Recommended Suicide Prevention and Awareness Resources

FACTS: The Warning Signs for Teen and Child Suicide

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FACTS: The Warning Signs for Teen and Child Suicide

This printable from the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide provides an easy-to-understand method for identifying...

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Intervention Strategies for Suicide

Thirteen Reasons Why Discussion Guide

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Thirteen Reasons Why Discussion Guide

Thirteen Reasons Why, a novel for middle- and high-school students, makes an excellent companion to any school or commun...

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Understanding Suicide: Outlining Basic Characteristics

This summary of the basic characteristics of teen suicide will help you gain a better understanding of why teens' proble...

Talking to Students and Teachers in the Aftermath of Suicide

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Talking to Students and Teachers in the Aftermath of Suicide

When suicide takes place at a school, the student's peers and classroom teachers are the groups most affected by a sudde...

Parent Handout: Talking to Your Kids About Suicide

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Parent Handout: Talking to Your Kids About Suicide

The unfortunate truth is that suicide can happen to any child in any family at any time - it's the second leading cause ...

Memorials After Suicides: Guidelines for Schools and Families

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Memorials After Suicides: Guidelines for Schools and Families

When a school community experiences the death of a student, there is often the very human tendency to want to do somethi...

Parent Handout: When a Child's Friend Attempts Suicide

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Parent Handout: When a Child's Friend Attempts Suicide

Provided by the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide, this printable handout provides parents with information on ...

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Impact of Death on Students with Exceptionalities

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Suicide Myths & Facts Quiz

Test your knowledge of suicide awareness and prevention, and find out if you know the facts behind common myths and misi...

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Assessing Your Attitude About Suicide

Identifying your personal attitudes and values regarding suicide will help you to respond more effectively to at-risk st...

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Teen Suicide Prevention: Educator Responsibility

Understand the importance of your role as an educator in identifying students at risk for suicide and utilizing specific...

A Discussion Guide to the Novels of Chris Lynch

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A Discussion Guide to the Novels of Chris Lynch

Facilitate classroom studies of novels by Chris Lynch with this discussion guide to Freewill, Iceman, and Sins of the Fa...

Suicide Prevention

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Suicide Prevention

This factsheet gives pupils information about suicide and offers advice to help them identify classmates who might be at...

Preventing Teen Suicide: A First-Person Message for Teens

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Preventing Teen Suicide: A First-Person Message for Teens

This message from a teen gives insight into suicide and depression. Reading it may help prepare your students for encoun...

Preventing Teen Suicide: A First-Person Message for Parents

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Preventing Teen Suicide: A First-Person Message for Parents

Let parents of at-risk teens know that they are not alone. Share this message from a parent who lost a child to suicide ...

Preventing Teen Suicide: Parents' Guide for Talking to Kids

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Preventing Teen Suicide: Parents' Guide for Talking to Kids

Help parents talk to their children with this printable, which covers suicide warning signs and points to remember when ...

Preventing Teen Suicide: Information for Parents

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Preventing Teen Suicide: Information for Parents

Teen suicide is a topic that makes many parents feel at a loss. Help them become more aware and learn more about suicide...

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Teen Suicide Awareness: Statistics

Learn more about the impact of suicide on today's youth with these statistics, provided by the Society for the Preventio...

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Teen Suicide Prevention: Warning Signs

Learn to identify the warning signs exhibited by students who are at a higher risk for suicide, and reinforce good class...

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Teen Suicide Prevention: Talking to At-Risk Students

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Teen Suicide Prevention: Risk Factors

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Teen Suicide Prevention: Protective Factors

Bolster your students' resiliency by fostering protective factors, behaviors, and characteristics that can help them for...

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Teen Suicide Prevention: Information for Educators

Learn more about SPTS and their philosophy, and get general information about teen suicide prevention and the role of ed...

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