Month: March 2015

SAMHSA’s New Suicide Prevention Mobile App To Help Health Care Providers Save Lives

SAMHSA unveiled a free, new mobile app called Suicide Safe that will help health care providers assist patients with suicidal ideation and behaviors. For individuals at risk of suicide, behavioral health and primary care settings provide unique opportunities to connect with the health care system and access effective treatment. Almost half (45%) of individuals who die […]

OSERS: Early Literacy Tools and Resources

The end of third grade is the point at which children transition from learning to read to utilizing reading skills to understand the content of all subject areas. To strengthen third-grade reading proficiency for all students, particularly for students of color and students with disabilities, the My Brother’s Keeper Taskforce has established a dedicated Early […]