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, how to respond after a suicide loss. The Toolkit convenes national best practices from SAMHSA, the NCSMH, and other organizations. It 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.

Educational Objectives:

1. By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to describe how they can use the K12 Toolkit in their districts, including the specific sections on Prevention, Crisis Intervention, and Postvention
2. Participants will know how to access the K12 Toolkit in web-based and pdf formats, such that strategies can be deployed quickly in crisis intervention and postvention
3. Participants will learn about an innovative public-private partnership through Santa Clara County and Kognito, which enhances teacher self-efficacy in engaging with all students in their classrooms, especially those in need of mental health support or referral.

When: Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 12-1:30pm PT / 3-4:30pm ET

Registration: There is no fee for this webinar but registration is required. Please register for the webinar by clicking on the registration link here.