By Terri Erbacher, Jonathan Singer, and Scott Poland
Suicide in Schools (2nd ed)
A Practitioner’s Guide to Multi-level Prevention, Assessment, Intervention, and Postvention
The classic text, updated to include insights from the COVID-19 pandemic, review of the most recent CDC data on youth suicide risk, a new chapter on technology, recommendations for selfcare during all phases of suicide prevention, summaries of current legal cases, and updated culturally relevant risk assessment and monitoring. The beloved and essential resources from the first edition are organized in the second edition as the “Suicide in Schools (SiS) Model.”
Best Selling Author
Terri A. Erbacher, PhD
Dr. Terri is an award winning school psychologist with a national reputation for providing training, consultation and assessment in all areas of school safety, suicide and threat assessment, mental health, trauma, and crisis management. She is past President of the Philadelphia chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, is past Chair of the Delaware County Suicide Prevention Task Force, and served on the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Youth Suicide Prevention Initiative. She currently serves as the Crisis Committee Chairperson for the Association of School Psychologists of Pennsylvania. To learn more about her work, please visit https://erbacherconsulting.com.
Best Selling Author
Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW
Dr. Singer is a Professor at Loyola University Chicago’s School of Social Work, past-President of the American Association of Suicidology, and founder and host of the award-winning Social Work Podcast. He is the author of over 85 publications and is a nationally recognized expert on youth suicide, cyberbullying, psychosocial interventions for youth and families in schools and community settings, and podcasting in education and practice. He currently serves as an Advisory Board member of the JED Foundation and the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. To learn more about his work, please visit https://www.jonathansinger.com
Best Selling Author
Scott Poland, PhD
Dr. Poland is a Professor in the College of Psychology and is the Co-Director of the Suicide and Violence Prevention Office at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Dr. Poland is a licensed psychologist and an internationally recognized expert on school safety, youth suicide, self-injury, bullying, school crisis prevention/intervention, threat assessment and parenting in challenging times. He has authored or co-authored five books and many chapters and articles on these subjects and has served as a legal expert in a number of lawsuits.To learn more about his work, please visit https://psychology.nova.edu/faculty/profile/poland.html
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This book provides the exact kind of practical information school staff need to know, from how to tell a parent his or her child is contemplating a suicidal act to what the school staff member’s responsibility is to the child, the parent, and to the community to address suicidal risk. When combined with the detailed case examples that really bring an extra dimension to the step-by-step guides, this book becomes a must-read for any professional working in a school environment.
– Thomas Joiner, PhD
A comprehensive guide for all educators seeking the current evidenced-based, model practices for suicide prevention in schools. The ‘expert tips’ reflect a wealth of knowledge gleaned from the front lines, where collaboration is essential between school psychologists, social workers, counselors, and their administrators. The authors paraphrase our national motto: ‘Everyone in the school plays a role in suicide prevention!’”
– Richard Lieberman, NCSP
This book provides a comprehensive examination of the many issues that schools face in working with suicidal youth and provides hands-on strategies that have been successfully implemented in school-based settings. The authors provide excellent case examples and practical information that aligns with clinical and research experts in the field of youth suicidal behavior. Finally, the authors structure their book to extensively explain how a multi-tiered approach can be implemented for suicide prevention, risk assessment, and management of youth suicidal behavior. This book provides exactly the help school personnel need to feel more confident in working with high-risk youth and thus is an invaluable resource for anyone working in the schools and/or working with them. It already has a place on my desk.
– Jim Mazza, PhD
The authors – Terri Erbacher, Jonathan Singer and Scott Poland – demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of relevant theory and empirical research, and draw from their own extensive clinical expertise… While most of this book attends to suicidal prevention, there is a section on how to deal with the aftermath of a school suicide. This is an area which I have rarely found documented and I believe any school professional dealing with a tragic event such as suicide would find this section invaluable… School mental health practitioners will benefit most from reading this book as it provides a comprehensive overview in a well-organised format of the aspects which need to be considered when working with children and young people who are struggling with suicide.
– Susan Scupham
Suicide in Schools
First Edition
The best-selling practitioner’s guide. Provides clear, step-by-step guidelines on how to work proactively with school personnel and community professionals, think about suicide prevention from a three-tiered systems approach, how to identify those who might be at risk, and how to support survivors after a traumatic event–all in a practical, user-friendly format geared especially for the needs of school-based professionals.
