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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 403
(iii) Teach pupils to recognize signs of suicidal tendencies, and other
facts about youth suicide;
(iv) Inform pupils of available community youth suicide prevention
services;
(v) Enhance school climate and relationships between teachers,
counselors, and pupils; and
(vi) Further cooperative efforts of school personnel and community
youth suicide prevention program personnel;
(2) School or community based alternative programs outside of the
classroom, including:
(i) Positive peer group programs;
(ii) A 24-hour "hotline" telephone service, staffed by trained
professional counselors;
(iii) Programs to collect data on youth suicide attempts;
(iv) Intervention and follow-up; [and]
(V) MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS SUCH AS TEENSCREEN AND
ACTIVE MINDS, INC. TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND ENCOURAGE
PUPILS TO SEEK HELP AS SOON AS IT IS NEEDED; AND
[(v)] (VI) Parent education and training programs; and
(3) Teacher training programs.
(c) Any Program established under this subtitle shall:
(1) Assist in increasing the awareness, among school personnel and
community leaders, of the incidence of teenage suicide;
(2) Train school personnel in individual and schoolwide strategies for
teenage suicide prevention;
(3) Develop and implement school-based teenage suicide prevention
programs and pilot projects; [and]
(4) DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT SCHOOL-BASED PILOT MENTAL HEALTH
PROGRAMS SUCH AS TEENSCREEN AND PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT TO ADDRESS THE
NEEDS OF STUDENTS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS; AND
(5) Through cooperative efforts, utilize community resources in the
development and implementation of teenage suicide prevention programs under this
subtitle.
(D) THE DEPARTMENT MAY ASSIST LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN
IMPLEMENTING PILOT TEENSCREEN AND PILOT PEER-TO-PEER MENTAL HEALTH
AWARENESS PROGRAMS.
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