In my three-part series on suicide assessment, I introduced a framework to guide assessment and explored how to gather information and formulate risk to plan with your client for safety. Safety ...

Every year roughly 12.3 million people struggle with suicidal thoughts, yet the vast majority don’t receive the life-saving intervention they desperately need. According to a recent study released by ...

A self-harm safety plan is a personalized tool with coping strategies and support contacts to help you manage self-harm urges or suicidal thoughts. Self-harm and suicide pose significant public health ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The East High School staffer who had been checking a 17-year-old student for weapons each morning wasn’t available Wednesday, leaving two administrators to ...

Tuscaloosa City and County schools have implemented a mental health response plan to address student suicide, a leading cause of death among teens. The plan involves a Student Welfare Response Team ...

Pratt Institute is dedicated to maintaining a safe learning environment, ensuring that all students feel secure while working towards the Institute’s mission and goals. The safety of every individual ...

The March 22 shooting at a Denver high school by a student during his daily patdown for guns has focused new attention on “safety plans.” Those are individualized agreements that can involve school ...

Merriam Webster defines the word “ensure” as “to make sure, certain, or safe: guarantee.” A broad and lofty goal for sure, but realistic? Not in the case of policy writing and school safety plan ...