ACEs, Resilience, Toxic Stress Concept Cards
A printable set of educational cards from Resilient Georgia covering ACEs, toxic stress, brain development, resilience, and trauma-informed care, with practical guidance for families and providers.
Topic: Suicide Prevention
Community Resiliency Model (CRM) Overview and Skills Guide
This resource introduces the Community Resiliency Model (CRM), a set of simple, body-based skills designed to help individuals recognize and manage the effects of stress and trauma. CRM is used to support emotional regulation and recovery, making it especially relevant for individuals impacted by substance use, as well as the professionals who serve them. The guide also includes practical exercises and information on the free iChill app for continued skill-building.
2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
The 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention is a bold new 10-year, comprehensive, whole-of-society approach to suicide prevention that provides concrete recommendations for addressing gaps in the suicide prevention field. This coordinated and comprehensive approach to suicide prevention at the national, state, tribal, local, and territorial levels relies upon critical partnerships across the public and private sectors. People with lived experience are critical to the success of this work.
Transforming Tribal Communities: Indigenous Perspectives on Suicide Prevention
Culturally relevant suicide prevention strategies that are endorsed by community members can lead to long-lasting change. These six-to-eight-minute webinar clips, adapted from SPRC’s Tribal Community of Learning Series, feature expert advice on addressing the root causes of mental health issues and suicide in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities by drawing on community strengths.
Native and Strong Lifeline: The Nation’s First 988 Crisis Line for Indigenous People
The Native and Strong Lifeline (NSLL) is the nation’s first 988 crisis line designed by and for Indigenous people in Washington state. Operated by the Volunteers of America Western Washington (VOAWW), NSLL has received over 4,150 calls since its launch in November 2022.
Leading With Lived Experience Director’s Corner
The “Leading with Lived Experience” resource from the Suicide Prevention Resource Center highlights the importance of integrating the voices of individuals with lived experience into suicide prevention efforts. It offers insights, strategies, and best practices to ensure these perspectives are meaningfully included in planning, policy-making, and program development. This approach strengthens efforts by fostering authenticity, relevance, and community connection.
Connect, Invest, Uplift: Protect Black Youth From Suicide
This infographic describes simple, data-driven steps that anyone can take to protect Black youth from suicide. Download and share it with your community today.
Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention for LGBTQIA2S+ Youth: A Resource Guide for Professionals, Families, and Communities
This guide can help professionals, families, and communities support the mental well-being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and Two-Spirit (LGBTQIA2S+) youth. Developed by SPRC in partnership with NORC at the University of Chicago, the guide centers the input of LGBTQIA2S+ individuals and those who have experienced suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
International Association for Suicide Prevention – IASP
The International Association for Suicide Prevention is dedicated to preventing suicide and suicidal behaviour and alleviating its effects. IASP leads the global role in suicide prevention by strategically developing an effective forum that is proactive in creating strong collaborative partnerships and promoting evidence-based action in order to reduce the incidence of suicide and suicidal behaviour.
Considerations and Best Practices for Lived Experience Programs
This resource from the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) includes some considerations and best practices that can guide any group or organization in developing a lived experience program.
Zero Suicide
Zero Suicide is a Transformational Framework for Health and Behavioral Health Care Systems. The foundational belief of Zero Suicide is that suicide deaths for individuals under the care of health and behavioral health systems are preventable. For systems dedicated to improving patient safety, Zero Suicide presents an aspirational challenge and practical framework for system-wide transformation toward safer suicide care.
The Way Forward: Pathways to Hope, Recovery, and Wellness with Insights from Lived Experience
The Way Forward report, authored by the Suicide Attempt Survivors Task Force of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, provides recommendations based on evidence-based practices which incorporate personal lived experience of recovery and resilience.
Creating a Therapeutic Alliance in the Early Stages of Treatment With Adolescents at Risk for Suicide: A Tip Sheet for Clinicians
This resource from the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) offers practical suggestions for clinicians working to build and strengthen therapeutic alliances, with a focus on adolescent clients at risk of suicide.
Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)
Builds national capacity for preventing suicide by providing T/TA and resources to assist states, tribes, organizations, and individuals to develop suicide prevention strategies (including programs, interventions, and policies) that advance the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention, with the overall goal of reducing suicides and suicidal behaviors in the nation.