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Adams 12 presents expanded suicide-prevention and threat-assessment response as district reports more screenings
Summary
District staff told the Adams 12 school board that suicide risk assessments and threat-reporting have risen since the pandemic, outlined prevention programs and partnerships, and proposed expanded training, a student mental-health advisory and additional community therapy supports.
Adams 12 Five Star Schools administrators told the school board on May 7 that the district is seeing more suicide risk assessments and threat reports and outlined new steps to expand prevention, intervention and postvention services.
The district reported 1,007 suicide risk assessments (SRAs) handled by school-based mental-health staff during the most recent reporting period and described year-over-year increases in threat-assessment activity. "When individuals are connected to help, their chances of recovery increase significantly," said Sarah Hunter, prevention and crisis recovery coordinator, as she walked the board through district data and the suicide-prevention framework.
The update emphasized that screening has risen partly because staff received districtwide gatekeeper training and because a new reporting platform, Raptor Student Safe, has made it easier for schools to log concerns. Olivia, the district’s behavioral threat-assessment coordinator, said the district treats a "concerning behavior as an opportunity for connection and support,"…
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