PO190: Unearthing the Empirical Evidence of Suicidal Behavior in Gifted Students

  • PMD: 4,6
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Intermediate
  • Poster Session 6: Promoting Social and Emotional Development

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. identify empirically supported risk and protective factors that influence suicidal behavior among students with gifts and talents;
  2. recognize the role that risk and protective factors play in the development of suicidal behavior; and
  3. incorporate knowledge of risk and protective factors into preventive practices.

Description

Factors influencing suicidal behavior look different for students with gifts and talents. Learn which factors are identified in the literature and how this knowledge can be incorporated into preventive practices.

Presenter(s)

Janet Bechtold, Minnesota State University Mankato
Elyse M. Farnsworth, Minnesota State University Mankato

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