ABSTRACT
It is vitally important to carefully select those persons who will
serve as team leaders. Do not assume that the training and educa
tion a school counselor, social worker or psychologist has received
has adequately prepared him to respond appropriately to the crisis
of death. During graduate school many of these caregivers
received only a very brief introduction ('Today we will cover death
and grief') to bereavement care. The point is that those serving as
crisis team leaders should demonstrate not only interest in this area,
but the motivation to seek specialized training in grief counseling
and crisis response work.
