Liberated School Suicide Postvention: Workgroups to Create Renewal-Focused Policy and Practice 

Liberated School Suicide Postvention: Workgroups to Create Renewal-Focused Policy and Practice 

October 2023 – May 2024

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. CT / 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET

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How might we guide the field toward community-responsive liberated school postvention policy development and practice implementation? 

This series is designed to hold conversations and co-create resources for liberated school suicide postvention policy and practice. In examining policy, we will collaborate and reflect on existing policies while ideating and generating policies from a liberatory lens. In exploring practice, we will dig into the basics of school suicide postvention from an on-the-ground framework and hone our skills, knowledge and dispositions.

This series will meet for three main sessions: introduction, progress check, and wrap-up. During the introduction session on October 4th, we will establish the vision for this body of work and participants will have the opportunity to select which workgroup they would like to attend (policy or practice).

Between October 4th and May 28th, each workgroup will meet four times to co-construct policy templates, practice guides, or other ways to support the gaps in the field. Dates and times and the shared vision of outcomes for each workgroup will be established during the first session.

Note: This program is a continuation of previous SCRR postvention conversations, but we are very open to new participants!

Community of Practice Sessions

Main Sessions – 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. CT / 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET

• October 3, 2023
• February 13, 2024
• May 28, 2024

We will schedule workgroup sessions during our first meeting

Learning Goals

• Develop tools and resources relating to liberated suicide postvention policy and practice to be shared with the field.
• Collaborate with other school-focused postvention professionals to expand the conversation on school suicide postvention toward renewal.

Resources (optional priming resources for participants)

• School Suicide Postvention x Recovery and Renewal Embracing and Expanding Postvention in / for Our Schools

Intended Audience

• This community of practice is for anyone who supports student and staff mental health in school settings, state, district, and county school administrators, student support services providers, and anyone interested. previous community of practice attendees and those who have not attended an SCRR suicide postvention community of practice are welcome!

Frequently Asked Questions

• Is this program eligible for Continuing Education Hours (CEH)? No.
• Will this offering be recorded? No.
• Do I need to attend all four sessions? Each session can function as a stand-alone experience, but attending all four is recommended to maintain group rapport, trust and connection.
• Who can I contact if I have additional questions? Email us at scrr [at] cars-rp.org with “SCRR Suicide Postvention CoP” in the subject line.

Faculty

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Zeruiah Buchanan (she/her)

Zeruiah is a doctoral student in the Epidemiology Department at the University of Washington. She began her journey in this work during her prior position as a suicide prevention epidemiologist. Her former education includes psychology, Africana studies, community health education, epidemiology, and biostatistics. Her experience as a Black Queer Hard of Hearing Woman in America and educational background has moved her to be an activist and advocate for marginalized communities that are often made invisible. Her personal and professional goal is to promote work surrounding mental health, health equity, intersectionality, cultural humility, and liberation.