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Use this template to co-create a safety plan with your child and share a copy with their counselor.

The QPR mission is to reduce suicidal behaviors and save lives by providing innovative, practical and proven suicide prevention training.

The Suicide Prevention Resource Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), under Grant No. 1H79SM083028-01

Suicide is Different has resources for caregivers to learn how to take care of others, set boundaries, and self-care.

Learn the Stop, Drop & Roll technique for dealing with suicidal thoughts. 

Suicide rarely happens without warning signs. Learn them and teach your children what to do if they or they know someone who is struggling.

Use the National Suicide Prevention Hotline's resource page to help find a psychologist, psychiatrist, or support group near you.

Listen to the NPR Life Kit podcast about how to reach out to someone at risk of suicide.

Participate in an American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Walk with your children to raise awareness about suicide.

Learn the 5 steps for communicating with someone who may be suicidal in Spanish.