Section 08.02.02.112 - SUICIDE PREVENTION IN SCHOOLSAs schools offer annual professional development for school staff related to preventing, intervening, and responding to suicide, the content shall include: (3-15-22)
01.Prevention. School philosophy regarding school climate and the promotion of protective factors; data on suicide for the region or state, or both; risk and protective factors for students; suicide myths and facts; and how to develop community partnerships. (3-15-22) 02.Intervention. How to utilize safe and appropriate language and messaging when addressing students; warning signs of suicide ideation for students; local and school-based protocols for aiding a suicidal individual; local protocols for seeking help for self and students; identification of appropriate mental health services and community resources for referring students and their families; information about state statutes on responsibility, liability, and duty to warn; confidentiality issues; and the need to ask others directly if they are suicidal. (3-15-22)03.Postvention. Evidence-based protocol for responding to a student/staff suicide. (3-15-22)Idaho Admin. Code r. 08.02.02.112