ARE TEACHERS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADOLESCENTS RESPONSIVE TO SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING MODULES? YES

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Both before and after a 1 - hour suicide prevention training module, 75 elementary teachers - 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.

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