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Suicide is

Preventable

mhshopesquad.weebly.com

Purpose-Mission

Objectives

Suicide Prevention

Squads

  • To reduce youth suicide through education, training and peer-to-peer intervention.

"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start now and make a brand new ending."

-Carl Bard

  • Utah Suicide Statistics

  • National Statistics

  • Hope4Utah

  • Hope Squads

  • MHS Hope Squads

HOPE Squad Goals

  • Increase the knowledge of suicide warning signs.
  • Create positive relationships among student peers and faculty.
  • Break the code of silence- train students not to keep deadly secrets.
  • Raise awareness and acceptance for students to seek help from a trusted adult.
  • Reduce self-destructive behavior and reduce youth suicide.
  • Educate students and parents about community mental health resources.

School Mission

  • Inspire WONDER
  • Integrate RESPOSIBILITY
  • Instill COMPASSION

Presented by Monica D. Candia

monica.candia@ssanpete.org

October 1, 2014

hope4utah.com

Limitations

Process and planning

Utah Stats

  • Nomination

Mental Health Parterships

School Program

  • Youth suicide, a leading cause of death among young people in Utah.

HOPE Squads

SANPETE

Central Utah Counseling & Substance Abuse Center

255 West Main

Mt. Pleasant, UT 84647

Phone:(435) 462-2416

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

Contacts: Michelle Folkner (435-851-0642) and Jim and Angela Richardson (435-835-4034)

Website: http://www.namiut.org/find-local-support/item/17-sanpete-county

  • Principal Agreement
  • Peer Nomination
  • Train Selected Students
  • Parent/Guardian Permission Form
  • Data Collection Form
  • pre & post assessment test
  • HOPE Squad PHASEs
  • Promoting Hope And Student Empowerment

Heart & Soul Survivor Group

(Meets second Thursday of the month)

Utah Valley Regional Medical Center

Northeast Plaza – room 6 (upstairs)

1034 N 500 W Provo

7pm – 9pm

Contact: Charn Burton – charnburton@gmail.com

  • PHASE training
  • HB 154 2013

Community Connections

Prevention

  • Membership time frame

Sanpete County HOPE Taskforce

  • Warning signs/Triggers
  • Protective factors
  • Risk factors
  • Suicide & Bullying
  • Talking points
  • Community agencies that have combined efforts with the common goal to prevent suicide.
  • Baseline: Sanpete is the 3rd highest county in suicide rates in Utah.

Intervention

CUHOPE – Central Utah Hold On Persuade Empower

  • Suicide crisis indicators
  • Guidelines for suicidal behavior
  • Determining risk level
  • Teen suicide cluster checklist
  • Supporting Survivors/Families through support groups
  • Community Prevention Education and Awareness
  • School Based Prevention Education and Awareness (Presentations in the schools)
  • Annual Awareness Walk (4th Saturday in September)

Postvention

  • Aftermath of death or suicide -school procedures
  • Postvention preparation and actions
  • Death on Campus
  • Recommendations for media
  • Sample media statements

hope4utah.com

  • Pre & Post Assessment test accessability

MHS Protocol

Manti High School

Suicide Prevention Protocol Chart

Goal: To promote a positie mental health culture though positive behavior, school connectedness, peer-to-peer intervention, suicide prevention, and psycho-education.

Counseling

Programs

Education &

Advocacy

  • Individual
  • Group
  • Family
  • Peer-to-Peer
  • Suicide Prevention
  • Positive Behavior
  • School Connectedness
  • Parent Education
  • Peer Presentations
  • Classroom Presentation
  • Training
  • Materials

Assessment of Prevention Protocols

  • Assessment questions

Counseling Department debriefs with Administration.

State Statistics

More Statistics

National Statistics

Utah ranks 5th in the nation for youth suicide deaths.

1980-2012 9,780 Suicides

health.utah.gov

lifeafter.org

hope4utah.org

Data Analysis

references

Summary

Observation & Survey

  • Data Collection Form via Google docs
  • Data collected
  • Data analyzed for comparison

Discussion &

questions

Bardick, A. D., & Bernes, K. B. (2007, Fall). Conducting adolescent suicide risk assessments: A framework for school counsellors. The alberta counsellor, 29(2), 10.

Hayes, J. A., Chun-Kennedy, C., Edens, A. (2011, Fall). Do double

minority students face double jeopardy? Testing minority stress theory. Journal of College Counseling, 14().

HOPE4UTAH. (2014). Retrieved from http://hope4utah.com/hope-squad/

Pompei, Vincent. (2011, May). Educate staff to save lives. ASCA School Counselor. Retrieved from http://schoolcounselor.org/magazine/blogs/may-june-2011/educate-staff-to-save-lives

Speak. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.speakforthem.org/facts.html

Utah life expectancy. (2010). Retrieved from http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/usa/utah-suicide

Utah state office of education. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.schools.utah.gov/prevention/Suicide-Prevention.aspx

Violence and injury prevention program. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.health.utah.gov/vipp/teens/youth-suicide/prevention.html

  • Student Name
  • District
  • Grade
  • Age
  • Gender
  • Suicide Concern
  • Comments
  • Disegragation
  • Ethnicity
  • Sexual orientation
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