Suicide Awareness, Prevention, and Postvention
The TLC often receives calls from schools inquiring about suicide awareness programs for students and faculty in their desire to fulfill the professional development requirement, per N.J.S.A. 18A:6-11. We appreciate the caution that schools are demonstrating as care needs to be taken to choose programs that are effective and safe especially in regard to suicide awareness programs for students.Please find information on some of the Suicide Prevention educational programs for adults and youth being implemented in New Jersey. Please refer to the Suicide Prevention Resource Center/American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (SPRC/AFSP) Best Practices Registry (BPR) link for a complete listing of all Evidenced-Based and Best practices programs to meet your educational needs.
Suicide Postvention
Suicide Prevention
- Preventing Suicide: a Toolkit for High Schools (SAMHSA)
- Understanding Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide: A Primer for Preventing Suicide
- SPRC: Primary Care Providers
- SPRC: The Role of College Students
- SPRC: Corrections Professionals
- SPRC: Foster Parents
- SPRC: Clergy
- Do You Know Children Who Struggle With: . . . (English and Spanish)
Programs for Schools
- Best Practices Registry (BPR)-Evidenced Based Programs
- College Student Depression and Suicide
- Interactive Screening Program for Colleges and Universities
- SPRC: The Role of College Students
Social Networking
Websites for Youth and Young Adults
- ReachOut for Teens
- The Trevor Project
- 2nd Floor Youth Helpline for New Jersey
- SPRC: The Role of College Students
Bullying Prevention
LGBT Youth
- LGBT Suicide Recommendations
- Family Acceptance Project
- Preventing Suicide Among LGBT Youth
- Suicide Risk & Prevention for LGBT Youth
- Talking About Suicide & LGBT Populations
Media
Clergy
- After a Suicide: Recommendations for Religious Services & Other Public Memorial Observances
- SPRC The Role of the Clergy in Preventing Suicide
Corrections Professionals
Parents
Survivors of Suicide