Suicide & Other Traumatic Loss Events
oo many students experience pressures during their educational careers that lead them to suicidal ideation or suicidal acts. Students also are unfortunately too often confronted with the disturbing effects of traumatic loss events at school, at home or in the community. Suicide and other traumatic loss events, wherever they occur, can have a profound effect on the entire school community, disrupting the normal delivery of the educational program and the well being of students, staff and parents. Provided below are resources and information on school requirements for addressing these events and supportive resources for the prevention, intervention and postvention of suicide and other traumatic loss events.
- Government Agencies
- Statutes
- Reports
- Resources
- Data Collection
- State Initiatives
- Professional Associations
- New Jersey Department of Children and Families, Youth Suicide Prevention Advisory Council
- New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health Services
- United State Department of Education
- United States, Department of Health and Human Services
- United States, Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- All References below can be found at the New Jersey Legislature's website:
- N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-60.2 Disclosure, use of juvenile's statement made in course of screening.
- N.J.S.A. 2A:62A-16 Medical or counseling practitioners' immunity
- N.J.S.A. 2C:3-7. Use of force in law enforcement
- N.J.S.A. 2C:11-6. Aiding suicide
- N.J.S.A. 2C:58-8. Certain wounds and injuries to be reported
- 9:6-8.90 Duties of board.
- N.J.S.A. 18A:6-111 Findings, declarations relative to instruction in suicide prevention in public schools.
- N.J.S.A. 18A:6-112 Instruction in suicide prevention for public school teaching staff.
- N.J.S.A. 18A:6-113 Provision for instruction in suicide prevention in school curriculum
- N.J.S.A. 26:2-160 Finding, declarations relative to minority and multicultural health
- N.J.S.A.. 30:9A-12. Findings, declarations
- N.J.S.A. 30:9A-13. Youth suicide prevention program
- N.J.S.A. 30:9A-15. Proposals
- N.J.S.A. 30:9A-16. Cooperation with school boards
- N.J.S.A. 30:9A-22 Findings, declarations relative to youth suicide
- N.J.S.A. 30:9A-23 Definitions relative to youth suicide
- N.J.S.A. 30:9A-24 Report by teacher of attempted, completed suicide by student; other reporting requirements.
- N.J.S.A. 30:9A-25 New Jersey Youth Suicide Prevention Advisory Council.
- N.J.S.A. 30:9A-26 Public awareness campaign on youth suicide prevention and intervention.
- N.J.S.A. 30:9A-27 Compilation of data, annual report.
- Adolescent Suicide in New Jersey: Data Overview and Prevention Activities
- Healing children after September 11: the impact of traumatic loss
- Managing Sudden Traumatic Loss in the Schools
- New Jersey Association of Mental Health Agencies
- New Jersey Student Health Survey
- New Jersey Violent Death Reporting System
- SAMHSA, National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
- Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention: Evidence and Implications – A White Paper
- World Health Organization
Emergency Resources
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- NJ Suicide and Crisis Hotlines
- Traumatic Loss Coalitions for Youth Programs
Other Resources
“After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools”-- the SAMHSA-funded Suicide Prevention Resource Center and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), two of the nation’s leading organizations devoted to suicide prevention, just released this new, free resource. The online toolkit draws on scientific research and best practices and includes common warning signs and causes of suicide. The kit emphasizes that schools should inform students about the connection between suicide and underlying disorders such as depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. It also recommends that administrators remind the community about available mental health resources, including hotline numbers and local counseling services. Other toolkit recommendations include talking with students in small groups to help them manage their emotional responses and monitoring social media to help identify other students who may be at risk.
- American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
- American Association Suicidology
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- Crisislink
- National Center for Suicide Prevention Training
- National Institue of Mental Health
- New Jersey Core Currriculum Comtent Standards 2.1.4 F. Social and Emotional Health
- New Jersey Youth Suicide Prevention Council
- Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for High School Funded by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and published in 2012, this toolkit is designed to help high schools, school districts, and their partners design and implement strategies to prevent suicide and promote behavioral health among their students.
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, New Jersey Resources
- Suicide Prevention Action Network USA
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center
- Survivors of Suicide
- Teen Screen
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
- Centers for Disease Control Faststats, Suicide and Self-inflicted Injury
- National Violent Death Reporting System
- New Jersey Violent Death Reporting System
- Suicide Prevention Resources Center, National and State Data Fact Sheets
- WISQARS Fatal Injuries: Mortality Reports
- World Health Organization
- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
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