The School’s Postvention Response

Abstract

Abstract This chapter discusses the postvention response of Poplar Grove High School. It explains that crisis responses focused on suicide losses are often referred to as suicide “postvention” and that schools are a key site of response when the losses are among youth. Poplar Grove High School did a lot of things right during their postvention responses, but the greatest issue kids cited with the school’s response was their generalized sense of apathy from the school. The chapter then discusses ways to improve kids’s experiences during postvention as well as the efficacy of different strategies that schools’ can use.