ATSISPEP: Maps and Visual Insights
ATSISPEP: Maps and Visual Insights
∘ Responding After Suicide ∘
ATSISPEP: Report of the Critical Response Pilot Project
ATSISPEP: Report of the Critical Response Pilot Project
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
Defining and addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander trauma, grief and postvention
Literature review on culturally appropriate trauma responses
Source: Thirrili
The Coroner’s Court and the Koori community
Short resource describing the role of the coroner, including after a suicide. The resource covers identification, autopsy, funeral planning, death certification and Aboriginal family liaison. While it relates to Victoria, most content is general in nature and relevant in other states.
Source: Coroner’s Court Victoria
What do we tell the children when someone dies?
Short resource for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, not specific to suicide deaths.
Source: Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (South Australia)
Grieving the Aboriginal Way
Short resource about the ways Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people may grieve after a suicide or other sudden death. This resource also includes help-seeking for people at risk of suicide while they are grieving.
Healing Our Way After a Suicide
Short text and pictorial resource about feelings and adjustment after losing someone to suicide.
Source: Yarrabah Council and community (North Queensland)
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