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For Professionals
This section contains information about suicide prevention tailored to specific professions and the role they can play in suicide prevention, intervention and postvention.
A professional may:
- be the first person to identify a suicidal youth;
- serve as a "Gatekeeper" at a school or in another setting;
- be responsible for assessing suicidality;
- or provide support to a child who has lost a friend to suicide.
For educators - the Comprehensive School Program section helps school professionals set up effective programming.
For information on other professional's roles, see the Suicide Prevention Resource Center site and "Select Your Role" for:
- Clergy
- First responders
- Law Enforcement Personnel
- Primary Care Physicians
Featured Links
- NEW - POSTVENTION RESPONSE PACKET
- Adolescent Response to the Suicide or Unexpected Death of a Peer (pdf)
- Adolescent Suicide and Depression Resources for Parents (pdf)
- Am I Normal (pdf)
- Common Student Reactions to Suicide (pdf)
- Crisis Programs Listing (pdf)
- Education Postvention (pdf)
- Grief Reactions of Children (pdf)
- How to Support Grieving Youth (pdf)
- Mental Health Postvention (pdf)
- Resources for Help After a Suicide (pdf)
- Resources for School Personnel (pdf)
- Sample Letter to Parents (pdf)
- School Memorials (pdf)
- Social Service Postvention (pdf)
- Helping Resources Packet
- Dear Friend Letter (pdf)
- Resources for Survivors (pdf)
- Original Works by Survivors (pdf)
- Tasks of Grief (pdf)
- Beyond Surviving (pdf)
- Grief Support Centers (pdf)
