School Resources

Do you think you might be depressed? Take a Depression Survey and See: (Click Here)

Here is where you can find valuable school resources for your school community.  Please feel free to link your school or organization website to our page.  This is a great tool for your students, teachers and staff, parents and community, and trusted adults visiting your page.

You’ll find resources on a variety of subjects for your benefit.  Whenever there is a possibility of suicidal ideation, professional help should be our first responsibility.  Never try and be the hero and solve these problems on your own or without the help of a mental health professional.

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Understanding Teens and Self-Harm

• Blog: Click Here
• Video on Teens and Self-Harm Click Here

Parenting Teens

• Youth Risk Behavior Survey – Click Here

• How to develop a strong relationship with your teen – Click Here

• Tips for Parents to Stay Involved – Click Here

• Perfectionism: Teens Fear of Failure – Click Here

• The Momo Challenge: The Successor of The Blue Whale Challenge – Click Here

Teen Issues . . . Teen Life

• How to Raise Self-Esteem: 30 Seconds a Day – Click Here

• Self-Improvement for Teens: How to be your best everyday – Click Here

• Netflix hit series, 13 Reasons Why: My Take

• 2018 High School Commencement Speech: Graduates of the Class 2018

• High Speaker Motivational Speaker Jeff Yalden visits this small Texas School Community rocked by Hurricane Harvey and Two Tornadoes. Watch Video

• On the loss of Linkin Park’s Chester Pennington – Click Here

• Bullying: Why it happens and How to Deal – Click Here

• Depression: Take a Quiz – Click Here

• At-Risk Youth . . . Aren’t All Our Kids At-Risk Today – Click Here

• A Simple Way to Make Better Life Choices – Click Here

Teen Suicide & Mental Health Advice

The links contain information about suicide.  Facts, statistics, and general information are covered in the following links. For more information regarding youth suicide, please contact us.

• TEDx Speaker: Teen Suicide, The “WHY”

• Schools are not Responsible to Teen Suicide caused by Bullying – Click Here

• Why Teens Commit Suicide – Click Here

• Coping with Teen Suicide – Click Here

• Teen Suicide: A Friend’s Responsibility – Click Here

• Mental Health, Suicide and Suicide of Chris Cornell – Click Here

• Suicide: The Forever Decision – Click Here

• 4 Tips to Save a Teens Life: Suicide Prevention

• 2015 Youth Risk Behavioral Survey – Center for Disease Control and Prevention

• Protective Factors – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• About Teen Suicide (For Parents) – Nemours Foundation

• Teen suicide – www.FamilyDoctor.org Editorial Staff

• Suicide – Teen Mental Health

• Suicide among youth – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• The Relationship Between Bullying and Suicide– Centers for Disease Control and Preventio

• Guide for Suicide Prevention – Rutgers University

After an Attempt

The following links contain information regarding what a person can or should do after a suicide attempt.  There are many actions and words that can be detrimental to a person who has recently attempted suicide.  It is important to be supportive of someone who has attempted suicide.  Certain people close the person who attempted may be in need of support, as well.

• After an Attempt – US Department of Health & Human Services

• Supporting Someone After a Suicide Attempt – Suicide Line

• What Not to Say After An Attempt – LDSLiving

• Providing Support After a Suicide Attempt – Beyond Blue

Grief and Loss

It is normal for suicide survivors to experience grief and loss after the death of a loved one.  There are many forms of grief and people cope differently.  The links below provide information for a myriad of people who may be affected by suicide loss.

• Suicide grief: Healing after a loved one’s suicide – Mayo Clinic

• Helping a Student Who Has Lost a Friend or Family Member to Suicide – University of Texas Counseling and Mental Health Center

• Left Behind After a Suicide – Harvard Medical School

• Beyond Surviving – Survivors of Suicide

• Suicide Survivors Face Grief, Questions, Challenges – Harvard Medical School

• Grief: Coping with reminders after a loss – Mayo Clinic

• Communicating with Children After a Suicide – Support After Suicide

• Talking to Your Kid About Suicide – Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide

• What to Tell Children of a Loved One’s Suicide? – Speaking of Suicide

• Understanding Survivors of Suicide Loss – Psychology Today

• Bearing the Special Grief of Suicide – Survivors of Suicide Loss