Thriving Educator

21. Setting Up Your Community to Prevent the Suicide Crisis

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Brenda Vargas, Director of Counseling and Social Services 

Lindsay Taylor

Former Sped teacher, School Counselor, JH &HS Administrator, current District Director of Counseling & Social Services.AzSCA board

East Valley of Phoenix

EMAIL: [email protected]

www.cusd.ed.com

@BrendaeVargas

Hope Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHy5piWZr3Y

  • importance of having school counselors + social workers positioned in our schools. 
  • collaboration between the two and the essential role that plays in our schools.
  • Do we need more of them? What will that do? 
  • What are the challenges facing school counselors + social workers in our schools?
  • What are the success and limitations of Tiered systems? 
  • What if we equipped teachers to become better informants?
  • What are critics saying about Hope Institute and how do you counter that?
  • threat assessments…part of a problem we’ve seen is that some kids are flagged and get sent to the hospital further traumatizing them…how can we do that differently to protect those kids?

    • “Collaboration doesn’t just happen within those individuals that work within a school. Collaboration has to happen within the community as well.” 

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