MHTTC Network Webinar:
Overview of the K-12 Toolkit for Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention 

Sponsored by the MHTTC Network Coordinating Office and Pacific Southwest MHTTC

Thursday, August 8

3:00-4:30 p.m. ET / 12:00-1:30 p.m. PT / 9:00-10:30 a.m. HT  

This webinar will introduce the K-12 Toolkit for Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention. This Toolkit was created by the Health Care Alliance for Response to Adolescent Depression (HEARD) in 2013 (updated in 2017), in response to a need for schools to promote student mental health and wellbeing; to prevent suicide; and, in particular, to know how to respond after a suicide loss. The Toolkit convenes national best practices from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH), and several other organizations.  

This Toolkit serves as a resource to fulfill California law AB 2246, The Pupil Suicide Prevention Act (2016), which requires that all public schools serving students in grades 7-12 have a Pupil Suicide Prevention Policy. This document has been updated to reflect both this need and this policy requirement. The tools and resources provided in this updated Toolkit are meant to complement what schools may already have in place and to help initiate the implementation of a Pupil Suicide Prevention Policy. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Participants will:

• Be able to describe how to use the K-12 Toolkit in their districts, including the specific sections on Prevention, Crisis Intervention, and Postvention
• Know how to access the K-12 Toolkit in web-based and .pdf formats, such that strategies can be deployed quickly in crisis intervention and postvention
• Learn about an innovative public-private partnership through Santa Clara County and Kognito, which enhances teacher self-sufficiency in engaging with all students in their classrooms, especially those in need of mental health support or referral

REGISTRATION

There is no fee for this webinar but registration is required. Please register for the webinar by clicking on the registration link above or visiting http://bit.ly/MHTTC-webinar-aug-8 

PRESENTERS

Shashank V. Joshi, MD, DFAACAP, FAAP
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics & Education
Stanford University
Director of School Mental Health
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
 
Mary Ojakian, RN
Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Advocate
AFSP: Greater San Francisco Bay Area
Chapter Board Member
Santa Clara County Suicide Prevention Oversight Committee Member
 
Linda Lenoir, RN, MSN, CNS
Retired Certificated School Nurse
Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Advocate
Founding Member of Project Safety Net
 
Mego Lien, MPH, MIA
Suicide Prevention Manager
Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Services