K-2 Skyland Counseling - Contact and Resources

PARENT & GUARDIAN SUICIDE PREVENTION RESOURCES

Asking the following questions of a mental health provider may help determine if he or she can meet the needs of students at risk of suicide.

1. Are you able to provide services to people of high school age?

2.What types of services can you provide to high school students?

3.What are your major clinical skills and interests? Do you have any expertise in assessing and treating young people who are at risk of suicide?

4.What experience and capacity do you have for providing services to LGBT youth and to the specific ethnic groups that make up your school’s student body?

5.Where are you located?

6.What process do you follow after being called with a referral?

7.What process do you follow in the event of a suicide crisis?

8.Would you be able to come to our school to see a student if necessary?

9. How long might it take for you to see a student with urgent problems? With non-urgent problems? 10.What kind of follow-up can you provide students and the school?

11. Do you offer support groups for students or parents?

12.What insurance plans do you accept?

13. Do you have a sliding fee scale for people who pay out-of-pocket? What is the range of the fee scale? 14.What are your procedures for ensuring student confidentiality?

Hotlines and Services:

National Alliance on Mental Illness Mental Health America of South Carolina

1823 Gadsden St, Columbia, SC

29201 (864) 707-2814 (803) 779-5363

https://www.nami.org/ http://www.mha-sc.org/

https://namisc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/199/2020/05/Resource-Guide-Upstate1.pdf

Charlie Health

A fully virtual intensive outpatient mental health therapy program.

Parent Support & Referral Page: https://outreach.charliehealth.com/referrals

How Program Works:

https://www.charliehealth.com/how-it-works

The Carolina Behavioral Center for Mental Health - Community Resource Directory