Updated 2012!

Introduction

The Youth Suicide Prevention School-Based Guide is designed to provide accurate, user-friendly information. The Guide is not a program but a tool that provides a framework for schools to assess their existing or proposed suicide prevention efforts (through a series of checklists) and provides resources and information that school administrators can use to enhance or add to their existing program. First, checklists can be completed to help evaluate the adequacy of the schools' suicide prevention programs. Second, information is offered in a series of issue briefs corresponding to a specific checklist. Each brief offers a rationale for the importance of the specific topic together with a brief overview of the key points. The briefs also offer specific strategies that have proven to work in reducing the incidence of suicide, with references that schools may then explore in greater detail. A resource section with helpful links is also included. The Guide provides information to schools to assist them in the development of a framework to work in partnership with community resources and families.

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Download Individual Parts — Overview and Issue Briefs

Overview The Guide Overview 610 kb
Issue Brief 1 Information Dissemination in Schools 541 kb
Issue Brief 2 School Climate 565 kb
Issue Brief 3a Risk Factors: Risk and Protective Factors, and Warning Signs 451 kb
Issue Brief 3b Risk Factors: How Can a School Identify a Student At-Risk for Suicide? 561 kb
Issue Brief 4 Administrative Issues 557 kb
Issue Brief 5 Suicide Prevention Guidelines 582 kb
Issue Brief 6a Intervention Strategies: Establishing a Community Response 532 kb
Issue Brief 6b Intervention Strategies: Crisis Intervention & Crisis Response Teams 524 kb
Issue Brief 6c Intervention Strategies: Responding to a Student Crisis 545 kb
Issue Brief 7a Preparing for and Responding to a Death by Suicide: Steps for Responding to a Suicidal Crisis 557 kb
Issue Brief 7b Preparing for and Responding to a Death by Suicide: Responding to and Working with the Media 537 kb
Issue Brief 8 Family Partnerships 524 kb
Issue Brief 9 Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations 553 kb

Download individual Checklists

Now included in the Best Practices Registry (BPR) for Suicide Prevention, a collaboration between the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).

Checklist 1 Information Dissemination in Schools 508 kb
True/False 1t Information Dissemination in Schools: The Facts about Adolescent Suicide 549 kb
Checklist 2 School Climate 508 kb
Checklist 4 Administrative Issues 508 kb
Checklist 5 Suicide Prevention Guidelines 512 kb
Checklist 6 Intervention Strategies 516 kb
Checklist 7a Preparing for and Responding to a Death by Suicide: Steps for Responding to a Suicidal Crisis 520 kb
Checklist 7b Preparing for and Responding to a Death by Suicide: Responding to and Working with the Media—Sample Forms for Schools 578 kb
Checklist 9 Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations 520 kb
Programs Suicide Prevention Programs 545 kb
Resources Resources & Links 537 kb
Statistics National Suicide-Related Statistics 721 kb

Annotated Bibliography I and II

Annotated Bibliography I includes summaries from a subset of research articles related to school-based and youth suicide prevention that were included in the development of The Guide. Annotated Bibliography II includes summaries from a subset of research articles related to school-based and youth suicide prevention that were published after the development of The Guide or some that were related to a more intense investigation of cultural issues.

Literature Review

The Literature Review for the Guide's development is included.

Annotated Bibliography I & II and Literature Review [5mb pdf]


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Customize The Guide

Customize the Guide for your community

The Guide can be customized for your community. The University of South Florida, original authors of The Guide, collaborated with New York’s Orange County Department of Mental Health and Orange-Ulster BOCES by request to create a tailored edition for their community. For more information, click here.


Assembly: The Youth Suicide Prevention School-Based Guide provides accurate, user-friendly information in a strategically planned layout. The layout design contributes to the appeal of The Guide and improves the functionality and accessibility of The Guide’s content. Following this link [1.1mb] will take you to a visual representation of The Guide that will help users effectively combine the printed downloads.


Development Team

Affiliation

The Department of Child & Family Studies, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute in the College of Behavioral & Community Sciences at the University of South Florida, originally funded by the Institute for Child Health Policy at Nova Southeastern University through a Florida Drug Free Communities Program Award.

For more information

Steve Roggenbaum
roggenba@usf.edu
813-974-6149