Creating Suicide Safety in Schools
Creating Suicide Safety in Schools (CS3) is a one-day workshop designed for school-based action planning teams, empowering them to establish a customized plan for engaging in suicide prevention and response. Typically, the school-based action planning team consists of 3 to 6 individuals including school administrators, school psychologists, school counselors and social workers, and others who…
Read MoreBe Sensitive, Be Brave for Suicide Prevention
OVERVIEW: The Be Sensitive, Be Brave for Suicide Prevention (BSBB for SP) training infuses culture and diversity throughout a foundational community helper workshop on suicide prevention. Community members learn to act as eyes and ears for suicidal distress, and to connect individuals from culturally diverse populations to help or support. GOALS AND OUTCOMES: In BSBB…
Read MoreSources of Strength Elementary
Sources of Strength (Sources) is an upstream, Strength-based suicide prevention and mental health promotion organization. The program employs a protective factor framework to boost resilience in the lives of young people, with the evidence base to show that the further we move upstream to support the development and identification of protective factors that promote healthy…
Read MoreTeen Life Counts (TLC)
Jewish Community Service of Greater New Orleans (JFS) created the Teen Life Counts (TLC) program 40 years ago with the goal to educate youth about the warning signs of suicide and to inform them about resources in the community that are available to help them. Through the TLC program, JFS provides training sessions at Greater…
Read MoreVitalCog: Suicide Prevention
Suicide prevention is personal, but it is also a public health issue, which affects work, communities, and families. By improving an employee’s understanding of mental health and suicide prevention, they can be a key partner in the effort to prevent suicides by promoting mental health and encouraging early identification and intervention. VitalCog® Suicide Prevention in…
Read MorePromoting Community Conversations About Research to End Suicide (PC CARES)
Developed with rural Alaska Native communities to reduce youth suicide risk before a crisis, PC CARES (Promoting Community Conversations About Research to End Suicide) offers adults culturally-responsive ways to use suicide prevention best practices to promote mental wellbeing and reduce suicide risk in their families and communities. The model trains community health workers to facilitate…
Read MoreJED Campus
JED Campus is a collaborative systems change program that provides colleges and universities expert support and data-driven guidance to protect student mental health and prevent suicide. By supporting the development of enhanced mental health programs, policies, and processes, JED helps schools to bolster mental health and decrease suicidal thoughts and attempts among students on JED…
Read MoreComunilife Life is Precious™ Program
Comunilife’s Life is Precious™ (LIP) program opened in the Bronx, New York, in 2008, as a community defined program, with the goal of providing treatment adjacent services to Latina teens at-risk of suicide. In subsequent years, LIP expanded to include four sites in NYC as well as Poughkeepsie and Yonkers, NY. LIP’s goal is to…
Read MoreSuicide Assessment and Intervention Training for Mental Health Professionals
This full-day training is designed to increase knowledge and improve the skills and confidence of clinicians and others who work in behavioral health settings and who routinely assess for suicidal thoughts and behaviors in youth and adults and plan for their care. This clinician-developed training is based on current research and best practices and reflects…
Read MoreCoping and Support Training (CAST)
Coping and Support Training (CAST) is a brief, evidence-based program suitable for selective (Tier II) and indicated (Tier III) prevention among at-promise youth in schools, community programming, health care settings, or any youth-serving agency. Eligible youth are personally invited (never mandated) to join a CAST group and meet for 12, 1-hour sessions over 6-12 weeks…
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