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Jay Asher

Thirteen Reasons Why

Jay AsherFiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

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Further Reading & Resources

Further Reading: Beyond Literature (Nonfiction)

The Jed Foundation works to empower young adults, protect their emotional health, and prevent suicide. Their Mental Health Resource Center offers resources to help with one’s own mental health conditions and suggests ways to help one’s friends.

Mental health, suicide prevention, and educational experts collaborated on these recommendations for teachers about addressing the show in the classroom.

The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) offers a Safety for Students site with a wealth of information about consent, alcohol safety, and bystander intervention.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides “Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for High Schools,” a downloadable PDF that helps schools implement a suicide prevention program.

Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) is known as “the leading national organization working to prevent suicide through public awareness, education and as a resource for suicide survivors.” SAVE also offers a suicide prevention curriculum for high schools called LEADS (Linking Education and Awareness for Depression and Suicide).

This resource from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) provides information about consent and coercion, dating violence, and sexual assault as well as a list of resources for help and more information.

Youth.gov is a comprehensive US government site with a wealth of information, articles, and resources about topics and issues facing teens today, including suicide and sexual assault.

Video & Podcast Resources

Thirteen Reasons Why: Beyond the Reasons (2017)

This short Netflix feature includes the cast, producers, Asher, and mental health professionals from Thirteen Reasons Why, discussing some of the television show’s difficult issues and scenes, including sexual assault. Available with a Netflix subscription.

Help Lines:

National Sexual Assault Hotline—800-656-HOPE

Suicide and Crisis Lifeline—call or text 988

National Teen Dating Abuse Hotline—866-331-9474 (loveisrespect.org)

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