Information & Resources for Schools/Educators
The American Association of Suicidology provides a complete guide for developing school-based suicide prevention programs.
Second Growth (Robert Bryant) offers a variety of services to students and faculty, as well as communities, in NH. These include suicide and violence prevention (bullying/harassment etc), communication skills training, etc. Services also include crisis response following a traumatic event, and postvention after a suicide. Call 603-643-6603.
The State of Maine developed a highly-regarded, comprehensive, school-based suicide prevention program. The program contains sections on prevention, intervention and postvention activities.
The University of South Florida has developed an excellent guide for school-based programs called "The Youth Suicide Prevention School Based Guide." The guide is formatted in concise and easy to read bulletins on a variety of topics related to youth suicide.
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) is administered every year to high school students both in NH and nationwide. It monitors six categories of priority health-risk behaviors. Click on the link above to view NH results from 2005.
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