Florida School Toolkit for K-12 Educators to Prevent Suicide

District/School Training Program Participants  administrators, counselors, psychologists, school resource officer (SRO), nurses, social workers  teachers and teachers’ assistants (classroom professionals)  office support staff members (secretaries, attendance clerks, etc.) Strongly Recommended Additional Personnel  ancillary staff members (custodians, cafeteria workers, maintenance and security staff members, bus drivers and attendants, part-time staff members) Training Recommendations  Provide suicide prevention training as recommended by Florida legislation (at a minimum) and based on best practices  Mental health personnel should train administrators and crisis response designees on the use of mental health services.  Every administrator and crisis response designee should receive suicide prevention and intervention training at least once per year.  Every classroom professional must receive this training once per year.  Staff members entering mid-year or after training has been conducted must be provided training upon employment.  Time spent on suicide prevention training and activities must be documented.  A pre- and post-training survey (Tool 5) is recommended for identifying degree of understanding and confidence in implementing a suicide awareness culture.  All school personnel have completed the recommended annual suicide prevention training for documentation form (Tool 4).  All parents have been provided access to the suicide prevention information and the district /school intervention and response information that is posted on the district website (Tool 29).  All supervisory personnel in interactive roles with students have completed suicide prevention and intervention training.  Student suicide prevention information that promotes prescribed response and suicide prevention lifelines resources has been reviewed and discussed for age appropriateness. Depression Screening and Identification Procedures  All crisis response designees have been educated about the district/school prevention and response procedures and have considered the use of depression screening with secondary students and parent permission procedures. More secondary students will be able to participate in depression screening if passive parental permission procedures are utilized. Crisis Response Team  The district/school has access to a fully trained Crisis Response Team.  The district/school has documented and shared with school community the staff roles in the suicide prevention and intervention process. TOOL 1 Leadership Involvement Checklist 43