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Dear Parent/Guardian,

During your child’s advisory class, he, she or they will participate in the Suicide Awareness Month lesson on September 30. The lesson is age appropriate and has been vetted by numerous district personnel including Licensed Mental Health Professionals, Secondary Counseling Coordinator, and Social Emotional Learning Specialist. You are welcome to preview the lesson using this  link .

This lesson covers the following:

• Erica’s LightHouse Video
• Signs & Symptoms of Depression in Teens 
• How to help someone who may be suicidal
• How to get help if you’re in crisis
• Setting boundaries
• Confidentiality
• Small Middle School Procedures
• Crisis Resources

If you want your child to opt out of the Be the One: Suicide Awareness Month lesson please click on the link to fill out the opt out form. . Students will be provided an alternate activity in a different location on campus.

 If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s counselor. 

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Contact Information and Online Resources

Austin Texas

• AISD Police
  • Austin ISD Police
  • Emergency/Non-emergency- Please call 512-414-1703
    (Available 24/7)
• The Safe Alliance
  • 24-hr SAFEline – Call: 512.267.SAFE (7233) | Text: 737.888.7233 | SAFEline chat
• Child Abuse or Neglect: Texas DFPS hotline: Phone: 1.800.252.5400
• Child Sex Trafficking: Austin Police Department Human Trafficking and Vice Unit: Phone: 512.974.4786
• NAMI Austin

National Crisis Hotlines

• Crisis: Crisis Text Line
• Text: HOME to 741741
• Suicide Prevention: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
• Phone: 800.273.TALK (800.273.8255), TTY: 800.799.4889
• Child Sexual Abuse: Stop It Now
• Phone: 888.PREVENT (888.773.8368)
• Crime Victims: National Center for Victims of Crime
• Phone: 855.4VICTIM (855.484.2846)
• Dating Abuse: Love Is Respect
• Phone: 866.331.9474, TTY: 866.331.8453, or Text: LOVEIS to 22522
• Domestic Abuse: National Domestic Violence Hotline
• Phone: 800.799.SAFE (800.799.7233), TTY: 800.787.3224
• Human Trafficking: National Human Trafficking Hotline
• Phone: 888.373.7888
• Missing and Abducted Children: Child Find of America, Inc
• Phone: 800.I.AM.LOST (800.426.5678); or National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
• Phone: 800.THE.LOST (800.843.5678)
• Rape and Sexual Abuse: Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
• (RAINN). Phone: 800.656.HOPE (800.656.4673)
• Runaway and Homeless Youth: National Runaway Safeline
• Phone: 800.RUNAWAY (800.786.2929)

National Parent Helpline 

(Call the National Parent Helpline® to get emotional support from a trained Advocate and become empowered and a stronger parent.)

• National Parent Help Line
• 1-855- 4A PARENT
  (1-855-427-2736)
• HOURS OF OPERATION:
  Monday through Friday
  12:00 PM to 9:00 PM central