Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A.
Teachers, school counselors, principals and certain other school administrators
in approved nonpublic elementary and secondary schools will receive two hours
of annual in-service training in suicide prevention. Instruction may be
provided by self-review of suitable materials. The training shall address the
following:
1. increasing awareness of risk
factors, including, but not limited to the following:
a. mental health and substance abuse
conditions;
b. childhood abuse,
neglect, and trauma;
c. potential
causes of stress, such as bullying, harassment, and relationship
problems;
d. secondary trauma from
a suicide or sensationalized or graphic accounts of suicide in media;
and
e. history of suicide attempts
and related family history;
2. responding to suspicious behavior or
warning signs exhibited by students;
3. responding to crisis situations in which a
student is an imminent danger to himself;
4. policies and protocol for communication
with parents, including specifications for circumstances in which parental
notification is not in the best interest of the student;
5. counseling services available within the
school for students and their families related to suicide prevention;
6. information concerning crisis
intervention, suicide prevention, and mental health services in the community
for students and their families and school employees;
7. community organizations and agencies for
referral of students to health, mental health, substance abuse, and social
support services, including development of at least one memorandum of
understanding between the school system and such an entity in the community or
region.
B. The governing
authority of each public secondary school that issues student identification
cards shall have printed on the cards and shall have posted on the school
website the following information:
1. the
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline hotline number; and
2. a local suicide prevention hotline number,
if available.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
17:6(A)(10), (11), and (15),
17:7(6),
17:10,
17:22(6),
17:391.1-391.10,
17:411, and
17:437.1.
