Hello, OSCA Attendee.
We’re glad you’re here! Below you’ll find some free and discounted resources to help make the OSCA school counselor’s job just a little bit easier.
We’ve since found that many others want to use these tools as well. Enjoy!
Experience How 5 Radical Minutes Can Change Your Small Groups
Here’s to a bigger loot stash.
Enjoy these additions to your tool belt as you move forward in life. From discounts on our counselor program to free access to suicide prevention tools, videos on how to talk about suicide with kids to useful resources like on how to read a death announcement, we’ve got you covered. OSCA sure was worth your time!
Crisis Management Institute’s Prevention Program
5 Radical Minutes is an online, research-based curriculum that uses a systematic, strategic approach to engage all individuals in the school, from students to school leadership.
When used every year over the K-12 lifetime, each student receives 2,340 lessons, totaling 11,700 minutes (195 hours) of social emotional learning (SEL).
5 Radical Minutes is authored by Cheri Lovre, a Behavioral Specialist with 40+ years of experience in school crisis response. (Her full bio can be read here.) This trauma-informed approach further enriches this daily 5-minute program.
Resources for
Suicide Prevention
It takes every single one of us to make a difference in the lives of our children. These tools provide means for you to educate teachers, parents, and community members and to work with students more effectively on suicide prevention.
The Thought Process that Leads to Suicide
This web page walks through the stairsteps of passing thoughts of suicide, to rehearsal of a plan, and the implementation of that plan.
Suicide Warning Signs, Myths and Truths
Learn the warning signs, myths and truths about suicide. This PDF is suitable to share with staff, students, parents, and community members.
Online Personal Development Courses
Crisis Management Institute offers many courses that count for professional development credit. Our favorites are listed below.
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Facilitating Grief Groups
There may be no better use for an hour a week of a counselor’s time than to provide a grief group for students. This one-hour course provides a format and activities for a 10-week series of 45-minute groups. 1 hour PD Credit
Suicide: Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention
Many youth suicides are preventable as long as the adults around them have the training and knowledge to recognize the signs, intervene in an effective manner. 2-3 hour PD Credit
Self-Injury: Helping Students Find New Ways to Cope
This course focuses on the root cause of self-injury talking and helping students find other ways to deal with their emotions without engaging in self-harm. 2 hour PD Credit
Check Out Our Parent Program
A supporting parent program is available to teach parents how to listen to their children, how to provide a safe space for their children to speak their truths. This positive reinforcement at home will only enhance outcomes at school and increase resilience in school youth.
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