Use the words, not just the information
Each tool is organized around a real decision: what to say, whom to involve, what to document, what to confirm, and what happens next. Print a guide, share one direct link, or use a script as the starting point for a conversation.
Printable conversation tools
- Words You Can Use: a one-page conversation card for asking directly and staying present.
- A parent’s first conversation: language for listening, asking about suicide, and moving from disclosure to support.
- School response and parent-notification checklist: a role-based handoff aid for trained school teams.
Local knowledge, checked in public
The Kansas City resource directory separates Missouri and Kansas pathways by county. The annual verification report records which official sources were checked, when they were checked, what was confirmed, and what still requires a phone call before travel.
Loss support and whole-life remembrance
The family-support guide focuses on practical care after suicide loss. Leah’s memorial centers the whole child—her relationships, ordinary joys, and the life she lived—without method details, speculation, or reducing her identity to her death.
Review status is part of the resource
Clinical, youth, school, loss, and crisis-system guidance remains clearly marked as review-ready until the appropriate qualified reviewer completes a defined page-level review. A source list is not the same as professional endorsement, and Leah Matters will not present it that way.