Preservice Teachers Knowledge of Adolescent Suicide

<p>Teacher preparation programs have a responsibility to prepare future teachers to teach</p> <p>and mentor students through their academic years. With the rise of suicide in school age children, responsibility has fallen to teachers to better recognize and understand students who may be suicidal. This study sought to answer the question: to what degree does teaching certification, teaching experience, and suicide awareness embedded coursework predict preservice teachers’ knowledge of suicide awareness and prevention? Data from the Adolescent Suicide Behavior Questionnaire and a demographic survey which asked about participants’ preservice training was sent to universities and colleges in Texas with an undergraduate teacher preparation program. It was found that Texas preservice teachers have less knowledge and awareness of suicide than participants in other regions. Furthermore, preservice teachers seeking a secondary (middle level or high school) teaching certification were more knowledgeable about adolescent suicide than elementary certification seekers.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts - School Psychology

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Human Services

Year dc:date.available

2019

Author dc:creator

• Johnson, Annette N

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Daniel McCleary
• Dr. Luis Aggerrevere
• Dr. Nina Ellis-Hervey

• suicide
• preservice teachers
• adolescents
• prevention
• awareness
• preparation programs
• Early Childhood Education
• Elementary Education
• Higher Education and Teaching
• Junior High, Intermediate, Middle School Education and Teaching
• School Psychology
• Secondary Education and Teaching

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/286

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.sfasu.edu:etds-1309