Friday, November 2, 2018

Iowa Ramps Up Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Training

Following Senate File 2113, a law requiring at least one hour of training annually for certified K-12 educators beginning July 2019, the Iowa’s Area Education Agencies have increased their efforts to address student mental health by launching online suicide "prevention and postvention" training. This training will serve as an option for teachers completing the new annual requirement. The "awareness-level" course is a "step in the right direction," said David VanHorn, Green Hills AEA associate administrator who helped develop the online module.
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