Suicide in schools: information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families

This fact sheet gives advice to families when there has been a suicide at school, including how their child might react, how to support them and how to seek help for individuals and communities.

Source: headspace

Suggested for: Communities, Families, Friends & Elders
Categories: ∘ Responding After Suicide ∘, ∘ Support & Hope After Losing Someone ∘, Information/Booklet

More Suggested Resources

Yarning After a Suicide

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Clinicians & Front Line Workers, Communities, Families, Friends & Elders

This short resource gives advice to families, friends and community leaders about how to support someone who has been bereaved by suicide. Source: Everymind

∘ Cultural Understanding & Respect ∘, ∘ Responding After Suicide ∘, ∘ Support & Hope After Losing Someone ∘, Information/Booklet

What do we tell the children when someone dies?

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Communities, Families, Friends & Elders

Short resource for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, not specific to suicide deaths. Source: Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (South Australia)

∘ Responding After Suicide ∘, ∘ Support & Hope After Losing Someone ∘, Information/Booklet

How does the past have anything to do with now?

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Clinicians & Front Line Workers, Communities, Families, Friends & Elders

This resources describes how past traumas can have a lasting effect on the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including new generations. Source: Trauma & Grief Network

∘ Cultural Understanding & Respect ∘, ∘ Support & Hope After Losing Someone ∘, ∘ Support in Tough Times ∘, Information/Booklet