The suicide rate among adolescents increased 50% between 2010 and 2018, and many are concerned that this trend will only worsen in the aftermath of COVID-19. Whiles schools are being increasingly called upon to implement suicide prevention strategies, comprehensive models for school-based suicide prevention are scant. This session will discuss innovative options for implementing suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention strategies within your multi-tiered PBIS system. An exemplar will describe their approach to this important topic.
Mental Health/Social-Emotional-Behavioral Well-Being
November 19, 2021