This presentation focuses on suicide within our culture with specific attention towards the role of school counselors in assessment and intervention with high-risk suicidal students. The training is based on WICHE’s Suicide Prevention Toolkit for Primary Care Providers and the Zero Suicide Initiative. The training covers national and Montana data, demographics of a suicidal person, warning signs, depression screening with the PHQ-A (pediatric), anxiety screening with the GAD-7, suicide risk assessment utilizing the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, safety planning, lethal means counseling, and caring contact. The training also focuses on evidenced-based practices, and resources available. Learning objectives for this presentation include: 1) Participants will be able to complete a depression and anxiety screen, 2) Participants will be able to complete a suicide risk assessment, 3) Participants will be able to complete a safety plan, and 4) participants will know the questions to ask concerning lethal means counseling and safe storage of firearms and medications.