Suicide in Schools: A Practitioner's Guide to Multi-level Prevention, Assessment, Intervention, and Postvention

by Terri A. Erbacher, Jonathan B. Singer, Scott Poland

Suicide in Schools provides school-based professionals with practical, easy-to-use guidance on developing and implementing effective suicide prevention, assessment, intervention and postvention strategies. The authors include detailed case examples, innovative approaches for professional practice, usable handouts, and internet resources on the best practice approaches to effectively work with youth who are experiencing a suicidal crisis as well as those students, families, school staff, and community members who have suffered the loss of a loved one to suicide. Readers will come away from this book with clear, step-by-step guidelines on how to work proactively with school personnel and community professionals, think about suicide prevention from a three-tiered systems approach, how to identify those who might be at risk, and how to support survivors after a traumatic event--all in a practical, user-friendly format geared especially for the needs of school-based professionals. 

Over 40 e-resources are available
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Genres: Mental Health, Nonfiction

266 pages, Paperback

First published November 20, 2014

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very good book. It provided a lot of practical information for anyone working with K-12 students! I would recommend this book for anyone who wants to know more about working with students who have suicide ideation. This book is perfect for school psychologists, school counselors, and school social workers It could also be helpful for teachers.

What I didn't like:
(1) There are many images that are very difficult, if not impossible, to read on my Kindle Paperwhite.
(2) The book kept referring to eResources that were supposed to be available to the reader. They seemed like resources that would be very helpful. However, the book never gave a link to find these resources. (At least not in the Kindle version.) I tried googling it, but I still couldn't find them. I was very disappointed that I could not find these resources.
(3) The author stated that in your crisis kit, you should carry a paper bag in case a student hyperventilates. This is bad medical advice. I find it irresponsible of the authors to give advice on something medical without having a medical background or checking with a qualified person.

Update: I emailed two of the authors to ask about the eResources, and they provided me with a link.

[Jeffrey Roth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Suicide in Schools: A Practitioner's Guide....is by far, the most comprehensive resource on the subject I have ever seen. It is sensitively written, evidence-based, and full of practical guidance and strategies. I believe this book should be read by all school-based educators, administrators, and mental health support staff.

[Kinsey Edgar · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent toolkit for practitioners. The book provides resources that one can use in real time within the school setting. I am from the same area as two of the authors and I have found that this book is on the shelves of many local school psychologists. The shame with a book like this is that, just a few years after its publication, many of the statistics may become out of date. This is an excellent read as we talk about returning back to school following the COVID slide.

[Jessie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an excellent resource for establishing proactive and reactive approaches to suicide. As a school counselor, this is a topic that I need to know lots about, not only to help students struggling with suicide but to also educate others. However, this is an incredibly difficult topic and I've always felt that I didn't have enough to truly help even with the training I've gone through. After reading this, I now feel that I not only know more but also have many more resources to utilize. I especially feel that I now have access to more information regarding proactive/preventative measures and ideas for educating youth. This book is well organized and walks you carefully through multiple case studies that deal with the before, during ,and after events of a suicide. This is a terrible, difficult topic... but this book is an excellent resource in the mission to prevent suicide.