Due to COVID-19, kids are spending more time than ever online so it is a good time to reinforce expectations regarding safety and how to treat others with kindness and respect when communicating from behind a screen. This presentation is typically presented in person by the Orange County Department of Education through funding from the Orange County Health Care Agency to provide Violence Prevention Education services to families, students, and educators throughout Orange County. The presentation was developed using curriculum from Common Sense Education and consists of three brief modules: What is Cyberbullying, What Do I Need to Look Out for as a Parent, and How Can I Help My Child With Preventing and Dealing With Cyberbullying?
Introduction to Evidence-based Suicide Prevention Programs for Teachers
Participants will examine current trends and perspectives on youth suicide. The goal of this course is to familiarize teachers with steps to identify warning signs and the risk factors of self-injurious and suicidal youth, procedures for referral, working with school mental health professionals, and how to implement suicide prevention strategies in the classroom aligned with AB2246-Pupil Suicide Prevention Policy (including suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention). Participants will gain insight on how to identify and protect suicidal and self-injurious youths, how to proceed when at-risk youths have been identified, and how to work with school site crisis teams in suicide prevention.
Introduction to Evidence-based Suicide Prevention Programs for Administrators
Participants will examine current trends and perspectives on youth suicide. The goal of this course is to familiarize administrators with steps to identify warning signs and the risk factors of self-injurious and suicidal youth, processes for referral and working with school mental health professionals, and how to implement suicide prevention strategies in the classroom aligned with AB2246-Pupil Suicide Prevention Policy (including suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention). Participants will gain insight on how to identify and protect suicidal and self-injurious youths, how to proceed when at-risk youths have been identified, and how to work with school site crisis teams in suicide prevention.
Introduction to Evidence-based Suicide Prevention Programs for School Mental Health Professionals
Participants will examine current trends and perspectives on youth suicide. The goal of this course is to familiarize school mental health professionals and nurses with steps to identify warning signs and risk factors of self-injurious and suicidal youth, their roles in a school site crisis team, how to work with teachers and administrators, and how to implement suicide prevention strategies in the schools aligned with AB2246-Pupil Suicide Prevention Policy (including suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention). Participants will gain insight on ways to identify and protect suicidal and self-injurious youths, how to proceed when at-risk youths have been identified, and how to work with school site crisis teams in suicide prevention.
