Making a Difference in the Lives of Students (GSCA 2023 Annual Conference)

November 1–3, 2023

Augusta, Georgia

How to Build a Suicide Safer School & Local Community

Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 1:45 PM–2:45 PM EDT

Oglethorpe G

Target Audience

Secondary

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Appropriate for All Counselors

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Student Focused

Abstract

Prior to pandemic times, research showed an increase in suicide ideation/beahviors. It has only increased as a result of the pandemic and social/political unrest and has been exacerbated by social isolation. Learn about how to imbed the world’s leading suicide prevention model into your district’s policies and counseling practices. Going further, learn about how to reach outside the walls of the school to build a wide network for a suicide safer community.