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On May 13, 2016 Governor Sam Brownback signed The Jason Flatt Act into law.  The Jason Flatt Act requires each school district to provide suicide awareness and prevention programming to all school staff each year.  “Suicide prevention education enables school professionals to identify warning signs, recognize elevated risk factors, learn basic do’s and don’ts in helping someone who may be struggling with thoughts of suicide” (Kansas Mental Health Coalition 2016). 

Our staff has received suicide prevention and awareness training.  This year’s training incorporated some material from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.  In this power point from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, you will find some of the information that was presented during the staff suicide prevention and awareness training.  Additional information specific to parents and caregivers is also attached.       

• Kansas School Safety Hotline (threats of school violence): (877) 626-8203.
• Parent and Youth Resource Hotline (acts of bullying): (800) CHILDREN.
• Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) (QR code available on poster): https://www.kbi.ks.gov/sar.

Other important links:

• National Suicide Prevention Life Line: http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
• Kansas Suicide Prevention Resource Center: http://www.kansassuicideprevention.org/
• Suicide Prevention Resource Center: http://www.sprc.org/
• Kansas Suicide Hotlines: http://www.suicide.org/hotlines/kansas-suicide-hotlines.html
• The Trevor Project (for LBGTQ students) http://www.thetrevorproject.org

SCHS Suicide Risk Protocol: 

• Staff follows the Risk Response Protocol.
• The counselor utilizes the Columbia Screener Protocol questionnaire.
• Counselor completes the Suicide Intervention Report with parents

Suicide Prevention PowerPoint