Suicide Awareness
If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is always available. Call or text 988, or chat online at: 988lifeline.org
988 Lifeline brinda apoyo gratuito y confidencial para personas que están pasando por momentos difíciles. En cualquier momento puede hablar con alguien llamando a Lifeline al 988. El servicio de chat y texto de Lifeline está disponible las 24 horas del día, los 7 días de la semana. 988lifeline.org/es
Learn to identify the warning signs of suicide in adolescents and discover ways schools and educators can help support students and save lives.
Featured Resources
Suicide in Adolescence (2026)
This video presents the warning signs, risk factors, and protective factors associated with youth suicide and provides the foundational knowledge educators need to better support and safeguard their students.
Max's Story (2026)
Max Delgado shares his personal story of struggle and recovery, illustrating the impact of supportive adults, providing hope, and reinforcing that intervention and care make a difference.
Choose Tomorrow: Youth Suicide Awareness & Prevention (2026)
This resource provides an understanding of youth suicide awareness, prevention, and response, emphasizing the importance of recognizing warning signs and taking immediate, appropriate action when students are in crisis.
Additional Video Resources
Speak Up, Speak Out: Teen Suicide Awareness and Prevention (2023)
Find out how to recognize the warning signs and risk factors, and learn the steps to take to help prevent deaths by suicide.
Suicide Prevention: Looking Deeper (2019)
Shawna Burns, founder of Seed Digging Wellness Center, discusses the warning signs and risk factors that often present before suicide.
Youth Suicide Prevention Awareness (2012)
Covers the warning signs of suicidal youth, risk factors, intervention strategies and facts and myths associated with youth suicide.
Something to Talk About: Suicide Awareness (2015)
Greg Adams, from the Center for Good Mourning at Arkansas Children's Hospital, educates schools about ways to talk about suicide.
The Perfect Storm (2015)
The Perfect Storm is a collection of personal stories from people who have struggled with depression and thoughts of suicide.
After the Death of Anna Gonzales (2015)
Re-enacted scenes from After the Death of Anna Gonzales offer a powerful look at the effects of one girl's suicide on her high school.
More Information & Resources
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
- Arkansas Trauma Resource Initiative for Schools
- Arkansas Crisis Center
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools
- PREVENTING SUICIDE: A Toolkit for High Schools
- Internet Matters: Because children deserve a safe digital world
Arkansas TV and the Arkansas Department of Education have partnered to provide training resources for Arkansas schools for more than twenty years. These resources on youth suicide prevention and more can be found within our online professional development course catalog in the ArkansasIDEAS learning management system.
