Best Practices Registry (BPR) For Suicide Prevention

American Indian Life Skills Development/Zuni Life Skills Development

Organization:

University of Washington Press

URL:

http://www.nrepp.samhsa.gov/ViewIntervention.aspx?id=81

American Indian Life Skills Development/Zuni Life Skills Development is a school-based curriculum that has demonstrated increased suicide prevention skills and decreased hopelessness, among other positive outcomes, in American Indian youth. The curriculum is 28-56 lessons long. The curriculum manual is available from the University of Washington Press for a fee.

The BPR is a collaboration between the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). Funding is provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

The SPRC is supported by a grant (1 U79 SM059945-01 ) from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). No official endorsement by SAMHSA or DHHS for the information on this web site is intended or should be inferred.

The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) is a project within EDC's Health & Human Development Division (HHD)
43 Foundry Avenue Waltham, MA 02453-8313 877-GET-SPRC (438-7772) info@sprc.org