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Hechinger Report QPR — shorthand for Question, Persuade, Refer — is one of several evidence-based curriculums recommended for use in schools by suicide prevention experts. Wyoming has the highest rates of suicide in the nation and some teens here say learning about prevention in schools is a "no-brainer," but adults are still debating how, and whether, to make it happen. This story about suicide prevention education was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. It was clear to Soffy Anderson, 18, that the state needed to take action. She'd lost her sister to suicide and wished she'd known what signs to look for and how to intervene. When she took a break from class at Cody High School to testify to the Wyoming State Legislature, via Zoom, in favor of a bill that would have mandated suicide prevention education in schools, she was prepared for an easy win.
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Written by dariandudrick on February 22, 2021 A move to provide suicide prevention training to students in Wyoming schools recently failed in the state Legislature. House Bill 62 (amendments to Wyoming’s 2014 Jason Flatt Act) failed in the House, 34-25-1. Monday morning on KODI’s “Speak Your Piece with Darian Dudrick,” Darian discussed the bill and suicide prevention efforts in Cody schools with Peg Monteith, Park County School District No. 6 superintendent; Dan Cossaboon, Cody High School psychologist; and CHS seniors Hannah Blasco and Soffy Anderson. To listen to the show, visit: visit