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

by Thompson,Rosemary A.

• ISBN13: 9780415948180
• ISBN10: 0415948185
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-09
• 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
Chapter 1: A Glimpse of Terrorist Acts, Both International and Domestic	1	(18)
Chapter 2: Crises, Critical Incidents, Disasters, and Terrorism: Fundamental Emotional Reactions From a Developmental Perspective	19	(22)
Chapter 3: Crisis Intervention and Crisis Management: First-Response Procedures	41	(34)
Chapter 4: Critical Incidents and First-Response Procedures	75	(56)
Chapter 5: Disasters and First-Response Procedures	131	(24)
Chapter 6: Strategies for the Resolution of Grief and Loss	155	(40)
Chapter 7: Debriefing Survivors After a Crisis, a Disaster, or a Critical Incident	195	(28)
Chapter 8: Activities for Children and Adolescents to Process Grief and Loss	223	(28)
Chapter 9: Sample Policies to Prevent Legal Liability and to Use for Assessments and as Screening Instruments	251	(24)
Chapter 10: Compassion Fatigue: The Professional Consequences of Caring Too Much	275	(20)
References	295	(4)
Index	299