The purpose of this handbook is to assist coaches in identifying student-athletes who may be having difficulty and to help coaches learn to respond appropriately and effectively with those student-athletes. Chapters provide information on mood disorders (includes suicide intervention), anxiety disorders, eating disorders, substance abuse and management issues.
Resource Types: Manual
Addiction counseling competencies: The knowledge, skills, and attitudes of professional practice
Technical Assistance Publication (TAP) Series 21. A comprehensive list of 123 competencies that substance abuse treatment counselors should master to do their work effectively. Has been used to develop and evaluate addiction counseling curricula, advise students, and assess counseling proficiencies.
Hope, Help, and Healing: A Planning Toolkit for First Nations and Aboriginal Communities to Prevent and Respond to Suicide
This publication has been developed to help individuals and groups interested in addressing the issue of suicide in their communities. It is a framework to guide First Nations in assessing and planning a suicide prevention plan. Communities are encouraged to adapt the tool to meet their own needs. The tool kit also provides information and research on suicide prevention to increase awareness and encourage discussion.
A guide to managing stress in crisis response professions
This pocket guide focuses on general principles of stress management and offers strategies that can be incorporated into the daily routine of crisis response managers and workers. It includes sections on: understanding the stress cycle; managing stress before, during, and after an event; promoting a positive workplace environment; self-care for crisis response professionals; and references and recommended reading.
Making health communication programs work: A planner’s guide
This book – known as the “pink book” – describes a practical approach for planning and implementing health communication efforts.
After a suicide: Recommendations for religious services and other public memorial observances
A guide to help community and faith leaders who plan memorial observances and provide support for individuals after the loss of a loved one to suicide.
Getting to outcomes 2004: Promoting accountability through methods and tools for planning, implementation, and evaluation
This manual uses a 10-step process to increase practitioners’ prevention skills while empowering them to plan, implement, and evaluate programs.
American Indian and Alaska Native resource manual
This manual is designed as a tool to help NAMI state chapters and affiliates to better understand what is involved in an American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) outreach campaign and aid in the creation of an outreach plan. It discusses the need for AI/AN outreach, development of cultural competence, creation of AI/AN outreach plan using NAMI examples, evaluation of efforts and sharing experience with other NAMI chapters and affiliates.
A guide to choosing and adapting culturally and linguistically competent health promotion materials
This document provides guidance on how to develop health promotion materials that reflect cultural and linguistic competence
Preventing suicide: A resource for teachers and other school staff
This 18-page guide briefly describes suicidal behavior in adolescence and risk and protective factors, provides general strategies on how to identify and manage students at risk (improving school climate, building self-esteem in students), and explains how to respond to a suicide or attempt in the school community.