Table 1.

Family Intervention for Suicide Prevention (FISP) - Checklist of Tasks

FAMILY TOGETHER Agenda Setting with Youth & Parents/Significant Others □ Introduce self, provide contact info (if appropriate) □ Set agenda □ Review limits of confidentiality □ Obtain contact information for family (use Locator Form) □ Provide emergency contact numbers (clinicians and emergency services)

YOUTH ALONE Help youth to: □ Generate self-strengths □ Generate family strengths (if applicable) □ Identify risk situations & understand emotional responses using feeling thermometer □ Develop Personal/SAFETY Plan □ Identify and problem-solve barriers to safety plan use □ Limit access to self-harm/lethal methods □ Counsel regarding disinhibiting effects of substance use

PARENTS ALONE (if applicable) □ Elicit any concerns from parents □ Counsel regarding restricting access to dangerous/potentially lethal self-harm methods □ Counsel regarding importance of protective support, parental monitoring, and supervision □ Counsel regarding disinhibiting effects of substance use □ Discuss supporting youth in using safety plan □ Counsel regarding risk factors for suicide/self-harm □ Generate youth strengths □ Generate family strengths

FAMILY TOGETHER Increasing Family Support and Positive Interaction □ Elicit youth strengths from youth and parent(s) □ Elicit family strengths from youth and parent(s) □ Review Action/SAFETY Plan □ Identify and problem-solve barriers to safety plan use □ Obtain commitment to use SAFETY Plan/Support youth in using plan

Establish Initial Commitment to Treatment □ Address any identified treatment barriers □ Obtain commitment to attend next session

□ Schedule Next Session or provide information for scheduling □ Follow-up contacts to support attendance in follow-up treatment, continue until successfully linked to care