Suicide Prevention

Suicide Risk Assessment - Level 1  (fillable)

Student Coping Plan - Formally Student Safety Plan (Fillable) (English) (Spanish)

Suicide Self Screening Tool

Student Re-Entry Plan

Marion County Scan & email Level 1 to Marion County Youth & Family Crisis Services 503.576.4673  schoolYFCS@co.marion.or.us to request a Level 2

Polk County Mental Health call 503-623-9289, 1-800-560-5535 (after hours)

Yamhill County Family & Youth Services call 503-434-7462, 1-800-842-8200 (after hours)

• Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) Protocol & Assessment (Fillable)
• Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) Student Questionnaire (Fillable)
• Student Self-Harm Coping Strategies & Resources handout (English) (Spanish)
• Parent Fact Sheet & Resources handout (English) (Spanish)

Self-Injury Forms:

• Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) Protocol & Assessment (Fillable)
• Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) Student Questionnaire (Fillable)

Senate Bill 52 - Also known as Adi's Act

Template of a suicide prevention plan - schools are not required to use this template; it is a sample and may be edited for individual school use, if desired

Local School District Suicide Prevention Policies/Plans:

• Mt. Angel School District Policy/Plan
• Gervais School District Policy & Annual Plan
• Cascade School District Annual Plan
• Forest Grove School District Policy & Annual Plan (outside the Willamette ESD's service area)
• Bend-La Pine School District Policy & Annual Plan (outside the Willamette ESD's service area)

Suicide Prevention, Intervention, & Postvention Step-by-Step

School-Based Suicide Resource Guide

Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools

After A Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools

A Journey Towards Health and Hope

Self-Harm and Suicide Awareness and Prevention in Childhood and Early Adolescence - A Resource for Elementary School Educators and School Based Professionals

The following are a list of Trainings that may be offered through WESD.

• ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)
• CALM - (Counseling on Access to Lethal Means) For more information and to register for a free 2-hour self-paced online training, click here
• Connect - Postvention - Helps educators respond in a coordinated and comprehensive way in the aftermath of a suicide or any sudden death.
• QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer)
• Sources of Strength
• Youth Mental Health First Aid
• YouthSAVE (Youth Suicide Assessment in Virtual Environments) 

Contact Nathan Shay nathan.shay@wesd.org if you are interested in learning more about what might work for you and your district. 

Oregon Youthline Guest Presentations - free 45-90 minute interactive presentations on coping with stress, bullying, and suicide intervention

ARTICLES & BROCHURES

• Talking about Suicide and LGBT Populations
• The Role of High School Mental Health Providers in Preventing Suicide
• The Role of High School Teachers in Preventing Suicide
• Suicide Awareness in Elementary School
• What Every Teacher Should Know about Preventing Youth Suicide
• Suicide Screening and Assessment
• Student Self-Harm Coping Strategies & Resources handout (English) (Spanish)
• Parent Fact Sheet & Resources handout (English) (Spanish)

VIDEOS

• Alone - This video is the product of the hard work and dedication of Central High School (Oregon) students in the Power Peers class, their teacher Roseanna Larson, Talewind Visuals, and the Mid-Valley Suicide Prevention Coalition.  The students have spent the last year developing the messages that they wanted to share with their peers.  All students who appear in the video are Central High School students.
• Stuck - This video is the product of the hard work and dedication of Dallas High School students, Talewind Visuals, and the Mid-Valley Suicide Prevention Coalition
• Teen Suicide Prevention
• WESD Suicide Prevention

• Take a mental health screening (online)
• How to find a therapist (USA Today article)
• If you have private insurance, click here to find mental health professionals near you.
• If you have OHP insurance, click here for more information regarding mental health services in Marion and Polk counties.
• To search for Mental Health treatment centers by zip code, click on The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Behavioral Health Treatment Services locator 
• CALM - Counseling on Access to Lethal Means.  For more information and to register for a free 2-hour self-paced online training, click here

MEDIA

• To view suicide prevention videos created by Mid-Valley Suicide Prevention Coalition, click here.
• Parent Fact Sheet & Resources handout (English) (Spanish)
• Helpful Apps:
  • Common Sense Media - age-based media reviews for families
  • Protect Young Eyes - internet safety for families, schools, and churches
  • NetSmartz - age-appropriate resources to help teach children how to be safer on and offline (created by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children) 
    • Netsmartz home page
    • Child specific

PUBLICATIONS

• Worried about Suicide? Learn the FACTS
• Talking To Your Kids About Suicide
• I Am Worried About My Child (including What's The Next Step?)
• 12 Examples Validating Statements to Foster Empathy
• Postcards for Parents: Empathy and Validation
• Active Listening
• Advocate for your loved one during a crisis - A guide for parents while at the hospital emergency department (English) (Spanish) 

• 988 Suicide & Crisis Line
• SafeOregon - Annomymouse safety tipline
• Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
• The Trevor Project  - Provides 24/7 crisis support services to LBGTQ+ young people
• Youth Era - Empowers young people to create change
• Youthline - Free, confidential teen crisis line

Suicide Prevention Plans for WESD Student Facing Programs

• Mill Creek Academy: YCEP, 
• Lord High School: JDEP, 
• Quest
• OASIS: BIP/OASIS 
• Willamette Career Academy WCA

• WESD Agency Suicide Prevention Policy

Suicide Prevention Plans for WESD Student Facing Programs

• Mill Creek Academy: YCEP, 
• Lord High School: JDEP, 
• Quest
• OASIS: BIP/OASIS 
• Willamette Career Academy WCA

• Youth & Family Crisis Services
  503.576.4673
• Psychiatric Crisis Center (PCC)
  503.585.4949
• General Access 
  Salem
  503.588.5351
• Woodburn
  503.538.8970

• Crisis Line 
  • Days:            503.623.9289 
    After hours:  503.581.5535
• General Access
• Dallas 503.623.9289 
• W Salem 503.585.3012
• Monmouth 503.400.3550

• Crisis Services
  • Days: 503.434.7462
  • After hours:  1.844.842.8200
• General Access
  • McMinnville 503.434.7462
  • Newberg 503.538.8970

• Early Assessment & Support Alliance (EASA)
• Mid-Valley Resources
• Mid-Valley Suicide Prevention Coalition - Raising awareness about suicide through outreach and education
• Oregon Suicide Prevention
• Reach Out Oregon
• SafeOregon - safety tipline
• Youth Era - Empowers young people to create change
• Youthline - Free, confidential teen crisis line
• Willamette Valley Hospice - Provides support while caring or grieving a loved one

• 988 Suicide & Crisis Line
• American Foundation for Suicide
• Sandy Hook Promise
• School Safety.gov
• Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
• Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE)
• The Trevor Project  - Provides 24/7 crisis support services to LBGTQ+ young people
• Zero Suicide - Committed to zero suicide