Anne Moss Rogers - Emotionally Naked

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2 Title Page EMOTIONALLY NAKED A Teacher's Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk ANNE MOSS ROGERS AND KIMBERLY H. MCMANAMA O'BRIEN PhD, LICSW

3 Copyright

4 Dedication

5 Trigger Warning

6 Crisis Hotlines

7 About the Authors

8 Acknowledgments

9 Companion Website

10 PrefaceANNE MOSS ROGERS'S STORY KIM O'BRIEN'S STORY

11 Introduction NOTES

12 Chapter 1: Why Are We Seeing More Mental Health Problems with Students? THE RISE IN TEEN MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS NOTES

13 Chapter 2: Adolescent Suicide: Risk Factors, Protective Factors, and Warning Signs RISK FACTORS AT-RISK STUDENT POPULATIONS SOCIAL MEDIA, TEXTING, TEENS, AND SUICIDE PROTECTIVE FACTORS SUICIDE WARNING SIGNS WHAT DO STUDENTS SAY WHEN THEY ARE THINKING OF SUICIDE? NOTES

14 Chapter 3: Debunking Myths About Student Suicide MYTH: TALKING ABOUT SUICIDE CAN GIVE THEM THE IDEA MYTH: TEENS WHO SAY THEY ARE THINKING OF SUICIDE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET ATTENTION MYTH: SUICIDE IS SELFISH MYTH: YOU SHOULD USE A “NO-SUICIDE CONTRACT” WITH TEENS MYTH: ONCE A TEEN GETS PAST A SUICIDE ATTEMPT, THEY'VE LEARNED THEIR LESSON MYTH: TEENS WHO SELF-INJURE ARE TRYING TO KILL THEMSELVES MYTH: THERE IS NO NEED TO SCREEN KIDS FOR SUICIDE BECAUSE THEY WON'T TELL ANYWAY MYTH: IF SOMEONE IS SET ON TAKING THEIR OWN LIFE, NOTHING CAN BE DONE TO STOP THEM MYTH: THE PARENT IS ALWAYS THE BEST PERSON TO TELL WHEN A STUDENT IS THINKING OF SUICIDE MYTH: IF THEY DON'T HAVE A PLAN, THEY ARE NOT AT RISK FOR SUICIDE MYTH: THE HOLIDAYS ARE PEAK TIMES FOR TEEN SUICIDE MYTH: MOST STUDENTS WHO DIE BY SUICIDE HAVE BEEN BULLIED NOTES

15 Chapter 4: Suicide-Related School Policies PREPARE SCHOOL CRISIS PLAN SCHOOL POLICY FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION SCHOOL POLICY FOR COMMEMORATION AND MEMORIALIZATION CONFIDENTIALITY POLICY NOTES

16 Chapter 5: Prevention: The Educator's Role in Creating a Culture for Suicide Prevention CREATING A CULTURE OF CONNECTEDNESS AND BELONGING COLLABORATION IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS CREATE A SAFE DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT CHOOSING THE RIGHT PROGRAM OR TRAINING EDUCATOR/GATEKEEPER TRAINING UNIVERSAL SCHOOL-BASED SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAMS MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAMS PROGRAMS THAT BOLSTER PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR STUDENTS CUSTOMIZING/ADAPTING SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAMS SCREENING FOR SUICIDE RISK GETTING LEADERSHIP BUY-IN FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION EDUCATION NOTES

17 Chapter 6: Suicide Prevention Activities for Schools SIMPLE IDEAS/CONCEPTS ANYONE CAN INTEGRATE CREATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR BOLSTERING PROTECTIVE FACTORS AFFINITY GROUPS STUDENT-LED MENTAL WELLNESS CLUBS NOTES

18 Chapter 7: Intervention: They've Told You They're Thinking of Suicide. What Now? KIDS WANT TO TELL REMOVING MEANS WHAT TO SAY, WHAT TO DO ASSESSING SUICIDE RISK SAFETY PLANNING NOTES

19 Chapter 8: Reintegrating a Student into School After a Suicide Attempt or Family Loss TRANSITION FROM THE HOSPITAL SETTING RETURNING TO SCHOOL AFTER SUICIDE LOSS NOTES

20 Chapter 9: Postvention: After a Student or Teacher Suicide COMMUNICATION WITH THE IMPACTED FAMILY PROTOCOL AND MAINTAINING STRUCTURE EDUCATOR TALKING POINTS WITH STUDENTS AFTER SUICIDE WHAT TEACHERS SHOULDN'T DO OR SAY SCRIPTS ON HOW TO FACILITATE CONVERSATION WITH YOUR CLASS MEMORIAL ACTIVITIES AND SUPPORT AFTER A STUDENT SUICIDE THE EMPTY DESK SYNDROME AND TAKING CARE OF YOU NOTES

21 Chapter 10: How Students Move Forward After a Suicidal Crisis HOW DID THESE TEENS MOVE OUT OF A SELF-DEFEATING CYCLE? NOTE

22 Chapter 11: Resources COMPREHENSIVE SUICIDE-RELATED SCHOOL-BASED MODELS AND TOOLKITS SUICIDE-RELATED FACT SHEETS BEST PRACTICES FOR STORYTELLING AND REPORTING ON SUICIDE RECOMMENDED WEBSITES EDUCATOR/GATEKEEPER TRAINING PROGRAMS MENTIONED IN THE BOOK UNIVERSAL SCHOOL-BASED SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAMS MENTIONED IN THE BOOK CRISIS AND MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAMS MENTIONED IN THE BOOK PROGRAMS THAT BOLSTER PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR AT-RISK YOUTH NONPROFITS AND GOVERNMENTAGENCIES RECOMMENDED SUICIDE-RELATED BOOKS FOR SCHOOLS

23 Chapter 12: Quizzes, Worksheets, Handouts, Guides, and Scripts WORKSHEET 1: HOW TO TELL SOMEONE YOU ARE THINKING OF SUICIDE WORKSHEET 2: CREATING A SAFE DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WORKSHEET 3: STUDENT WELLNESS SURVEYS WORKSHEET 4: TRUE OR FALSE SUICIDE PREVENTION QUIZ WORKSHEET 5: TRUE OR FALSE SUICIDE PREVENTION QUIZ: ANSWER KEY WORKSHEET 6: SAMPLE CONFIDENTIALITY POLICY FOR STUDENTS WORKSHEET 7: HOW EDUCATORS CAN HELP YOUTH BEREAVED BY SUICIDE WORKSHEET 8: MANAGING A LOSS BY SUICIDE FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WORKSHEET 9: THE COPING STRATEGIES AND RESILIENCE BUILDING GAME WORKSHEET 10: COPING SKILLS WORKSHEET WORKSHEET 11: WHAT IS YOUR PASSION? WORKSHEET 12: SAMPLE SCHEDULE OF STUDENT MENTAL WELLNESS EVENTS/IDEAS WORKSHEET 13: SCRIPT FOR RESPONDING TO STUDENTS WHO THINK INFORMATION IS BEING WITHHELD WORKSHEET 14: SCRIPT FOR ASKING PARENTS' PERMISSION TO DISCLOSE A SUICIDE DEATH WORKSHEET 15: GUIDELINES FOR TELLING YOUR STORY SEUSS-LIKE SCRIPTS: A SERIOUS MESSAGE IN AN ENGAGING FORMAT WORKSHEET 16: BULLIES AREN'T THE BOSS OF YOU! WORKSHEET 17: TOODLE-OO TO TABOO WORKSHEET 18: EARS FOR YOUR PEERS WORKSHEET 19: I'M ROOTING FOR YOU! WORKSHEET 20: DON'T BALK, DO TALK NOTES

24 Glossary SUICIDE PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, POSTVENTION DEFINITIONS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER NOTES

25 Index

26 End User License Agreement

1 Preface Figure P.1 Charles on Homecoming Court, escorted by his favorite teacher, Ke...

2 Chapter 2 Figure 2.1 Text message from a teen (age 18) to his mother from a work relea... Figure 2.2 Twitter post #1. Figure 2.3 Twitter post #2. Figure 2.4 Twitter post #3. Figure 2.5 Twitter post #4. Figure 2.6 Twitter post #5. Figure 2.7 Messages between a teacher and Anne Moss Rogers. Figure 2.8 From Emotionally Naked blog, note sent after 30 minutes on the we...

3 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 Kognito uses simulated conversations to give educators talking po...Figure 5.2 Signs of Suicide wallet card to remind students of the ACT Steps....Figure 5.3 Sources of Strength ® .

4 Chapter 6Figure 6.1Figure 6.2Figure 6.3 Example of one of the license plate designs for the project. Spec...Figure 6.4 Ms. Oz used the school 3D printer to render real-looking plates f... Figure 6.5 Fishbowl Game.Figure 6.6

5 Chapter 7Figure 7.1 Some students will doodle dark thoughts in notebooks or the margi...

6 Chapter 9 Figure 9.1 Students may ask a lot of questions about what happens after we d...

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