School districts spend a lot of money on Social Emotional programs; Positive Behavior Intervention Services (PBIS); Anti-Bullying and others. Districts employ psychologists and counselors (in some cases 1 or more per school) to help with these issues. The information we are about to provide may come across as cold or heartless. That's for each reader to judge. The intent is to raise the awareness of the topic to the public. We ask questions because without outcomes and analysis there is no way to see if we can do better. We hope this dialogue will result in better ways to deal with suicide in children. We wondered what the data showed in the way of suicide's in the K-12 range so we … [Read more...]
