Mw. Davidson et Lm. Range, Are teachers of children and young adolescents responsive to suicide prevention training modules? Yes, DEATH STUD, 23(1), 1999, pp. 61-71
Both before and after a 1-hour suicide prevention training module, 75 eleme
ntary trachers-in-training read a 4-sentence vignette about a suicidal stud
ent ("Pat"), then completed 8 questions about their responses. Compared wit
h pretraining, at post-training these teachers were more likely to say that
they would send or escort Pat to the counselor's office, use written or ve
rbal no-suicide agreements, call Pat's parents, believe Pat to be serious r
ather than simply seeking attention, and feel comfortable handling a simila
r situation. Increased proactive attitudes after one hour of training imply
that teachers would benefit from periodic suicide awareness and prevention
training modules.