The National Suicide Prevention Resource Center provides recommendations and resources for school based suicide prevention at http://www.sprc.org/featured_resources/customized/pdf/school_mentalhealth.pdf
Virginia Crisis Management and Emergency Response Guide, Virginia Department of Education, 2007
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/2007crisis_guide.pdf
Suicide Prevention Guidelines, Virginia Board of Education, 2003
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/prevention.pdf
AAS Guidelines for School based Suicide Prevention Programs http://www.sprc.org/library/aasguide_school.pdf
Making Educators Partners in Youth Suicide Prevention, Online Training, Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide http://spts.pldm.com
Youth Suicide Prevention School-Based Guide http://.theguide.fmhi.usf.edu
Maine Prevention, Intervention and Postvention Guidelines-A Resource for School Personnel http://www.state.me.us/suicide/docs/guidelines.pdf
Guidelines and Training for Responding to Student Threats of Violence, University of Virginia http://youthviolence.edschool.virginia.edu/guidelines-manual.html
The Jed Foundation and the National Suicide Prevention Resource Center have provided this useful framework for campus suicide prevention. For additional information on goals and activities campuses may undertake to address these components click here or here. The National Suicide Prevention Resource Center has also published a whitepaper, Promoting Mental Health and Preventing Suicide in College and University Settings (2004), that is available at http://www.sprc.org/library/college_sp_whitepaper.pdf. The Jed Foundation website provides numerous campus related resources including a section entitled, Resources for Campus Professionals, at http://www.jedfoundation.org/professionals that includes a Framework for Developing Institutional Protocols for the Acutely Distressed or Suicidal College Student http://www.checkup08.org/frameworkbw.pdf.
Student Mental Health and the Law, Jed Foundation http://www.jedfoundation.org/assets/TJFLegalResource.pdf
Mental Health Guide for College Students- Treatment Options and Legal Rights http://www.bazelon.org/newsroom/2008/CampusGuide9-23-08.htm
College Student Mental Health: Effective Services and Strategies Across Campus http://bookstore.naspa.org/collegestudentmentalhealth.aspx
What Can College Students Do to Prevent Violence?, Recommendations and Resources, National Suicide Prevention Resource Center, http://www.sprc.org/featured_resources/customized/pdf/college_students.pdf
Inquire about additional campus training on student threat assessment at youthvio@virginia.edu, University of Virginia Youth Violence Project or at the Virginia School Safety Center, Department of Criminal Justice Services http://www.dcjs.virginia.gov/vcss/training/index.cfm?menuLevel=5&mID=4
Virginia Campus Threat Assessment Training
http://www.dcjs.virginia.gov/newsletter/article.cfm?id=54
University of Virginia Youth Violence Project, Campus Threat Assessment http://youthviolence.edschool.virginia.edu/violence-in-schools/collegecampus.html
Safeguarding Schools Against Terror, US Department of Homeland Security http://www.schoolsafety.us/pubfiles/safeguarding_schools_against_terror.pdf
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