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Spearfish School District outlines threat-assessment and suicide-prevention protocols
Summary
District school psychologist Shelby Hartsey and intern Ashley Kestas briefed the board on the district's threat-assessment procedures and suicide-prevention processes, including use of the Columbia Suicide Screener, safety plans and annual staff training requirements under South Dakota law.
Shelby Hartsey, the district school psychologist, and Ashley Kestas, a school psychology intern, briefed the Spearfish School District 40-2 Board of Education on the district's threat-assessment and self-harm guidelines during the board's Oct. 14 meeting.
Hartsey and Kestas said the district separates “threat assessment,” which addresses threats to others, from “self harm,” which addresses threats to oneself, and that both tracks aim to keep students safe while keeping them in school whenever possible. "The whole point of these is to make sure that our staff, students, and community as a whole are safe," the presenters said.
Nut graf: The presenters described how staff and counselors use screening…
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