Suicide Prevention / Mental Health

Suicide Prevention Resources

Suicide Prevention Training Materials

Trainer's Manual - Making Educators Partners in Youth Suicide Prevention

Making Educators Partners in Youth Suicide Prevention - PowerPoint slides for school staff training

Making Educators Partners in Youth Suicide Prevention - PowerPoint Overview

HB 198 - Jason Flatt Act-Georgia
Preventing Suicide - A Toolkit for High Schools
After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools
After a School Tragedy: Readiness, Response, Recovery & Resources
Recommendations for Reporting on Suicides (best practices for media and online coverage of suicide)
Suicide Prevention Resources (CDC)
FERPA - Guidance for SROs and Law Enforcement Officers
Georgia Crisis & Access Line - Call 1-800-715-4225 (Help is available 24/7 for problems with mental health, drugs or alcohol.)
Crisis Text Line
Crisis Text Line - School Toolkit
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255
Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) list of online training courses
13 Reasons Why Toolkit
13 Reasons Why Not: A Campaign of Hope and Resiliency (A project created by the Houston County School District)
GaDOE Suicide Prevention Training Update

*Public Service Announcements: "Georgia's Children in Crisis"

30 second PSA: https://vimeo.com/254621210

45 second PSA: https://vimeo.com/254621204

60 second PSA: https://vimeo.com/254621192

90 second PSA: https://vimeo.com/254621179

Long Peer-to-Peer PSA (17 minutes, 27 seconds): https://vimeo.com/254621215

Youth Suicide Prevention Video for Adults: https://vimeo.com/280463462

*PSAs were produced by Voices for Georgia's Children and members of the Georgia Suicide Prevention Taskforce.

Mental Health Resources

Signals: Social-Emotional and Mental Health Development for Children and Teens - Interactive Webinar Series

Through a series of five interactive webinars, educators and caregivers explore in-depth strategies to support the language development of young children. Risk factors and their impacts on mental health and social-emotional well-being were explored in detail including the critical role of language as an indicator of children’s needs and a key component in understanding behavior.