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McVittie, Jordan; Ansloos, Jeffrey – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2023
Indigenous young people in Canada are disproportionately overrepresented in suicide rates and alarmingly, young children are accounted for in these disparities. Since children spend much of their day at school, schools are a vital context for suicide prevention, identification, and intervention. However, research indicates that educators often…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Disproportionate Representation, Suicide
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Lunsky, Yona; Raina, Poonam; Jones, Jessica – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2012
Background: Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) and legal involvement are a unique population with complex needs. To date, there has been limited research exploring the demographic and clinical profiles of individuals with ID and legal involvement that are in crisis and how they differ to individuals with ID without legal involvement.…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Profiles, Background, Individual Characteristics
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Dion, Jacinthe; Kennedy, Allison; Cloutier, Paula; Gray, Clare – Child Care in Practice, 2010
An innovative crisis intervention programme was created at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Canada in order to provide emergency assessments for youth presenting with mental health crises. The current investigation presents an overview of the programme and examines the emergency staff's perception and satisfaction with it.…
Descriptors: Health Services, Crisis Intervention, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health
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Wenckstern, Susanne; Leenaars, Antoon A. – Death Studies, 1993
Describes postvention as dealing with traumatic aftereffects in survivors of traumas. Defines role of school in providing such postvention services as consultation, crisis intervention, community linkage, assessment and counseling, education, liaison with media, and follow-up. Provides outline of this type of prevention with illustrations from…
Descriptors: Accidents, Crisis Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries