New Jersey Statutes 30:9A-13. Youth suicide prevention program
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:9A-13
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 30:1-1
- Department: means the Department of Human Services. See New Jersey Statutes 30:1-1
a. Classroom instruction or materials designed to achieve the following objectives: to teach students facts about adolescent suicide and how to recognize signs of suicidal tendencies; to inform students of available community services aimed at prevention of suicide; and to increase students’ awareness of the relationship between adolescent suicide and drug and alcohol use.
b. Training programs for classroom teachers and other teaching staff members in suicide prevention.
c. Nonclassroom school or community based programs such as a 24-hour “hotline” telephone service staffed by trained professional counselors, crisis intervention and postintervention services, parent education programs and programs for the families of suicide victims.
L. 1985, c. 195, s. 2, eff. June 26, 1985.