Lives Worth Living: Applying Zero Suicide as a Prevention Approach for Schools

Protect lives by building safer, stronger school communitiesSuicide among our youth, especially the most vulnerable ones, is a growing yet preventable crisis.We can and must create a meaningful, systemic change by creating school environments where every student feels safe, seen, and supported. Lives Worth Living offers a comprehensive, actionable framework that empowers school leaders, counselors, psychologists, and others to address this critical issue head-on.Drawing from the Zero Suicide framework as well as decades of research and practice, the authors, experts in school counseling, school psychology, and mental health, integrate a proactive and comprehensive suicide prevention approach with multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) to help schools move upstream in their prevention efforts.Inside you will find:Seven foundational components of the Zero Suicide framework adapted for schools-lead, educate, identify, engage, care, connect, improve-to elevate your prevention strategiesPro