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School-Based Outreach
Suicide Prevention
Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention Toolkit
Welcome to the Mental Health America's (MHA) "Getting Started" toolkit. This toolkit provides you with resources and tools to assist you in creating your youth suicide project. This toolkit assumes its audience to be a community-wide collaborative of agencies and individuals working together to prevent suicide in their community. Suicide is a public health problem and requires a comprehensive prevention approach only possible by the cooperation of multiple stakeholders. However, given the youth focus of this prevention project the school system is given special attention. Whenever possible we have included materials that are school specific and materials that are community coalition specific.
Red Flags in Children's Behavior: Signs and Symptoms of a Mental Health Problem in Children
Presentation Overview: Early Childhood (1-4 years), Middle Childhood (5-10 years) , Adolescence (11-21 years)
- Developmental stage goals & competencies
- Common mental health disorders
- Red flag behavioral problems
- Role of the early, middle, and adolescent caregiver
Speakers Bureau
Looking for a speaker to address mental health issues at your next meeting, program, special event or classroom presentation? The Mental Health America's speakers bureau, "Let's Talk Mental Health", may be able to help.
Our volunteer speakers are health professionals with expertise and interest in a variety of areas and can present on a number of topics.
Gatekeeper Training
Gatekeeper training presentations can be developed based on your needs. For example:
Signs and Symptoms of Suicide.
Overview of Presentation: Wisconsin Suicide Facts, Symptoms of Major Depression in Teens, Things to Ask Yourself about Symptoms, Suicidal Risk Factors, Things You Need to Know About Suicide, Warning Signs of Suicide, Helping the Suicidal Individual, Be Direct, and Resources.
** Visit our
community outreach presentation
page for more information on setting up a presentation with one of our speakers.**
Articles and Resources#
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Wisconsin
Youth Risk Behavior Survey
The Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is conducted as part of a national effort by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to monitor health-risk behaviors of the nation's high school students. These behaviors, in turn, result in the most significant causes of both mortality and morbidity during youth and adulthood. The behaviors monitored by the Wisconsin YRBS include traffic safety; weapons and violence; suicide; tobacco use; alcohol and other drug use; sexual behavior; and diet, nutrition and exercise. More info>>
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