Resources
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- Call or text 988
- The Lifeline provides 24/7 free and confidential support for individuals in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.
- Crisis Line: 913-268-0156
- Johnson County Mental Health Center maintains professional clinical staff on duty 24 hours a day to provide mental health emergency services.
- Johnson County Suicide Prevention Coalition
- A program that provides suicide prevention resources and training opportunities.
District protocol on suicide prevention, intervention, and recovery.
Resources and information on suicide prevention.
Helping Children Deal with Grief
Resource from Child Mind Institute.
A guide on how to talk to kids of any age about suicide.
A resource to assess an individual’s access to lethal means.
Suicide Risk Screener
Questions for parents to ask their children from The Columbia Protocol.Teaching Resilience
A guide for parents and teachers on teaching resilience from the American Psychological Association.