A new paper, Implementing LEARN: Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Training for High School Students, Parents, and School Personnel, published today in the Journal of School Health, shows the efficacy of Forefront Suicide Prevention LEARN® gatekeeper training in high school communities. High school educators, students, and families who participated in peer-led trainings reported an increased likelihood in participating in each of the five LEARN steps, as a result of attending peer-led trainings. They also indicated a high level of satisfaction with their peer trainers.
For years, schools participating in Forefront in the Schools have told us that our program, especially peer-led LEARN trainings, makes a difference. It’s great to see this anecdotal feedback is supported by robust data.
“Roosevelt implemented the Forefront Program at our school starting in 2015. The program has provided us with a structure for suicide prevention with students and families within our community. Our teachers, administrators, families and students are well educated in suicide prevention. Forefront in the schools has taught us as a community to have conversations about suicide, which has saved lives, we are grateful we are partners with this exceptional program.” -Erin Bailey, Academic Intervention Specialist, Roosevelt High School.
“As a counseling department, specifically, we have always prioritized Suicide Prevention; it’s always been at the forefront of our programming. But having Forefront, for the last two years has really helped bring in other educator roles on campus. Specifically, getting admin really invested and prioritizing this, incorporating teacher leaders as well as students…It’s been great to see a shift from solely living in the counseling world to a more campus-wide effort to address Suicide Prevention.” – Jenn, Counselor, Tyee High School
Congratulations (and thank you!) to our research team for their work! Read more about our research & evaluation.