The ASCA Suicide Information-Gathering Tool

School counselors have long been put to the impossible task of assessing students for risk of suicide and deciding how likely a future suicide is with labels of low, medium and high risk. When becoming aware of a student considering suicide, school counselors assert their ethical and legal responsibility to report suspected suicide concerns to parents/guardians and the appropriate authorities. Based on multiple research studies, practitioner experience and court cases that have informed the process, ASCA has created a suicide information-gathering tool for use by school counselors to replace traditional suicide screeners and assessments that require the user to quantify risk. Learn about the tool, and explore its use in K–12 settings.

Learning Objectives:

After viewing this webinar, you will be able to:

1. Access the suicide information-gathering tool, and discuss why this tool was developed and needed for school counselors
2. Highlight the nonnegotiable items related to addressing suicide concerns
3. Describe best practices in using the suicide information-gathering tool as part of a collaborative process to respond when students are identified as at-risk for suicide

Speakers:

• Wendy Rock, Assistant Professor of Counseling, Southeastern Louisiana University
• Haley Wikoff, Assistant Professor, Western Illinois University

Original air date: Sept. 13, 2023, 11 a.m.- 12 p.m. Eastern