Postvention
Course Description
An effective postvention response is a critical component of school-based suicide prevention efforts. If a student dies by suicide, educators need to understand their role and response to other students in the school district.
What You’ll Learn
Participants will be able to describe the components and rationale for a postvention response to a student death by suicide.
Participants will be able to identify ways that students may express grief in the classroom, and discuss how they can respond to student grief.
Participants will be able to describe the importance of self-care in dealing with a student suicide.
Learning Assests
Note: Please know that in 3 months, you may receive emails about future trainings or evaluations regarding the prevent suicide NJ portal as an evaluation as we would welcome your feedback about the use of this training in your life/work.
Facilitators
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Matthew Wintersteen, Ph.D
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