Suicide prevention / postvention: a student, parent, teacher, and other educational professionals perspective

The purpose of this research was to: (1) determine the extent to which local schools are providing suicide prevention programs; (2) determine the effectiveness of suicide presentation programs; (3) examine the attitudes of teachers, parents, students, and other educational professionals regarding suicide prevention programs and; (4) determine the need for suicide prevention programs in a southern, New Jersey special services school district. A survey was distributed to 20 people in each of the following categories: teacher, parent, student, and other educational professionals. The four categories mentioned above were analyzed in the surveys. The results indicated that the participants feel that suicide prevention/postvention programs are successful and that there is a need for them within the schools. It was found that some teachers were receiving a form of suicide prevention/postvention programming or training. However, they stated that the program or training was not particularly successful.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. Learning Disabilities

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Language, Literacy, and Special Education

Year dc:date.available

2012

Author dc:creator

• Leech, Heather

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kuder, S Jay

• Suicide--Prevention; Schools--New Jersey
• Child Psychology
• Student Counseling and Personnel Services

Repository record dc:identifier

https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/233

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:rdw.rowan.edu:etd-1232