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  • Suicide response
    • Immediate
      • Immediate response
      • Get help – contact details
    • First 24 hours
      • Notification of a student’s death: how it works
      • Convene your school's emergency response team
      • Identify and plan support for vulnerable students
      • Inform staff – as soon as possible
      • Set up a support room for students
      • How staff can talk with students after a traumatic death
      • Let students know
      • Let the wider community know
      • Plan media liaison
      • Keep a check on social media
    • Days 2 and 3
      • Restore school to regular routine
      • Liaise with bereaved family
      • Advise staff of relevant actions
      • Think about the student's funeral
      • Keep checking on students and refer if needed
      • Keep checking on staff wellbeing
      • Keep the student's family informed
      • Protect the deceased student's belongings for the police and family
      • Keep documenting actions
    • First month
      • Keep checking on staff and student wellbeing
      • Plan for relevant school events
      • Critical incident reviews
      • Don't stop documenting your actions
    • Later
      • Continue to support and check in with students and staff
      • Keep parents, carers, staff and students informed
      • Recovery plans
      • Think about new staff
    • Tools
      • Scripts and letters
      • Prepared message: from education directors to site leaders (about traumatic death)
      • Prepared message: from sector offices to site leaders (about a former student’s traumatic death)
      • Script for leaders to students (about traumatic death)
      • Services for families and the community
      • Being prepared: ‘placemats’ to help site leaders prepare and support students
      • Think about what to document
      • Critical incident review reflection
    • In more detail
      • How to set up a support room
      • How to identify students who might need help
      • Aboriginal staff and students – support at school
      • Gender diverse, intersex and sexually diverse students – support at school
      • Memorials and tributes
      • Deliberate self-harm
      • Building work partnerships with mental health professionals
      • About these guidelines
      • How to use these guidelines
      • Glossary of terms

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  • How to set up a support room
  • How to identify students who might need help
  • Aboriginal staff and students – support at school
  • Gender diverse, intersex and sexually diverse students – support at school
  • Memorials and tributes
  • Deliberate self-harm
  • Building work partnerships with mental health professionals
  • About these guidelines
  • How to use these guidelines
  • Glossary of terms
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  • Suicide response
    • Immediate
      • Immediate response
      • Get help – contact details
    • First 24 hours
      • Notification of a student’s death: how it works
      • Convene your school's emergency response team
      • Identify and plan support for vulnerable students
      • Inform staff – as soon as possible
      • Set up a support room for students
      • How staff can talk with students after a traumatic death
      • Let students know
      • Let the wider community know
      • Plan media liaison
      • Keep a check on social media
    • Days 2 and 3
      • Restore school to regular routine
      • Liaise with bereaved family
      • Advise staff of relevant actions
      • Think about the student's funeral
      • Keep checking on students and refer if needed
      • Keep checking on staff wellbeing
      • Keep the student's family informed
      • Protect the deceased student's belongings for the police and family
      • Keep documenting actions
    • First month
      • Keep checking on staff and student wellbeing
      • Plan for relevant school events
      • Critical incident reviews
      • Don't stop documenting your actions
    • Later
      • Continue to support and check in with students and staff
      • Keep parents, carers, staff and students informed
      • Recovery plans
      • Think about new staff
    • Tools
      • Scripts and letters
      • Prepared message: from education directors to site leaders (about traumatic death)
      • Prepared message: from sector offices to site leaders (about a former student’s traumatic death)
      • Script for leaders to students (about traumatic death)
      • Services for families and the community
      • Being prepared: ‘placemats’ to help site leaders prepare and support students
      • Think about what to document
      • Critical incident review reflection
    • In more detail
      • How to set up a support room
      • How to identify students who might need help
      • Aboriginal staff and students – support at school
      • Gender diverse, intersex and sexually diverse students – support at school
      • Memorials and tributes
      • Deliberate self-harm
      • Building work partnerships with mental health professionals
      • About these guidelines
      • How to use these guidelines
      • Glossary of terms
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