Scott Poland Biography

Dr. Scott Poland is widely regarded as an expert in assessing danger and preventing school emergencies such as bullying, self-injury, and juvenile savagery. He is well recognized as a pioneer in avoiding school suicide after writing Suicide Intervention in the Schools, one of the most respected works on the subject, in 1989. Also, he oversees the American Association of Suicidology's Past Prevention Section. Recently, Dr. Poland co-authored Suicide in Schools (2014), which offers school-based specialists practical advice on developing and putting effective self-destruction anticipatory evaluation intervention and postvention measures into practice. He has written extensively about these topics, including four volumes and several Best Practices sections, and his writings have been translated into several dialects. He participated in the President's Roundtable on Youth Violence and has spoken four times before the U.S. Congress regarding the needs of children. Dr. Poland was a founding member of the National Association of School Psychologists National Emergency Support Team (NASP). In the wake of several acts of mass violence, he has led various national emergency organizations and assisted with schools and networks in New York, Washington, D.C., and Oklahoma.

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