Suicide Prevention Month: Ideas for Action

This two-page resource offers information to help anyone, anywhere get involved in Suicide Prevention Month in September. It includes tips on how to take action to help prevent suicide in your community, such as learning about effective suicide prevention, sharing stories of hope, and empowering everyone to be there for those in distress.

Choosing a Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training Program: A Comparison Table of Trainings Available Online

This comparison table will help you find an online gatekeeper training appropriate for your setting, the people you are trying to protect from suicide, and the people you want to train as gatekeepers. It is not a comprehensive list of gatekeeper trainings, but includes the online trainings in the Resources and Programs section of the SPRC website. It provides information on training objectives, audiences, training format and highlights, and links to the training developer’s website and the SPRC listing on the training.

Gatekeeper training teaches people to identify individuals who are showing warning signs of suicide risk and help these individuals get the services they need. Note that it is most effective to combine gatekeeper training with other strategies described in SPRC’s Comprehensive Approach to Suicide Prevention. This list includes only gatekeeper trainings that are online. A list that includes both online and in-person gatekeeper trainings is also available.

Choosing a Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training Program: A Comparison Table

This comparison table will help you find a gatekeeper training appropriate for your setting, the people you are trying to protect from suicide, and the people you want to train as gatekeepers. It is not a comprehensive list of gatekeeper trainings, but includes the trainings in the Resources and Programs section of the SPRC website. It provides information on training objectives, audiences, training format and highlights, and links to the training developer’s website and the SPRC listing on the training.

Gatekeeper training teaches people to identify individuals who are showing warning signs of suicide risk and help these individuals get the services they need. Note that it is most effective to combine gatekeeper training with other strategies described in SPRC’s Comprehensive Approach to Suicide Prevention. A list that includes only online gatekeeper trainings is also available.

13 Reasons Why

This resource lists common questions about the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why from parents, schools, the media, and community leaders, with resources to help you talk about the series and suicide risk and prevention.

Youth suicide and self-harm prevention: 2017 resource guide

This guide divides selected resources into seven main sections: (1) Organizations, (2) Policy and Legislation, (3) Evidence-Based Practices, (4) Program Planning, (5) Campaigns, (6) Data and Research, and (7) Resources and Publications. There are subsections on (1) Bullying; (2) Family; (3) Electronic, Social, and Mass Media; (4) Mental Health; (5) Schools; (6) Substance Use; (7) Self-Harm; (8) LGBTQ Youth; (9) American Indian/Alaska Native Youth; and (10) Rural Youth. Each topic-specific section contains organizations, webpages, evidence-based practices, workshops, toolkits, reports, fact sheets, archived webinars, and journal articles, which appear in that order.