Best Practices & resources
Survivor of Loss
Website: Find a Survivor Support Group
Booklet: Surviving a Suicide Loss
Booklet: Survivors of Suicide
Local Resources:
Education
Booklet: Children, Teens, and Suicide Loss
Website: Hope Squad: Postvention Tools
Booklet: Model School Policy on Suicide Prevention - The Model School Policy on Suicide Prevention gives educators and school administrators clear guidance on how to implement suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policies in their schools and districts.
Podcast: Postvention Practices for Schools
Webinar: Model School District Suicide Prevention Policy Webinar
Workplace
Healthcare
Funeral Homes & Faith-based Organizations
Booklet: Supporting Survivors of Loss
Booklet: After a Suicide - Recommendations for Religious Services and Other Public Memorials
Postvention Community Programs/Training
““When someone dies of cancer or heart disease or AIDS, you don’t have to worry about messaging it wrong.””
Messaging & Media
Website: Reporting on Suicide, Guidelines: Recommendation Guidelines
Booklet: Suicide and Social Media
Booklet: Media as Partners in Suicide
Contagion
The Speedy Foundation strives to provide an up-to-date list of local suicide prevention and mental health resources. Please reach out with additional resources that you've found beneficial or with feedback on these organizations: info@thespeedyfoundation.org.