Florida School Toolkit for K-12 Educators to Prevent Suicide

3. Proactively provide resources. Throughout the school year (concurrent with anniversary dates of traumatic events, or before long holiday breaks), schools can send links and gentle reminders to students and staff regarding suicide warning signs, methods to increase resilience and coping, and reminders about safe messaging. Suicide prevention articles and resources should be posted on social media when most needed, in addition to traditional formats such as prevention posters in school hallways and flyers in the counseling office. In the future, we expect social media to have an even greater impact. We all need to be aware of the influence that social networks have on our youth. We encourage school districts and SMHPs to keep up with the research on the impact of social media and to be aware of harmful information and messages that are posted. For more information on how to relay safe messages about suicide in the media, please visit the following link from the World Health Organization: apps.who.int/iris/bitstream /handle/10665/258814/WHO-MSD-MER-17.5-eng .pdf?sequence=1 . Florida S.T.E.P.S.