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  • Readings
    Toolkit for Modifying Evidence-Based Practices to Increase Cultural Competence

    Lack of cultural competence can also contribute to barriers to engagement or continued utilization of available mental health services.

  • Webinars
    The Power of Human Connections

    This webinar explores ways to improve suicide care and treatment using insights from lived experience.

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    Lived Experience Leadership and Peer Support Services

    The Zero Suicide framework emphasizes the inclusion of suicide attempt and loss survivors as a key tenet of implementation success for all health and behavioral health systems.

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    Special considerations for telling your own story: Best practices for presentations by suicide loss and suicide attempt survivors

    This document from the American Association of Suicidology outlines best practices for suicide loss and suicide attempt survivors who are considering sharing their story with the public.

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    Bolstering Resilience for Frontline Staff

    Roadmap to Resilience by Dr.

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    Didi Hirsh Mental Health Services Support & Therapy Best Practices Manual

    In their Support & Therapy Best Practices Manual, Didi Hirsh Mental Health Services, in Culver City, CA provides information on their support group for those who have survived a suicide attempt, which has become a model for other suicide prevention centers nationally and in

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    National AI/AN Hope for Life Day Toolkit

    American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations are at higher risk for suicide than other ethnic and racial groups, with youth and young adults being particularly at risk. Studies have found that strengthening community connectedness can help promote resilience and coping skills.

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    Engaging People with Lived Experience: A Toolkit for Organizations

    SPRC developed this toolkit to assist organizations and agencies leading suicide prevention programs in their communities with recruiting and engaging individuals with lived experience. It may also be useful for other organizations and agencies working in suicide prevention and care. 

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    Lived Experience: What It Is and How to Include It

    National Center for Trauma-Informed Care trainer Leah Harris discusses the many ways lived experience expertise can increase the quality of treatment and foster trust between care providers and those receiving care.

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    Lived Experience: Aftercare That Makes a Difference
    Hear about care transitions from lived experience expert Diana Cortez-Yanez.

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