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Stephen Sharp is a school counselor and best-selling author. He has worked to provide students with the knowledge and skills to be healthy and successful in the 21st century. Stephen has served on the governing boards of both his local, state and national school counseling organizations. Stephen completed his M.Ed at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, and BA from Lycoming College.

Steve is a best-selling author, and he is a co-founder of the Leadership Summit, a community-based social justice network to provide students the language and tools to understand and combat the many forms of oppression.

Stephen is a Nationally Certified School Suicide Prevention Specialist, and worked with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to pilot an electronic behavioral health screening for schools. He works tirelessly across nationally to provide education and training on mental health, substance abuse, and inequality.

Stephen frequently presents and writes on school counseling practice, leadership, technology, emerging career skills, mental health and race in education. Stephen was named the 2017 Pennsylvania Middle School Counselor of the Year.

Dr. Perri Rosen is a nationally certified school psychologist, licensed psychologist, and certified special educator. She received her M.S.Ed. in Human Development from the University of Pennsylvania and her Ph.D. in School Psychology from Temple University.

With over 10 years of experience in mental health and suicide prevention, and over 20 years of experience in education, Dr. Rosen has worked at both state and local levels to support students, educators, and school systems. She has helped lead multiple federally funded grants and initiatives focused on youth mental health and suicide prevention in schools, other youth-serving systems, and state government.

Dr. Rosen is passionate about supporting schools to meet the mental health needs of all students through multi-tiered and comprehensive approaches. She has helped develop and provide training, technical assistance, and guidance to schools on suicide prevention policies and procedures, crisis response and postvention, and cross-systems collaboration. Dr. Rosen has co-authored peer-reviewed research articles on various topics, including universal mental health screening, suicide prevention training for educators, and comprehensive school-based suicide prevention.

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Protect lives by building safer, stronger school communities

Suicide among our youth, especially the most vulnerable ones, is a growing yet preventable crisis. We can and must create a meaningful, systemic change by creating school environments where every student feels safe, seen, and supported.

Lives Worth Living offers a comprehensive, actionable framework that empowers school leaders, counselors, psychologists, and others to address this critical issue head-on. Drawing from the Zero Suicide framework as well as decades of research and practice, the authors, experts in school counseling, school psychology, and mental health, integrate a proactive and comprehensive suicide prevention approach with multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) to help schools move upstream in their prevention efforts. Inside you will find:

• Seven foundational components of the Zero Suicide framework adapted for schools-lead, educate, identify, engage, care, connect, improve-to elevate your prevention strategies
• Proactive approaches that reduce risk while enhancing protective factors for all students
• Real-world examples and voices from the field, centering on lived experiences of students, to inspire practical, compassionate implementation

• Reflection questions and planning tools that guide school leaders and teams in creating sustainable, data-driven change
  This hands-on guide blends leadership, education, engagement, and care into a unified approach that strengthens not only suicide prevention but also the entire school system. By taking action, educators can build safer school climates and empower students to lead lives worth living.

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  FOREWORD
  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  ABOUT THE AUTHORS
  Introduction
  Zero Suicide
  Lives Worth Living
  Zero Suicide in Schools Framework
  Chapter 1: Lead
  Leading Suicide Prevention in Schools
  Comprehensive Suicide Prevention
  Creating Safe and Supportive Environments in Schools
  Teaming
  Suicide-Center Lived and Living Exerience
  Community Partnerships
  Using Data
  School Policies and Procedures
  Chapter 2: Educate
  Therapeutic Relationships
  Suicide Concepts and Facts
  Legal and Regulatory
  Documentation
  Follow-Up and Transition Matters
  Cultural and Local Factors
  Specific Issues to Location and Setting
  Student Learning
  Social and Emotional Learning
  Selecting a Curriculum
  Suicide Prevention Education
  Other Topic Areas
  Tiered Education
  Evidence-Based Curriculum
  Chapter 3: Identify
  Identifying Suicide Risk
  Screening in Schools
  Universal and Targeted Screenings
  Implementing Suicide Risk Screenings
  Selecting a Tool
  Evidence-Based Screening Tools
  Policy and Procedure
  Social Suicide Risk Detection
  Suicide Risk Assessment
  Suicide Risk Assessment Settings
  Interview Approaches
  Formulation
  Schools Identify
  Chapter 4: Engage
  Pathways to Care
  Resource Mapping
  Teaming
  School-Based Mental Health Professionals
  Tiered Models of School-Based Mental Health Support
  Teaming With Youth
  Internal Mapping
  External Mapping
  Evidence-Based Resources
  Adaptation
  Suicide Care Management
  Coordination and Collaboration
  Chapter 5: Care
  A Comprehensive Upstream System
  Suicide Prevention Mtss
  Zero Suicide in Schools-Systems of Care Framework
  Systems of Care
  System of Care: Tier 1
  System of Care: Tier 2
  System of Care: Tier 3
  Chapter 6: Connect
  Bridging the Gaps in Care
  Components of Effective Care Transitions
  Connect: Best Practices
  The Rationale for Reentry Protocols
  Key Considerations for School Reentry After a Crisis
  The Reentry Process
  Chapter 7: Improve
  Getting Data
  Keeping Data
  Using Data
  Sharing Data
  Conclusion
  The Value of Zero Suicide
  Getting Started
  Designed for Systemic Change
  APPENDICES
  APPENDIX A
  Background and Instructions
  General Guide to Rating
  Lead
  Educate
  Identify
  Engage
  Care
  Connect
  Improve
  APPENDIX B
  APPENDIX C
  APPENDIX D
  APPENDIX E
  Executive Summary
  Key Findings On Trends And 2-Year Changes
  Key Findings On Disparities
  Key Findings On New And Emerging Issues
  Actions To Improve Adolescent Health And Well-Being
  REFERENCES
  Index