ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

Perspectives on School Crisis Response

section 1|28 pages

School Crisis Response to Transportation Accidents

chapter 1|12 pages

Fatal Car Crash

Tag You’re It—Reflections of a New Leader

chapter 2|8 pages

Remembering Carlos

Professional and Personal Reflections

section 2|34 pages

School Crisis Response to Death of a Student

chapter 3|12 pages

Response to Sudden Deaths

A Primary Role for School Psychologists

chapter 4|12 pages

Death in the Classroom

Severe Emotional Trauma

section 3|32 pages

School Crisis Response to Death of a Teacher/Staff Member

chapter 5|8 pages

Death of an ELL Teacher

School Researcher Experiences a Crisis

chapter 6|8 pages

Cancer Sucks

Deaths of a Teacher and a Nurse

section 4|64 pages

School Crisis Response to Death by Suicide

chapter 9|10 pages

Student Suicide on Campus

Response and Resilience

chapter 10|12 pages

Suicide on the School Campus

Contagion Magnified?

chapter 11|9 pages

Critical and Emerging Needs in a Suicide Cluster

Lessons in Crisis Response, Longterm Planning, and Coordination

section 5|16 pages

School Crisis Response to Natural Disasters

chapter 12|5 pages

Children of Katrina

A View from Texas and Mississippi

chapter 13|5 pages

Anticipating Needs after Katrina

Welcoming Children and Families

section 6|52 pages

School Crisis Response to School-Related Violence

chapter 14|16 pages

Hope and Healing

A Community Response to a School Shooting

chapter 15|11 pages

Responding to Shootings in My School District

Commitment to Crisis Prevention and Intervention

section 7|22 pages

School Crisis Response to Child Maltreatment

chapter 17|14 pages

Betrayal of a School Community

section 8|16 pages

School Crisis Response