Are Teachers of Children and Young Adolescents Responsive to Suicide Prevention Training Modules? Yes

Authors

Michael W. Davidson, University of Southern Mississippi
Lillian M. Range, University of Southern MississippiFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1999

Department

Psychology

Abstract

Both before and after a 1-hour suicide prevention training module, 75 elementary trachers-in-training read a 4-sentence vignette about a suicidal student ("Pat"), then completed 8 questions about their responses. Compared with pretraining, at post-training these teachers were more likely to say that they would send or escort Pat to the counselor's office, use written or verbal no-suicide agreements, call Pat's parents, believe Pat to be serious rather than simply seeking attention, and feel comfortable handling a similar situation. Increased proactive attitudes after one hour of training imply that teachers would benefit from periodic suicide awareness and prevention training modules.

Publication Title

Death Studies

Volume

23

Issue

1

First Page

61

Last Page

71

Recommended Citation

Davidson, M. W., Range, L. M. (1999). Are Teachers of Children and Young Adolescents Responsive to Suicide Prevention Training Modules? Yes. Death Studies, 23(1), 61-71.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/4526