Main description:

*Needed resource, updated: 25% new material includes an extensively revised screening and assessment chapter and a new chapter on suicide prevention teams.
*Suicide rates are rising, and school-based mental health practitioners have a critical need for evidence-based strategies.
*Practical, accessible, step-by-step guidance for developing prevention programs and implementing interventions with children and adolescents (ages 5-17).
*Miller is an expert with extensive school-based experience.

Contents:

Foreword, William M. Reynolds
1. Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents: An Introduction and Overview
2. Youth Suicidal Behavior and the Schools
3. Teamwork, Roles and Responsibilities, and Self-Care in Schools
4. Public Health Approaches to Youth Suicide Prevention
5. Tier 1 School-Based Suicide Prevention Programs for All Students
6. Identifying Tier 2 and Tier 3 Students and Linking Assessment to Intervention
7. Tier 2 and Tier 3 Interventions for At-Risk and High-Risk Students
8. School-Based Suicide Postvention
Epilogue
Appendix. Online Resources
References
Index