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 will help to provide information to schools to assist them in the development of a framework to work in partnership with community resources and families.
| Overview | Youth Suicide Prevention School-Based Guide | 194 kb |
| Issue Brief 1 | Information Dissemination | 180 kb |
| Issue Brief 2 | School Climate | 184 kb |
| Issue Brief 3a | Risk Factors: Risk and Protective Factors, and Warning Signs | 154 kb |
| Issue Brief 3b | Risk Factors: How Can a School Identify a Student At-Risk for Suicide? | 188 kb |
| Issue Brief 4 | Administrative Issues | 196 kb |
| Issue Brief 5 | Suicide Prevention Guidelines | 208 kb |
| Issue Brief 6a | Intervention Strategies: Establishing a Community Response | 156 kb |
| Issue Brief 6b | Intervention Strategies: Crisis Intervention Teams | 161 kb |
| Issue Brief 6c | Intervention Strategies: Responding to a Student Crisis | 178 kb |
| Issue Brief 7a | Preparing for and Responding to a Death by Suicide: Steps for Responding | 160 kb |
| Issue Brief 7b | Preparing for and Responding to a Death by Suicide: Responding to and Working with the Media | 154 kb |
| Issue Brief 8 | Family Partnerships | 157 kb |
| Issue Brief 9 | Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations | 170 kb |
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 | 138 kb |
| True/False 1t | Information Dissemination in Schools: The Facts about Adolescent Suicide | 155 kb |
| Checklist 2 | School Climate | 138 kb |
| Checklist 4 | Administrative Issues | 123 kb |
| Checklist 5 | Suicide Prevention Guidelines | 138 kb |
| Checklist 6 | Intervention Strategies | 138 kb |
| Checklist 7a | Preparing for and Responding to a Death by Suicide: Steps for Responding | 140 kb |
| Checklist 7b | Preparing for and Responding to a Death by Suicide: Responding to and Working with the Media—Sample Forms for Schools | 153 kb |
| Checklist 9 | Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations | 208 kb |
| Programs | (UPDATED 03/15/10) School-Based Suicide Prevention Programs | 215 kb |
| Resources | Resources and Links | 560 kb |
| Statistics | American Association of Suicidology Statistics | 952 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]
