Communicating with Parents About Self-Harm, Suicide, or Violence Risks

This resource provides threat assessment team members with tips to help guide discussions with parents.

When a student has been identified as potentially at risk for self-harm, suicide, or harm to others, school staff play a vital role in ensuring that parents are informed in a timely, respectful, and supportive way. These conversations can be difficult but are essential for student safety and wellbeing. This resource provides threat assessment team members with 15 practical tips to help guide these critical discussions.

This is a Word file (.docx) that you’ll save on your computer.