Emotionally Naked - A Teacher s Guide to Preventing Suicide Recognizing Students At Risk

Discover effective strategies to help prevent youth suicide
 
In Emotionally Naked: A Teacher's Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk, trainer, speaker, and suicide loss survivor Anne Moss Rogers, and clinical social worker and researcher, Kimberly O'Brien, PhD, LICSW, empower middle and high school educators with the knowledge and skills to leverage their relationships with students to reduce this threat to life.
 
The purpose of this book is not to turn teachers into therapists but given the pervasive public health problem of suicide in our youth, it's a critical conversation that all educators need to feel comfortable having. Educators will learn evidence-based concepts of suicide prevention, plus lesser known innovative strategies and small culture shifts for the classroom to facilitate connection and healthy coping strategies, the foundation of suicide prevention. Included is commentary from teachers, school psychologists, experts in youth suicidology, leaders from mental health nonprofits, program directors, and students. In addition, readers will find practical tips, and sample scripts, with innovative activities that can be incorporated into teaching curricula.
 
You'll learn about:
* The teacher's role in suicide prevention, intervention, postvention, collaboration
* The different and often cryptic ways students indicate suicidality
* What to do/say when a student tells you they are thinking of suicide
* Small shifts that can create a suicide-prevention classroom/school environment
* How to address a class of grieving students and the empty desk syndrome
* Link to a download of resources, worksheets, activities, scripts, quizzes, and more
 
Who is it for:
 
Middle/high school teachers and educators, school counselors, nurses, psychologists, coaches, and administrators, as well as parents who wish to better understand the complex subject of youth suicide.

List of contents

About the Authors xv
 
Preface xxiii
 
Introduction xxxi
 
Chapter 1: Why Are We Seeing More Mental Health Problems with Students?
 
Chapter 2: Adolescent Suicide: Risk Factors, Protective Factors, and Warning Signs
 
Chapter 3: Debunking Myths About Student Suicide
 
Chapter 4: Suicide-Related School Policies
 
Chapter 5: Prevention: The Educator's Role in Creating a Culture for Suicide Prevention
 
Chapter 6: Suicide Prevention Activities for Schools
 
Chapter 7: Intervention: They've Told You They're Thinking of Suicide. What Now?
 
Chapter 8: Reintegrating a Student into School After a Suicide Attempt or Family Loss
 
Chapter 9: Postvention: After a Student or Teacher Suicide
 
Chapter 10: How Students Move Forward After a Suicidal Crisis
 
Chapter 11: Resources
 
Chapter 12: Quizzes, Worksheets, Handouts, Guides, and Scripts
 
Glossary

About the author

Anne Moss Rogers is an emotionally naked TEDx speaker, certified suicide prevention trainer, author of the award-winning book, Diary of a Broken Mind, and a NAMI Virginia board member. She lost her 20-year-old son, Charles, to suicide June 5, 2015.
Kimberly O'Brien, PHD, LICSW, is a clinical social worker and researcher at Boston Children's Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Her research focuses on intervention development for suicidal adolescents.

Summary

Discover effective strategies to help prevent youth suicide

In Emotionally Naked: A Teacher's Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk, trainer, speaker, and suicide loss survivor Anne Moss Rogers, and clinical social worker and researcher, Kimberly O'Brien, PhD, LICSW, empower middle and high school educators with the knowledge and skills to leverage their relationships with students to reduce this threat to life.

The purpose of this book is not to turn teachers into therapists but given the pervasive public health problem of suicide in our youth, it's a critical conversation that all educators need to feel comfortable having. Educators will learn evidence-based concepts of suicide prevention, plus lesser known innovative strategies and small culture shifts for the classroom to facilitate connection and healthy coping strategies, the foundation of suicide prevention. Included is commentary from teachers, school psychologists, experts in youth suicidology, leaders from mental health nonprofits, program directors, and students. In addition, readers will find practical tips, and sample scripts, with innovative activities that can be incorporated into teaching curricula.

You'll learn about:
* The teacher's role in suicide prevention, intervention, postvention, collaboration
* The different and often cryptic ways students indicate suicidality
* What to do/say when a student tells you they are thinking of suicide
* Small shifts that can create a suicide-prevention classroom/school environment
* How to address a class of grieving students and the empty desk syndrome
* Link to a download of resources, worksheets, activities, scripts, quizzes, and more

Who is it for:

Middle/high school teachers and educators, school counselors, nurses, psychologists, coaches, and administrators, as well as parents who wish to better understand the complex subject of youth suicide.

Product details

• Authors: Kim O'Brien, Kimberly H McManama O'Brien, Kimberly H. McManama O'Brien, Am Rogers, Anne Mos Rogers, Anne Moss Rogers, Anne Moss O''brien Rogers
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781119758303
• ISBN: 978-1-119-75830-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Education, Bildungswesen, Suizidprävention, K-12 General, Allg. Bildungswesen (K-12)