b'Crisis Team A multidisciplinary team of administrative staff, mental health professionals, safety professionals, and support staff whose primary focus is to address crisis preparedness, intervention, response and recovery. Crisis Teammembers often include someone from the administrative leadership, school psychologists, school counselors,school social workers, school nurses, resource police officer, and others including support staff and/orteachers. These professionals have been specifically trained in areas of crisis preparedness and take aleadership role in developing crisis plans, ensuring school staff can effectively execute various crisis protocols,and may provide mental health services for effective crisis interventions and recovery supports. Crisis team members who are mental health professionals may provide crisis intervention and services.Mental HealthA state of mental, emotional, and cognitive health that can impact perceptions, choices and actions affectingwellness and functioning. Mental health conditions include depression, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and substance use disorders. Mental health can be impacted by the home and social environment, early childhood adversity or trauma, physical health, and genes. Risk AssessmentAn evaluation of a student who may be at-risk for suicide, conducted by the appropriate designated schoolstaff (e.g., school psychologist, school social worker, school counselor, or in some cases, trained school administrator). This assessment is designed to elicit information regarding the students intent to die bysuicide, previous history of suicide attempts, presence of a suicide plan and its level of lethality and availability,presence of support systems, and level of hopelessness and helplessness, mental status, and other relevant risk factors. Risk Factors for Suicide Characteristics or conditions that increase the chance that a person may attempt to take their life. Suicide risk is most often the result of multiple risk factors converging at a moment in time. Risk factors may encompass biological, psychological, and/or social factors in the individual, family, and environment. The likelihood of an attempt is highest when factors are present or escalating, when protective factors and healthy coping techniques have diminished, and when the individual has access to lethal means.Self-HarmBehavior that is self-directed and deliberately results in injury or the potential for injury to oneself. Self-harm behaviors can be either non-suicidal or suicidal. Although non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) lacks suicidal intent, youth who engage in any type of self-harm should receive mental health care. Treatment can improve coping strategies to lower the urge to self-harm, and reduce the long-term risk of a future suicide attempt.SuicideDeath caused by self-directed injurious behavior with any intent to die as a result of the behavior. NOTE: The coroners or medical examiners office must first confirm that the death was a suicide before anyschool official may state this as the cause of death. Additionally, parent or guardian preference shall be considered in determining how the death is communicated to the larger community. Model School District Policy on Suicide Prevention | Model Language, Commentary, and Resources 4'