Contact Information:
Lori Switzer
CASSP Coordinator
214 S. 7th Ave.
Clarion, PA 16214
Phone: 814-226-6252
County Suicide Prevention Task Force: none
Web site: none
County Suicide Prevention Resources:
Training for school and corrections personnel
Parent education
Student education
Yellow Ribbon Campaign
Signs of Suicide (SOS) Program
Substance abuse prevention
Individual school districts have adopted various suicide prevention programs at their discretion and with the approval of parents and school boards.
County Screening for Suicide Prevention Activities:
Signs of Suicide (SOS) Program
Student Assistance Program (screening by mental health liaisons)
Community screening
Screening in physicians' offices
Some school districts use the SOS program, while some family practice physicians and pediatricians do their own screenings, and then if necessary contact crisis intervention services.
County Mental Health Resources:
*Inpatient psychiatric unit: Clarion Psychiatric Center
*School-based mental health services: Clarion County Crisis Intervention Services provides school-based crisis counseling on an as-needed basis by request of a student and/or the guidance counselor.
The Pennsylvania Suicide Prevention Initiative is a Public/Private Ongoing Collaborative including: Survivors of Suicide, Statewide & Regional Representatives from Departments of Public Welfare, Health, Education, and Aging, Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission, County MH/MR Administrators Association and several county programs, County CASSP Coordinators, American Trauma Society, The STAR Center, PA Child Death Review Team, PA Protection and Advocacy, PA Psychiatric Society, PA Association of School Social Workers, NAMI of PA, Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Mental Health Association of PA, PIN of PA, PA Del Val NAPNAP, a County Medical Examiner, a City Health Bureau, a State University, a Behavioral Health MCO, Common Roads, Juvenile Detention Center Association of PA, Pennsylvania Community Providers Association, Pennsylvania Council on Children, Youth, and Family Services, Providers and Student Assistance Program Trainers, School Districts, Yellow Ribbon Chapters, Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Council, multiple county task forces and other grassroots organizations.
