Crisis Intervention and Crisis Management: Strategies that Work in Schools and Communities

by Thompson,Rosemary A.

• ISBN13: 9780415944946
• ISBN10: 0415944945
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2004-01-23
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

There is little written about a comprehensive school/community approach to crisis prevention, intervention, and management. This book discusses steps helping professionals should take in order to prepare for a crisis in their schools and community. The author introduces a Crisis Management Plan, which discusses ways to restore a school/community to its pre-crisis equilibrium. The Crisis Management Plan includes steps to be taken to prevent panic and a referral network for students and their families in need of services. The author also includes information on how schools should talk to media personnel and parents in times of a crisis. She includes checklists, assessment instruments, and sample documentation forms that can be used in times of a crisis.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
A Glimpse of Terrorist Acts, Both International and Domestic	1	(18)
Crises, Critical Incidents, Disasters, and Terrorism: Fundamental Emotional Reactions From a Developmental Perspective	19	(22)
Crisis Intervention and Crisis Management: First-Response Procedures	41	(34)
Critical Incidents and First-Response Procedures	75	(56)
Disasters and First-Response Procedures	131	(24)
Strategies for the Resolution of Grief and Loss	155	(40)
Debriefing Survivors After a Crisis, a Disaster, or a Critical Incident	195	(28)
Activities for Children and Adolescents to Process Grief and Loss	223	(28)
Sample Policies to Prevent Legal Liability and to Use for Assessments and as Screening Instruments	251	(24)
Compassion Fatigue: The Professional Consequences of Caring Too Much	275	(20)
References	295	(4)
Index	299