A2772

Requires the Division of Child Protection and Permanency to develop suicide screening and crisis response training for caseworkers.

Develops a training course and curriculum on suicide screening and crisis response planning for caseworkers. The training course and curriculum developed is to be on recognizing warning signs, risk factors, and protective factors for suicide in children and adolescents through hands-on use of validated suicide prevention tools such as the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale; establishing protocols for responding when a child is identified as at risk, including immediate de-escalation techniques; and coordinating care with mental health professionals, schools, resource parents, and.