Suicide
SUICIDE ATTEMPT ON DINÉ COLLEGE CAMPUS/CENTER:
- Verify information.
- Call 6911.
- Diné College Campus or Center Director/Security notifies Diné College Administration and Emergency
- Contact(s) if suicidal person is student. Diné College Campus or Center Director/Security may schedule meeting with student, family members and college counselor to determine course of action.
- Calm suicidal person.
- Try to isolate suicidal person from other students.
- Stay with person until appropriate counselor/suicide intervention arrives. Do not leave suicidal person alone.
- Determine method of notifying staff, students and parents. Hold daily staff debriefings before and after normal operating hours as needed.
- Activate college Emergency Response Team to implement post-crisis intervention. Determine level of intervention.
SUICIDAL DEATH/SERIOUS INJURY:
- Verify information.
- Activate college Emergency Response Team.
- Diné College Campus or Center Director/Security notifies Diné College Administration.
- Notify faculty and staff in advance of next school day following suicide or attempted suicide.
- Determine method of notifying students and family members. Do not mention “suicide” or details about death in notification. Do not hold memorials or make death appear heroic. Protect privacy of family.
- Implement post-crisis intervention.
POST-CRISIS INTERVENTION:
- Meet with college counseling staff to determine level of intervention for staff, faculty, and students.
- Designate rooms as private counseling areas.
- Escort siblings, close friends, and other “highly stressed” students to counselors.
- Assess stress level of staff. Recommend counseling to overly stressed staff.
- Refer media to Diné College Office of Government Affairs and Comminutions. Do not let media question students or staff.
- Follow-up with students, faculty, and staff who received counseling. Resume normal routines as soon as possible.