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School Crisis Response introduces a unique educational approach that provides compelling scenarios for the development of school crisis responders.
List of 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
About the author
Jeffrey C. Roth, PhD, NCSP, initiated and led a crisis response team, school-wide conflict resolution program, positive behavioral support, and social skills curriculum. He served as adjunct professor at Wilmington University, Red Cross Disaster Mental Health volunteer, and was awarded Delaware’s School Psychologist of the Year and Outstanding School Psychology Advocate.
Summary
School Crisis Response introduces a unique educational approach that provides compelling scenarios for the development of school crisis responders.
