Suicide Prevention and Intervention Resources for School Counselors
This summer, I attended Angela Avery's session about suicide prevention at the ASCA Conference in New Orleans, LA. I left inspired and thinking about what I could do to increase my efforts related to suicide prevention at my school. I am also currently teaching Internship 2 as an adjunct professor at Florida Gulf Coast University. I view part of my role in teaching future school counselors as providing them with information and resources that they will need in their daily work. One of the recent themes was Suicide Prevention and Intervention. I shared some important resources from the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) as well as presentations from national speakers about suicide prevention. I kept thinking about how some people might not know about these resources and how important it is to share information that can literally help save a life. So I am sharing them with YOU! I hope these resources give you a starting point for engaging in suicide prevention at your schoo...