Self-Injury in Schools, with Dr. Nancy Heath

<p>How can schools appropriately respond to students who engage in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), whether the behavior occurs at home, on school grounds, or elsewhere? What protocols exist to support schools to better respond to students who self-injure? What role does liability play? In this episode, Dr. Nancy Heath of McGill University in Montreal, Canada explains how schools can support students who engage in self-injury and self-harm.</p><p>Learn more about Dr. Heath's work <a href="https://www.mcgill.ca/edu-ecp/nancy-heath" target="_blank">here</a>, and learn more about her work with the Development and Intrapersonal Resilience (DAIR) Research Team <a href="https://www.heathresearchteam.mcgill.ca/" target="_blank">here</a>. Learn more about the International Consortium on Self-Injury in Educational Settings (ICSES) at <a href="http://icsesgroup.org/" target="_blank">http://icsesgroup.org/</a>.</p><p>Self-injury Outreach & Support (SiOS) offers resources for schools <a href="http://sioutreach.org/resources-self-injury/for-schools/" target="_blank">here</a> and a list of do's and don'ts <a href="http://sioutreach.org/upgradetest/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Complete-Do-and-Dont.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. Visit SiOS at <a href="http://sioutreach.org" target="_blank">http://sioutreach.org</a> and follow them on Facebook (<a href="www.facebook.com/sioutreach" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/sioutreach</a>) and Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/sioutreach" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sioutreach</a>).</p><p>Below are links to some of Dr. Heath's research as well as resources referenced in this episode:</p><ol><li>Hasking, P. A., Bloom, E., Lewis, S. P., & Baetens, I. (2020). <a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-55755-003" target="_blank">Developing a policy, and professional development for school staff, to address and respond to nonsuicidal self-injury in schools</a>. <i>International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation, 9</i>(3), 176.</li><li>Berger, E., Hasking, P