This registration is only for IU 1 Paraprofessionals who are taking this course for Extra Contracted Days. Counts as three (3) days for Extra Contracted Days.
This course is intended for any K-12 teacher, counselor, school social worker, SAP member, including mental health and social service, as well as nurses.
“Suicides among youth 10 to 19 are rising faster than predicted, creating a potential health crisis”, states the American Medical Association. The need to expand efforts to identify children at risk earlier doing a better job of preventing suicides. Schools are an obvious place to identify youth at risk of suicide. Healthy, supportive and informed schools can do much to prevent youth suicide.
This course will explore not only the issues of suicide, but also the positive role they can play by talking about the subject. Risk factors, prevention, intervention strategies, and responding to a death by suicide are some of the topics that will be covered.
