The
following resources are available on the Internet, in your
local library or bookstore.
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Internet
National
Education Association Health Information Network (NEAHIN)
The
NEAHIN is a not-for-profit health affiliate of the National
Education Association, and provides health information to
2.7 million educational employees and the more than thirty
million students it serves.
The
NEAHIN provides additional information about developing
a Suicide Prevention Program at the following Web address:
National
Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center (NYVPRC)
The
NYVPRC is a not-for-profit organization whose sponsoring organizations
are the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well
as numerous other federal agencies in the United States.
The NYVPRC is a central source of federal information on prevention
and intervention programs, publications, research, and statistics
on violence committed by and against children and teens.
The
NYVPRC Web site is available at the following Web address:
Northern
County Psychiatric Associates is a private sector mental health
practice based in Baltimore, Maryland.
The
following Web site provides information on suicide and schools,
titled Suicide and the school: Recognition and intervention
for suicidal students in the school setting:
PBS
is a private not-for-profit media enterprise owned and operated
by the nation's 349 public television stations. PBS uses the
power of noncommercial television, the Internet and other
media to enrich the lives of all Americans through quality
programs and education services that inform, inspire, and
delight.
The
PBS Web site provides a series of lesson plans titled Suicide
Prevention for grades 7-12. Students will explore important
facts about suicide prevention, including warning signs, high-risk
groups, myths and facts, and ways to help a friend.
The Suicide Prevention lesson plans are available
at the following Web address:
Youth
Suicide Prevention Education Program (YSPEP)
The
YSPEP was developed by parents who lost a child to suicide
and who developed this organization to prevent suicide among
adolescents and young adults by providing information and
resources to youth, parents and the community.
The
YSPEP Web site is available at the following Web address:
