Manual of Resources for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention

Be You Suicide Prevention Toolkit

The toolkit was intended for use to support suicide prevention and postvention responses in schools. It includes fact sheets to help teachers respond to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, that may also be valuable to other service providers:

Grief: how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people might respond to suicide
Remembering a young person: memorials and important events in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
Suicide in schools: information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families
Self-care for school staff working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in remote areas
Suicide contagion for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people
Source: beyondblue

More Suggested Resources

Illustrated poster to help people find the right words to express different feelings, and be better equipped to ask for help. Source: NPY Women’s Council

This section of the Government’s Head to Health website contains information for Indigenous people. Source: Australian Government Department of Health

This is a collection of conversation guides, posters and video stories under the headline: “Ask Your Mob, In Your Way, R U OK?” Sign up with an email address and phone number to get immediate access to all the downloads, which support people to have conversations with family members, friends and others who may be struggling. Source: RUOK

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