Presented by: Joanne Lowe, Executive Director, YSB, Co-Chair of Community Suicide Prevention Network

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1 Presented by: Joanne Lowe, Executive Director, YSB, Co-Chair of Community Suicide Prevention Network

2 Academy of Medicine Ottawa Ashbury College Bell High School Bereaved Families of Ottawa Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Carleton University Centre Psychosocial Centretown CHC CFRA Champlain CCAC Champlain LHIN Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Child and Youth Mental Health Initiative (SSLI) Children's Aid Society of Ottawa Canadian Mental Health Association Ottawa Coalition of CHRCs in Ottawa Conseil des écoles publiques de l'est de l'ontario Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est Crossroads Children's Centre Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region Eastern Ontario Youth Justice Agency Family Services Ottawa Glebe Collegiate Institute Hopewell Individual caregiver and youth representatives Kennedy-Forster Integrated Health Systems Kids-Can La Cité collégiale Max Keeping Mental Health Services of Renfrew County Métis Nation of Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services Ministry of Community and Social Services Montfort Hospital Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health Ottawa Carleton District School Board Ottawa Catholic School Board Ottawa Inuit Children's Centre Ottawa Police Services Ottawa Public Health Ottawa Suicide Prevention Coalition Parents Lifelines of Eastern Ontario Roberts/Smart Centre South-East Ottawa CHC South Carleton Secondary School South Nepean CHC The Royal TYPS United Way Ottawa University of Ottawa Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health West Carleton Family Health Team Western Ottawa CRC Youth Net Youth Services Bureau YOUVILLE Centre

3 Vision Statement: A suicide safe community for children and youth in the greater Ottawa area Mission: The Network brings key people and organizations together to develop suicide prevention, intervention and postvention strategies that are evidence-informed and that increase accessibility and effectiveness of services for youth and their families.

4 Share knowledge and expertise, providing a structure for collaboration in suicide prevention, intervention and postvention in Ottawa. Work together to develop suicide prevention strategies relating to community education and awareness as well as pathways to clinical care. Focus on initiatives that are evidence informed and that consider our community's unique strengths and challenges, operating at the system level to support organizational partnerships and initiatives that increase effectiveness and accessibility of services for youth and families. Build on existing community collaborations and supports new ones, reaching out to multiple sectors to bring people together to overcome common challenges and issues. Key areas of focus include advocacy and policy development, research and evaluation, education and community awareness and improving pathways to care. Members of the Network are people with lived experiences and the organizations that support them; all levels of government, funding bodies and the business sector; community and religious groups; and members of the media.

5 2nd leading cause of death among yr olds in Canada Suicide accounts for over 20% of all deaths for youth between the ages of in Canada The estimated number of year olds in the Champlain region who have had suicidal thoughts in the past 12 months is a staggering 9200 youth. Rates of emergency room (ER) visits for self-harm have been significantly higher in Ottawa than in Ontario. On average ( ), 63 suicides per year in Ottawa, 10% occur in children and youth aged years. Youth suicides have averaged between 5 and 8 a year from Source: Source: IntelliHEALTH ONTARIO, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Analyzed by Willmore J, Ottawa Public Health, August 2013.

6 Ontario Coroners Office of the Registrar General of Ontario Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care Ottawa Public Health Source: Willmore, J.,Ottawa Public Health, 2013

7 2 suicides in Ottawa 2010/11 Extensive media coverage, very public memorial and increased media coverage relating to bullying, mental health, and suicide. Led to outcry, people wanted to come together to do more at a systemic level to prevent suicide. Agreed first 3 years of CSPN would focus on youth suicide (currently in year 2 of youth focus).

8 Community Suicide Prevention Network Steering Committee (Advocacy and Policy Action Area) Research Action Area Education, Awareness & Training Action Area Pathways to Care Action Area

9 The first work done by the Network was: 1) What are we all doing? Mapping exercise 2) What do we need to focus on? Focus groups 3) Know What to do Guide 4) Parent Navigation 5) Research 6) Looking at where we had existing energy and programs that could be built upon- LGBTQ youth gatekeeper program 7) Applying Implementation Science Framework 8) Wilder Collaborative Evaluation ature=youtu.be

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13 Received funding from United Way & Champlain LHIN Softly launched in September, 2012 Within first 10 months of service, this helpline has served: 274 unique clients 225 unidentified clients 681 points of contact ( s and phone) facilitated 35 support groups that engaged 176 new participants.

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15 Sources of Strength Proposal Already established formal partnership with Egale, OFS, CMHA, OCDSB, YSB to lead 3 phases to program: 1. safetalk training for teachers, parents and youth within the selected schools 2. GLBTTQ training to promote understanding of the negative impact of homophobia on all of the youth in the school. 3. Implement a peer to peer, evidence-based suicide prevention program called Sources of Strength. First 2 schools to begin Feb 2014: Glebe Collegiate Institute & West Carleton Secondary School

16 Report to Community December 6, 2013 Knowledge Transfer Exchange Event January 16 th 2014 Created an online presence Received MCYS funding to provide 2 fully subsidized ASIST trainings and 1safeTALK T4T in March Health Advocacy winners in CHEO s Healthy Kids Awards (March 2014) Producing a status report that highlights key research questions, evidence and recommendations related to youth and suicide April 2014

17 High Risk Assessment Tool Collaborative Research Project Suicide Monitoring Program and Applying Research to Practice Through Early Intervention Youth Engagement Transitional Aged Youth (in development) Ministry s Youth Suicide Prevention Plan

18 @OttPrevention Preventing Suicide

19 Questions? For further information contact: Andrea Poncia Coordinator, Community Suicide Prevention Network ext. 1252