The school shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown has once again focused attention on how to make schools safe for students and staff. “There is an increasing sense of ...
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Building alliances
Strengthening linkages WHO: Heather Fiorentino, Supt. WHERE: Pasco County School District, Florida WHAT: Forged unique community alliance to advance emotional well-being of staff and student Her ...
Legal concerns
The numbers are troubling. In a typical high school classroom, it’s likely that two to three students have made a suicide attempt in the past year. What’s more, a prior suicide attempt is one of ...
Hurricane’s wake
Suicides triple in wake of Hurricane Katrina The emotional effects of seeing homes, neighborhoods and lives destroyed continue to plague residents of the Gulf Coast more than a year after the ...
Partner to ease pain
She’s an accountant by training, but Tara Barton was called on in February 2004 to reach someone who was acutely suicidal. The person in crisis was the wife of a member of the New Mexico National ...