 Horas-Prevención del Suicidio (Spanish)

•   Action Steps for Students
    Recomendaciones para los Estudiantes

•   "It Gets Better" (YouTube)

 SCHOOL STAFF

•   Responding to Suicide - Tips for Teachers

•   Marin County School Crisis Response & Recovery Quick Reference Guide

•   Video from SOS! "Signs of Sucide" curriculum training - October 14, 2010 (Requires Windows Media Player)

•   After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Suicide Prevention Research Center)

•   Coping with Death of a Student or Staff Member (U.S. Department of Education)

•   Guidelines for Responding to the Death of a Student or School Staff (National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement)

•   Postvention Standards Manual: A Guide for a School's Response in the Aftermath of Sudden Death (STAR Center Publications)

•   Children and Bereavement: How Teachers and Schools Can Help (National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement)

•   Ways to Avoid Suicide Contagion

•   Spectrum LGBT Center - Programs for School Staff

 PARENTS

•  Mental Health Resources for Students and Families

•  Video from Speakers' Panel on Suicide Prevention: Listen, Engage, Protect - October 14, 2010 (Requires Windows Media Player)

•  Listen, Protect, Connect: Psychological First Aid for Children, Parents and other Caregivers (National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement)

•  Suicide (Teens Health)

•  Youth Suicide Prevention:  Why do some teens kill themselves? (Macromedia Flash Player))

 Training/Workshops: Held at the Marin County Office of Education unless otherwise noted

• Educators: SOS! "Signs of Suicide" - September 29, 2011

•  Families:  Teens, Tragedy: Developing the Spiritual Ground Beneath Us - October 29, 2010 (First Presbyterian Church)

•  Educators: SOS! "Signs of Suicide" Webinar: Some Secrets SHOULD Be Shared - - October 28, 2010  (The audio portion is at http://mentalhealthscreening.org/programs/youth-prevention-programs/news.aspx)

•  Parents: Could My Teen Be Sexting? - October 28, 2010
   Padres: ¿Podría estar mi adolescente sexteando? - 28 de October 2010

•  Educators: SOS! "Signs of Suicide" - October 14, 2010 (View video - requires Windows Media Player)

•  Parents:  Speakers' Panel on Suicide Prevention: Listen, Engage, Protect -  October 14, 2010 (View video- requires Windows Media Player)

•  Parents: Speakers' Panel on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention - October 13, 2010
   Padres: Un Panel de Oradores sobre la Prevención de las Drogas y el Alcohol - 13 de Octubre 2010

•  School Staff:  Bereavement at Schools Online Training (Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools)  

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