Resources

Suicide Prevention, Support, Education, and Resources

Prevention

Texas Health and Human Services – Suicide Prevention

Support

Galveston County Suicide Prevention Coalition

The Galveston County Suicide Prevention Coalition (GCSPC) aims to increase communication, coordination, and collaboration efforts in Galveston County to prevent suicide and bring hope and support to those affected by suicide. We bring organizations together with the end goal of enhancing the overall success of our collective suicide prevention efforts. These efforts include increasing awareness of available support and resources, promoting suicide prevention education and training, identifying unique community needs and working toward solutions.

Mission: To promote the understanding and prevention of suicide through education, training, and collaboration with community partners.
Vision: We are an inclusive community that envisions a world where people know how to access resources and support to prevent suicide and ultimately find hope and healing.

What does the Coalition do?
We bring individuals and organizations together with the end goal of enhancing the overall success of our collective suicide prevention efforts. These efforts include increasing awareness of available support and resources, promoting suicide prevention education and training, identifying unique community needs and working toward solutions.

Who is invited to join?
Membership is voluntary and is open to those who support the mission of the GCSPC and agree to champion its goals.

Meeting details:
Meetings are scheduled for the third Thursday of the month from 10-11 am via Zoom.

This support group meets once per month, virtually, and is open to anyone who has been impacted by suicide. For more information and the link to join please contact Diane Manley at dianem@gulfcoastcenter.org.

Education & Training

Ask About Suicide to Save a Life – AS+K
Audience: Gatekeeper Trainer, open to all audiences
Length: 1-205 hours
Highlights: AS+K provides participants with an overview of the basic epidemiology of suicide and suicidal behavior, including risk factors and protective factors. Participants are trained to recognize warning signs, behaviors, and characteristics that might indicate elevated risk for suicidal behaviors

Talk Saves Lives
Audience: Open to all audiences
Length: Approximately 1 hour
Highlights: The training includes an introductory education presentation about suicide prevention developed by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). Goals include increasing suicide awareness and empowering participants to offer help to people who may be at risk.

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training – ASIST
Audience: Gatekeeper Training, open to all audiences
Length: 2 days
Highlights: ASIST teaches suicide first aid to help a person at risk stay safe and seek further help as needed. Participants learn to use a suicide intervention model to identify persons with thoughts of suicide, hear a person’s story and listen for a turning point, and make a plan to help the person stay safe for now.

Counseling on Access to Lethal Means – CALM
Audience: Open to all audiences, especially those who provide services to those at-risk for suicide
Length: 2-3 hours
Highlights: CALM focuses on how to reduce access to the methods people use to kill themselves. Participants learn how to identify people who could benefit from lethal means counseling, how to ask about their access to lethal methods, and how to work with individuals and their families to reduce access to lethal means.

Safety Planning Intervention – SPI
Audience: Open to all audiences
Length: 3-4 hours
Highlights: SPI focuses on a written, prioritized list of coping strategies and resources for reducing suicide risk. Participants will learn how to work with individuals to collaboratively create a plan to help them stay safe.

For information or to schedule a training please contact:
Justin Becker, Talent Development Leader
409-944-4308
justinb@gulfcoastcenter.org

Postvention

Texas Suicide Prevention Collaborative
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Postvention for Schools
Galveston County Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Team:

Resources

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Texas Suicide Prevention Collaborative
American Association of Suicidology
Zero Suicide
Columbia Lighthouse Project
Mental Health America of Greater Houston  
Media Guidelines

Hotlines

Gulf Coast Center 24 Hour Crisis Hotline:    1-866-729-3848
National Suicide Prevention Hotline:              988
Veterans Crisis Hotline:                                     988 Press 1
The Trevor Project:                                             1-866-488-7386
Crisis Text Line 24/7:                                         Text “GO” to 741741