ERIC Number: EJ817477
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Apr
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-1096-2409
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Suicide Awareness Training for Faculty and Staff: A Training Model for School Counselors
Gibbons, Melinda M.; Studer, Jeannine R.
Professional School Counseling, v11 n4 p272-276 Apr 2008
Suicide among school-aged youth is a growing concern, and school personnel have a legal obligation to provide suicide prevention programming to faculty and staff. School counselors have the skills to provide such training, as well as to inform staff and faculty of school policy and procedures for referring potentially suicidal students. A step-by-step model is provided for school counselors to use and adapt for suicide in-service training.
Descriptors: Prevention, Suicide, School Counselors, School Policy, Training, Referral, Models, Inservice Teacher Education, Student Behavior, Administrator Role
American School Counselor Association. 1101 King Street Suite 625, Alexandria, VA 22314. Tel: 703-683-2722; Fax: 703-683-1619; Web site: http://www.schoolcounselor.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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