Full Description
This book offers a unique collection of narrative case studies that capture the responses of mental health professionals to tragedies in schools and are designed to connect key concepts and skills with real life application. By citing evidence-based theories and interventions with vivid real world accounts, this volume aims to highlight the multi-phased, multi-disciplinary nature of school crisis response while emphasizing the need for effective coordination and collaboration. It provides a powerful professional development resource for school crisis teams, psychologists, counselors, social workers, nurses, resource officers, administrators and teachers, and training university students, who will face similar situations.
Contents
Introduction: Perspectives on School Crisis Response Section 1: School Crisis Response to Transportation Accidents 1. Fatal Car Crash: Tag You're It - Reflections of a New Leader 2. Remembering Carlos: Professional and Personal Reflections Section 2: School Crisis Response to Death of a Student 3. Response to Sudden Deaths: A Primary Role for School Psychologists 4. Death in the Classroom: Severe Emotional Trauma Section 3: School Crisis Response to Death of a Teacher/Staff Member 5. Death of an ELL Teacher: School Researcher Experiences a Crisis 6. Cancer Sucks: Deaths of a Teacher and a Nurse 7. Illness and Death of an Elementary School Principal Section 4. School Crisis Response to Death by Suicide 8. Suicide Postvention Using the PREPaRE Model 9. Student Suicide on Campus: Response and Resilience 10. Suicide on the School Campus: Contagion Magnified? 11. Critical and Emerging Needs in a Suicide Cluster: Lessons in Crisis Response, Long-term Planning, and Coordination Section 5: School Crisis Response to Natural Disasters 12. Children of Katrina: A View from Texas and Mississippi 13. Anticipating Needs after Katrina: Welcoming Children and Families Section 6: School Crisis Response to School-Related Violence 14. Hope and Healing: A Community Response to a School Shooting 15. Responding to Shootings in My School District: Commitment to Crisis Prevention and Intervention 16. School Survives a Cycle of Violence Section 7: School Crisis Response to Child Maltreatment 17. Betrayal of a School Community Section 8: School Crisis Response: Current and Future Directions 18. Current and Future Directions in School Crisis Response
