Suicide Prevention Resources for Parents/Guardians/Families
Suicide Prevention Resources for Parents/Guardians/Families
This sheet lists a selection of websites and online information sheets that have suicide prevention resources for parents, guardians, and other family members. The resources provide guidance on talking with your child if you think he or she may be at risk for suicide and on coping with a suicide attempt or death. A few of the resources also discuss how you can take action at the school and community levels to prevent suicide.
Websites
Jason Foundation Parent Resource Program
http://jasonfoundation.com/get-involved/parent/parent-resource-program/
This
website contains basic information about suicide and how you as a
parent or guardian can help prevent youth suicide. It also has a video
of a parent and community seminar that includes basic information on
suicide and provides awareness and suicide prevention strategies for
parents and other adults.
Maine Youth Suicide Prevention Program
http://www.maine.gov/suicide/parents/index.htm
This
website includes a parent-specific section with a number of information
sheets that cover basic information on suicide prevention, common
reactions to youth suicide, talking with your child, and coping after a
suicide attempt or death.
Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
Parent Section: http://www.sptsusa.org/parents/
This
website’s parent section provides information to help you talk with
your teens about suicide or the death of a friend by suicide. It
includes a link to the video
Not My Kid: What Every
Parent Should Know, which features eight parents from culturally diverse
backgrounds asking two experts common questions about youth suicide.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1–800–273-TALK (8255)
The
Lifeline is a 24-hour toll-free phone line for people in suicidal
crisis or emotional distress. An online chat option is available at
http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/GetHelp/LifelineChat.aspx
Information Sheets
Cómo
pueden los padres OBSERVAR ESCUCHAR AYUDAR (How Parents Can LOOK LISTEN
AND HELP: Youth Suicide Is Preventable) Oregon Youth Suicide Prevention
Program
https://public.health.oregon.gov/PreventionWellness/SafeLiving/SuicidePrevention/Pages/espllh.aspx
This
Spanish-language webpage discusses your role as a parent in recognizing
changes in your child’s behavior that may indicate he or she is at risk
of depression or suicide. It also outlines how you can intervene to
prevent a crisis and obtain help. This information can be downloaded as a
brochure, and an English-language version can be ordered by e-mail.
National Association of School Psychologists Preventing Youth Suicide—Tips for Parents and Educators
http://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources/school-safety-and-crisis/preventing-youth-suicide/preventing-youth-suicide-tips-for-parents-and-educators
This
webpage describes the risk and resiliency factors related to suicide,
warning signs of suicide, ways to respond, and the role of the school in
suicide prevention.
Suicide Prevention: Facts for Parents
http://www.sprc.org/sites/default/files/migrate/library/Suicide%20Prevention%20-%20Facts%20for%20Parents.pdf
This information sheet focuses on suicide among high school students and how parents and high schools can help prevent it.
For
information on suicide prevention activities in your state, see SPRC’s
list of state contacts at http://www.sprc.org/states/all/contacts.
July 2017
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The Suicide Prevention
Resource Center is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) under Grant No. 5U79SM059945.
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
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