ABSTRACT
Suicide prevention and intervention have received the greatest attention. Mental health professionals and educators have joined forces in producing suicide related programs that are school-based. Even though the program has been a success, it is being accorded less time and funding because of reductions in school budgets. This reduction may also be due to a mistaken belief that the problem of youth suicide has been "solved". The intervention components of these meetings seem to focus chiefly on avoiding another suicide attempt in the aftermath of a death. It is this last component which is most often lacking in school-based programs of postvention. The procedures contained in a postvention protocol must address two different situations: helping all members of the school community in the aftermath of a completed suicide, and helping a student to reenter the school setting after absence due to a suicide attempt or a threat of suicide.
