Abstract

Youth Suicide Prevention: a Survey of Public School Superintendents’ Acceptability of School-Based Programs

Scherff A R~~Eckert T L~~Miller D N

Year: 2005 Source: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v.35, no.2, (April 2005), p.154-169 SIEC No: 20051299

From a random sample of members of the 2000-2001 membership directory of the American Association of School Administrators (AASA), public school administrators’ acceptability ratings of 3 school-based programs for the prevention of adolescent suicide were examined. Results indicated that superintendents rated staff in-service training & curriculum-based programs as significantly more acceptable than school-wide screening programs, which were also rated as significantly more intrusive by school psychologists. (51 refs)