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Counsel parents on access to lethal means

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Talk with parents, caregivers, and concerned adults about how secure storage can reduce youth suicides. Effective counseling can save lives.

Explore how health care professionals can help reduce youth suicide

Take a free online course from the American Academy of Pediatrics to improve your lethal means counseling to help prevent suicide.

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Implementing Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) to prevent gun violence and suicide

Learn how to take a public health approach to address gun violence includes incorporating evidence-driven practices. Learn about public health strategies, clinicians' role in utilizingERPOs and recommendations for implementation.

Firearm safety counseling curriculum for trauma providers

A curriculum designed to educate trauma providers on identifying patients at risk of firearm violence and counseling them on safe firearm storage.

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