Also describe community resources. Close friends and siblings of the student need special attention and support because of a contagion effect which can follow a student suicide. E. Parents need to be aware of community resources for suicide survivors. The guilt following a suicide has strong components of anger and guilt which need to be dealt with in the grief process. The more factual information the survivors have, the better.
Families are at risk after a suicide.
Each individual school needs some way of reviewing suicidal behaviors. It is essential that a protection plan be designed for other students at risk in the building with an interventionist who will have responsibility for monitoring the student. The Student Assistance Team would also be available as consultants to the interventionist. The Student Assistance Team s meetings serve as a way of learning what went well, what went badly and what might work better next time. The school district plan should be revised periodically to reflect new knowledge in the field of suicide prevention and the district s experience in using the plan.