Time outdoors can have many mental and physical health benefits, among them improved sleep and increased attention span, says Markle. “I encourage you to support your teen in building in at least one hour per day of outdoor time into their daily schedule. By doing this, you support them in many key areas, such as better school performance, more friends, and an improved attention span and mood.”  

Being aware of which needs the teen is fulfilling with their screen use can help to identify alternative activities that still fulfill those needs offscreen, says Markle. For example, if video gaming is providing a sense of competence, social connection, and autonomy, as well as an interest in strategy and team play, then those experiences could be successfully transferred to activities like rock climbing, ultimate Frisbee, and in-person chess.

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​Parents to Parents: After Your Child's Suicide Attempt is informed by interviews with parents and experts. The video resource was created jointly by EDC's Zero Suicide Institute and Parents to Parents, a non-profit organization that offers resources to caregivers whose child is struggling with mental health challenges or concerns. This film was made possible in part by the generous support of the Four Pines Fund. 

​Right after a child makes a suicide attempt can be a deeply confusing, scary, and emotional time for parents and families. Understandably, parents may have a lot of questions or concerns. While health care professionals, school leaders, and others may have addressed many questions, often hearing directly from parents who have been there can be especially supportive. 

Hearing that your child is having thoughts of suicide or has made an attempt can be overwhelming. But you are not alone. The parents interviewed for this video have been there and understand. We hope this video offers some practical guidance for the days and weeks to come, but—more importantly—hope. People do get better, recover, and create lives worth living.

The video was created to:

• Describe what parents can expect in the days and weeks following a child’s suicide-related crisis
  
• Provide information on how to access effective treatment
  
• Offer insights on how parents can best support their child and family
  
• Validate the feelings that can accompany a child’s suicide-related crisis
  
• Direct caregivers to additional supportive resources

​The video is approximately one hour. You may want to watch the video in its entirety the first time. However, it is available in chapters for you to return to after that to re-watch specific sections. If you would like to return to specific sections, a playlist of the video that includes chapters is available at the link below.

• Chapter Playlist
  

After viewing the video, please complete the survey using the link below. Your responses can help inform us as we work to improve this resource or any future resources. All survey responses gathered here are confidential and will only be shared in aggregate without identifying information when presented anywhere publicly. The survey will take approximately 5 minutes to complete. Thank you in advance for your participation.

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​Families, understandably, will have many questions in the days and weeks following a suicide attempt of their child. It can be hard to process and retain all that is being told to them and available resources will vary community by community. This video captures many of the questions raised by parents and describes best practices in suicide care so that parents can best navigate a complex health care system. 

By hearing from parents whose child has made a suicide attempt as well as national experts in suicide prevention, parent’s feelings are validated and they can be directed to quality care that best supports their child. This video is not meant to replace any care provided in the community, rather, will hopefully serve to augment care provided by health care professionals as parents can return to it again and again.

​Emergency departments, inpatient hospitals, residential care, crisis services, mobile crisis units, community mental health providers, pediatricians, schools, substance misuse professionals, peer advocates, faith leaders, anyone who has encountered a family whose child has recently made a suicide attempt or talked about suicide. Add the video link to discharge paperwork and planning or share the link with parents as part of medical or behavioral health care.

Below, we have provided a curated list of supplemental resources for additional support.

We're sad to say that we're seeing a significant uptick in overdoses in our community, and it feels important to remember our harm reduction tools in times like this. 

Over the last week we have seen an increase in overdoses in the community, including 8-10 laypeople overdose reversals in Western Nevada County using Narcan/naloxone (that we are aware of). We have also seen an uptick in the past week of overdoses in Truckee and North Tahoe. Many of these overdoses were reversed thanks to community members and organizations that were prepared with Narcan/naloxone.
 
You can text or call Yuba Harm Reduction Collective @ 530-362-8163 to request Narcan, test strips, or other harm reduction supplies in Western Nevada County or call or text The Speedy Foundation @ 208-471-8904 for free Narcan and test strips in the Truckee/Tahoe area. You can learn about other local free harm reduction services at https://knowoverdosenc.com/local-resources/ 
 
REMEMBER...

• ️CARRY NARCAN & GET TRAINED ON HOW TO USE IT
• USE FENTANYL TESTING STRIPS WHEN USING DRUGS
• TRY NOT TO USE ALONE WHEN POSSIBLE (neverusealone.com @ 877-696-1996)
• GET YOUR STAFF TRAINED ON NARCAN ADMINISTRATION & CARRY IT IN YOUR WORKPLACE  (email [email protected] to schedule training for your group)

 
Let's help keep each other safe & healthy, y'all!

Thank you to all who were involved in quickly controlling the Pass Fire on 8/11/24. 

Shortly after 3:00pm on August 11, 2024, Truckee Fire was dispatched to a reported vegetation fire behind the Safeway. Resources from Truckee Fire, Cal Fire NEU, USFS, Northstar Fire, Olympic Valley Fire, North Tahoe Fire, and North Lake Tahoe Fire responded. 

To find your evacuation zone, go to Genasys Protect (protect.genasys.com) and sign up for emergency alerts with CodeRed (www.townoftruckee.gov/521/Emergency-Alerts---CodeRED).

​You might also consider downloading the Watch Duty app (www.watchduty.org). 

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