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Suicide Awareness & Prevention Training

On June 26, 2014, Act 71 was signed into law in Pennsylvania. This law, which added section 1526 of the School Code, 24 PS § 15-1526, specifically requires school entities to: (1) adopt a youth suicide awareness and prevention policy; and (2) provide ongoing professional development in youth suicide awareness and prevention for professional educators in building serving students in grades 6-12.

The Lower Dauphin School District adopted Policy 819 - Suicide Awareness, Prevention and Response on August 3, 2015. This topic is significant enough that the District is requiring ALL professional educators to take the four-hour course listed below. That training certificate is required to be renewed every five years.

Suicide Training – https://pspalearning.com (4 hours)

  • Click the “log in” icon
  • Click the “register” icon
  • Fill in all Demographic information
    • Answer “No” to Professional Certification #)
    • There is no user code to the last question
  • Create your own username and password
  • Complete all 8 courses (each will have a pre-test, video, and post-test) and last about 30 minutes each
  • Upon Completion, print your Certification
  • Turn your Certification into your building secretary
  • The building secretary will turn in all certificates to the DAC.