Guidance and Placement Services
   Crisis Counseling

MSCA Critical Incidence Response
     Sonie Trotter, Chairperson
     Provides direction and contact information to
     help deal with various types of critical incidents.
National Association of School Psychologists

Suicide Prevention

Suicide Prevention

Several counselors have participated in suicide prevention training offered through the Department of Mental Health.

This training, utilizing a method known as QPR certified these persons to provide instruction which  typically takes from one to two hours that  will enhance general awareness about suicide, teach the average non-professional citizen the warning signs of suicidal thinking and behavior, and teach three basic intervention skills that can help avert the tragedy of suicide.

Those participating in the training were:

Rose Blair, Counselor, Newburg R-II Schools, Newburg, Mo.

John Robbins, Supervisor, Guidance and Placement Services, DESE, Jefferson City, Mo

Paula Coyote Schaaf, Counselor, Longan French/Spanish Magnet School, Kansas City, Mo.

Sonie Trotter, Chairperson, MSCA Critical Incident Response Committee, Counselor, Cabool Middle School, Cabool, Mo.

These people will be available to provide suicide awareness and prevention instruction to school faculty and staff of schools on a limited basis. Please take into account that most of these are active school counselors and will only be able to be absent on a limited basis during school days. If you would like to schedule a session in your school, please contact John Robbins at (573) 522-1488 and, if possible, a training will be scheduled.
 

The following listings will enable interested persons to begin to find out more information on the subject:

American Association of Suicidology

Suicide Prevention Resource Center

Youth Suicide Prevention Program