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Iowa’s Statewide Youth Suicide/Bullying Prevention Crisis Services

Iowa’s Statewide Youth Suicide/Bullying Prevention Crisis Services. Beau Pinkham Crisis Intervention Services Director The Crisis Center of Johnson County. The Services. Phone line Chat Text Outreach. Wait, What’s Crisis Intervention? . Short-term counseling Referral/action-planning

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Iowa’s Statewide Youth Suicide/Bullying Prevention Crisis Services

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  1. Iowa’s Statewide Youth Suicide/Bullying Prevention Crisis Services Beau Pinkham Crisis Intervention Services Director The Crisis Center of Johnson County

  2. The Services • Phone line • Chat • Text • Outreach

  3. Wait, What’s Crisis Intervention? • Short-term counseling • Referral/action-planning • Suicide prevention • Follow-up/motivational contacts

  4. Phone Line • 395 calls in FY16 • Mostly out-of-state adults • SURPRISE: KIDS HATE PHONE CALLS • Reasons that youth call in – physical health help, pranks

  5. Chat • 1078 “engaged” chats in FY16 (1682 received) • Much more likely to be Iowa youth! Specifically, females age 14-17 • Wide variety of topics – NSSI, school, suicide thoughts, relationships (SO MANY RELATIONSHIPS), LGBTQ issues, etc.

  6. Text • 114 “engaged” texts in FY16 (150 received) • Small but growing (FY17 stats are well beyond this already) • Eclectic mix – Iowa youth, Iowa adults, etc. • Topics are all over the place • Text as service is still finding its voice in crisis intervention world • Tough on CI side of things to deal with

  7. So where do we go from here? • Continue to advertise and expand services • Encourage growth in Iowa • Constantly vigilant on new trends – counseling via social media, etc. yourlifeiowa.org Questions? Contact me at: beau.pinkham@jccrisiscenter.org

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