Classroom Crisis: The Teacher's Guide Quick and Proven Techniques for Stabilizing Your Students and Yourself

by Johnson, Kendall; Robbins, Marjorie

• ISBN13: 9780897934329
• ISBN10: 0897934326
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-18
• Publisher: Hunter House

Summary

Today's teachers are faced with unprecedented challenges ranging from suicides to school violence, shootings, and terrorism. Classroom Crisis The Teacher's Guide explores children's reactions to emergencies and gives steps for stabilizing the classroom. The book describes how to manage individual student and also group behavior during emergencies, how to recognize and deal with post-traumatic behavior, and more. Also includes detailed instructions on how to calm students who are panicked, enraged, or hysterical, and how to activate students who are in shock.

Author Biography

Kendall Johnson, Ph.D., is a mentor teacher at a continuation high school He holds a doctorate in clinical psychology and master's degrees in education and counseling

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Introduction	1	(2)
What Are Critical Incidents?	3	(3)
Managing Behavior During Emergencies	6	(11)
Group Management During Emergencies	17	(2)
What's Normal Following Crisis?	19	(3)
Typical Postcrisis Behavior	22	(5)
Serious Signs	27	(3)
Individual Conferencing about Crisis	30	(3)
Classroom Discussions	33	(4)
Group and Classroom Interventions	37	(2)
Talking with Children about War, Terror, and Disaster	39	(2)
What Not to Do	41	(2)
Dealing with Distraught Parents	43	(3)
Understanding Administrator Stress	46	(2)
Your Own Reaction	48	(3)
Self-Care	51	(10)
Resources	61