Full Description
School Crisis Response introduces a unique educational approach that provides compelling scenarios for the development of school crisis responders.
There are many books describing the how-to of school crisis response, but few describe the thoughts and emotions to help guide the application of skills learned. This book provides narratives about traumatic events to supplement concepts with lessons from actual crises. The author documents the perspective of a team leader, vividly illustrating real events to confront the challenges, decisions, and problem-solving demanded to effectively stabilize emotional reactions, ameliorate trauma, and support resilience and recovery.
While encouraging reflection, educating, and strengthening new and experienced responders, this book celebrates the vital work of school psychologists, counselors, administrators, teachers, social workers, and nurses who provide extraordinary service under the most difficult circumstances. It combines an intellectual, evidence-based "in the head" understanding of how to do crisis response with an emotional, empathetic "in the heart" understanding of how it feels to do it.
Contents
SECTION 1 Team Planning and Advocacy: Establishing a Crisis Response Team 1. Accidental Death of a Student 2. Death of a Colleague: Responding Alone 3. Homicide of an Elementary School Student 4. Establishing a Crisis Response Team SECTION II Team Formation: Implementing the Team and Establishing Credibility 5. Training and Team Building 6. House Fire 7. Essential Elements of Crisis Response 8. Coping with a Drowning 9. Triage: Casting a Broad Net 10. Death of a Kindergarten Teacher 11. Engaging Children to Work Through Grief 12. Cultural Responsiveness When a Teacher Dies SECTION III Team Development: Building Skills, Caring for Clients and Ourselves 13. Media Message: Mutual Benefit or More Trauma? 14. Death in the Classroom: Severe Emotional Trauma 15. Memorials and Funerals 16. Being Present: In the Skin of the Responder 17. Betrayal of Trust 18. Care for the Caregiver: In the Eye of the Storm 19. Death of an English Teacher SECTION IV Team Maintenance: Sharing Leadership, Expanding Knowledge, Ongoing Challenges 20. Disengagement and Demobilization 21. Leadership and Teamwork 22. Homicide of a High School Student 23. Systems Thinking
