Suicide Prevention
What is Suicide Prevention?
Suicide prevention is the intentional steps that your school takes to create a school culture that encourages positive coping skills, reaching out for help with mental health, and talking about suicide safely and healthily. Examples of suicide prevention include mental health education, staff training, and mental health awareness campaigns.
Training and Prevention Practices
Staff
- All secondary licensed building staff will receive in-person QPR (Question Persuade Refer) training every three years.
- All social workers, counselors, and school psychologists will receive a two-day intensive ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills) training every four years.
- All social workers, counselors, school psychologists, and school administrators will receive BSD LOSD Response to Student Risk of Suicide training or refresher annually.
Students
- All K-12 students will receive direct instruction on social-emotional learning/mental health promotion.
- All middle and high school students will receive up to three lessons per year on suicide prevention (defining depression, dispelling suicide myths, encouraging help-seeking behaviors, and building resilience) taught by classroom teachers, counselors, school psychologists, or social workers.
- All middle and high school students taking health classes will receive direct instruction from an evidence-based adopted curriculum.
- The LOSD Response to Student Risk of Suicide requires Behavioral Health and Wellness staff to work with the student and family on safety planning and connecting with resources at school and in the community.
Parents
- LOSD school counselors and social workers will offer QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) training.
- The LOSD Response to Student Risk of Suicide requires Behavioral Health and Wellness staff to work with the student and family on safety planning and connecting with resources at school and in the community.