“Influencing the future of Wyoming wellness” is the mission of the new Prevention Management Organization (PMO) of Wyoming, established in early 2012. PMO works to foster community health and ...
Tag Archives: prevention
Upstream prevention
“Keep in mind that half of the 18,000 hotline calls I have received (since 1988) from school crisis team members have come from elementary schools!” —RICHARD LIEBERMAN, PhD, SUICIDE PREVENTION ...
Elementary insight
By the time youths, especially males, reach their mid-teens, their risk of dying by suicide rises more than 600 percent*. If only there was a way to “behaviorally vaccinate” children at an early ...
When to intervene
Knowing when to act—and what action to take—can help schools intervene appropriately with suicidal youths Schools have a vital role to play in youth suicide prevention, and Wyoming is no ...
Casper contagion
Three student suicides in Casper, Wyoming since October 2003 have moved school administrators to seek new ways to counter this tragedy by teaching suicide prevention. This represents positive ...
WY governor weighs in
Our students face a complicated world in their journey toward maturity. That’s why I called together Wyoming stakeholders in our children’s well-being for the 2008 Governor’s Roundtable on ...
Climate change
Freedom from fear, hostility and intimidation It is a basic democratic right for a student to feel secure and not be troubled by offensive or humiliating treatment. Schools can teach this during ...
Transforming systems, lives
“Before we can transform lives, we must first transform how community-based systems work together … the mental well-being of children is not the sole responsibility of the family and ...
Spring vigilance
Potential for incidents of school violence from GLENN BERRY, Ed.D., Director, Missouri Center for Safe Schools, UMKC School of Education, Kansas City, Missouri Temperature isn’t the only thing ...
Mindful strides
Boosting academics through behavioral health WHO: Dr. Norman Ridder, Supt. WHERE: Springfield, Missouri School District WHAT: Collaborating with Burrell Behavioral Health to secure grant funding ...