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Advocates and bereaved families urge stronger suicide‑prevention training, postvention plans in schools
Summary
Families who lost children to suicide, nonprofit crisis organizations and student advocates urged the committee to require more frequent, evidence‑based suicide prevention training for school staff and to adopt policies for postvention and community partnerships.
Bereaved parents, community crisis groups and student peer‑support organizations told the Joint Committee on Education that Massachusetts should strengthen suicide‑prevention requirements for school personnel and improve postvention planning when tragedies occur.
Speakers shared personal stories of loss and argued for annual, evidence‑based training for licensed school…
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