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Liability Risks for Failure to Respond to Knowlege of a Suicidal Child (2197 words) |
 | The hearing officer in the KJE case emphasized the fact that the school was aware of KJE's suicide attempts, psychiatric hospitalizations, and telephone conversations that were made between the parents and the middle school principal and the school district's social worker. |
| In KJE's case, it was clear that she had been seriously depressed, and that this depression had affected her behavior -- KJE had attempted suicide on four separate occasions. |
| In general, the KJE case shows that knowledge by a school district of a student’s suicidal ideation and other serious emotional difficulties is enough to require a case study evaluation. |
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