How To Partner With Us
Elyssa’s Mission fully funds and implements the evidence-based Signs of Suicide (SOS) program in middle and high schools throughout Illinois. We support the implementation of the SOS program by providing a professional staff member who educates and trains school staff. We assist with all components of the SOS program including planning, training, teaching and follow-up. We provide ongoing support and program materials to our partnering schools free-of-cost!
A prerequisite for a partnership is administrator approval; for this reason we require that an administrator attends our online planning meeting. We impart three basic requirements upon schools:
- The school agrees to implement the core components of the SOS program in order to maintain the integrity of the program
- The school agrees to administer our online true-false pre- and post-tests to students their first year of partnership (which we will subsequently grade and analyze as a benefit to the school!)
- The school agrees to complete a brief follow-up survey annually regarding their program screening outcomes (we, in turn, provide a summary letting them know how their data compares to the data from other partnering schools).
If you want to partner with Elyssa’s Mission and bring the SOS program to your school fill out our New School Intake Form HERE