Agency Phone Counties Served

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-8255 All

Crisis Text Line Text "Home" 741741 All

Abilene Betty Hardwick Center 800-758-3344 Callahan, Jones, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor

Brownwood: Center for Life Resources 800-458-7788 Comanche, Eastland

Big Spring: West Texas Centers for MHMR 800-375-4357 Fisher, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry

Wichita Falls: Helen Farabee Regional MHMR 800-621-8504 Haskell, Stonewall

For a map of who serves every county in Texas LinkClick Here

Suicide Safety Plans, Suicide Assessments, Parent Notifications, Confidential Release, and Re-Entry Plans by County:

Callahan, Comanche, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor

Suicide Re-Entry and Support Returning to School

Students Returning After a Mental Health Stay

Bridging the Gap Between Schools, Parents, and Behavioral Health

Wrap Around Services Guide

2 Page Postvention Protocol

Rutgers University Behavioral Health Suicide Forms and Information

Model School District Policy on Suicide Prevention

American Foundation For Suicide Prevention Model School District Policy

Campus Improvement Plan and District Improvement Plan Requirements

Texas Suicide Prevention School Resources, Policy, Law, and Forms

Suicide Safer School Action Steps

District and Community Website and Social Media Posting Template After a Suicide

Teacher are required to be trained in suicide prevention on a regular basis with a state approved training. Click the TEA Logo to see the approved trainings. You can also schedule Deborah Castleman to come onsite and training your staff.

TEA - Suicide Prevention

Signs of Suicide

The Jason Foundation

Hope Squad

Suicide Prevention APPS

ASK Suicide Prevention App Download for iTunes / Android

Jason Foundation A Friend Asks App Download for iTunes / Android

Suicide Safer Home App Download for iTunes / Android

Suicide Safety Plan App Download for iTunes / Android

My 3 Download for iTunes / Android

Texas Suicide Prevention

MHA Texas

The Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Department of State Health Services Suicide Prevention Information

Suicide Prevention Resource Center

American Association of Suicidology

Suicide Prevention for LBGTQ Youth

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

American Association of Suicidology - Clinicians as Survivors of Suicides

Center for Loss and Bereavement: Link

Compassionate Friends for Parents who lost Children: Link

Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families: Link

Friends and Families of Suicides: hLinkttp://www.friendsandfamiliesofsuicide.comLink

Grief Loss Recovery: Linkhttp://www.recover-from-grief.comLink

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Linkhttp://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.orgLink

Online Healing for Grief: Linkhttp://www.journeyofhearts.orgLink

Parents of Suicides: Link

Suicide Memorial Wall: Link

Survivors of Suicide (SOS): http://www.survivorsofsuicide.comLink

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SELF-Harm Crisis lines by County

SAFE Alternative 800-DONTCUT 800-366-8288 All

Abilene Betty Hardwick Center 800-758-3344 Callahan, Jones, Shackleford, Stephens, Taylor

Brownwood: Center for Life Resources 800-458-7788 Comanche, Eastland

Big Spring: West Texas Centers for MHMR 800-375-4357 Fisher, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry

Wichita Falls: Helen Farabee Regional MHMR 800-621-8504 Haskell, Stonewall

Educators and Self-Injury

Educators Response to Self-Injury

Self-Injury Sample School Policy

Self-Injury Protocols and Procedures For School Staff

Emotional Health and Intelligence- Dealing with negative responses to emotional pain or numbness

Self Injury Example Parent Notification

—Self Injury Example Parent Fact Sheet

—School help and ideas

SI Middle School Packet

Self-Harm Prevention Training

Family and Friends Self-Injury – Addresses the thoughts and feelings you may have about a loved one’s cutting or self-harm. Includes tips on what to do and what not to do.

• Adolescents and Self-Cutting (Self-Harm): Information for Parents-Link http://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/_i/i-104.pdf

• Helping Children and Youth with Self-Harm Behaviors Information for Parents and Caregivers-Link

• Personal Experiences of Parents with Child Who Self Harm

• About Self-Harm: Why You Self-Harm and How to Seek Help – Get the facts about cutting and self-injury. Learn what purpose it serves and how you can overcome it.Llink

• The Truth About Self-Harm (PDF) – In-depth guide for young people and their friends and families. Includes tips for talking about it and strategies for stopping self-harm.Link

• Cutting – Article written for teens explains what cutting is, why people do it, how it starts, and where to go for help.Link http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/cutting.html

• Self-Harm – Introduction to self-harm, including what makes people do it, danger signs, treatment, and things you can do to help yourself.Link Linkhttp://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinfoforall/problems/depression/self-harm.aspx

• Self-Harm and Trauma: Research Findings – Learn about the relationship between self-harm and childhood trauma and abuse.Link http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pages/self-harm-trauma.asp

• How Can I Stop Cutting? – Offers strategies for resisting the urge to cut by planning ahead, distracting yourself, and finding other ways to express your feelings.Link http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/resisting_cutting.html

• Reducing and Stopping Self-Harm – Explore the reasons you want to stop injuring yourself, examine the reasons behind your behavior, and learn how to stop, as well as deal with slip-ups.Link http://www.scar-tissue.net/stopping.html

• Coping Skills – Learn the coping skills that worked for one former self-injurer. Includes coping skills for staying in the present, for general wellness, and for replacing cutting.Link hLinkttp://www.psyke.org/coping/coping_skills/