by Peter White, MA & David Peat, PhD.
The authors, White and Peat, are certified psychologists. Their long-time collaborative experience encompasses assessment, research design, measurement, program evaluation, coping with grief, loss and behavioural issues, teacher workshops, and educational, medical, and community-based plans and interventions. They understand the needs of students, parents, educators, schools, administration, the media and communities. Their work influences and directs outcomes in too many countries to mention here.
Crisis Relief is a guide for principals, teachers, and school employees. Get the tools to produce the best outcome for the worst possible scenarios.
Find the information you need. • Introduction • How the Book is Organized • Adapting the Information for Your School or Community Setting • Using the Pocket Reference Cards • Using teh Rapid Response Checklists
Traumatic Events Can and Do Take Place at Schools • Selecting Crisis Team Members • Levels of Response to a Crisis • Recognizing Community Expectations Around the Role of Schools • What is a Crisis? • Steps for Successfully Managing a Crisis • Keeping Records
Typical Sequence of Events After a Crisis • Performing the Initial Assessment • Contacting School Staff • Making the Announcement in School • Staff Rolls and Responsibilities • Classroom Activities • Teacher Do's and Don'ts
Be Proactive – Contact Parents and the Media • Setting Limits for Media Access • Guidelines for Communicating with the Media • Dealing with Parents at the School • Preparing an Information Letter to the Parents • How Parents Can Help Children Cope
Establishing a Student Drop-In Center • Monitoring Areas Where Students Tend to Gather • Monitoring and Assessing Affected Individuals • Assessing Family Support for Children • Grief and the Grief Process • Panic Attacks • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) • Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Determining an Appropriate Response • Organizing a School Memorial Service • Preparing Students for the Memorial Service • Classroom Activities to Help Bring Closure
Be Aware that Staff May Be Traumatized • Help Traumatized Staff • Gaining Perspective After the Incident • Ongoing Student Counselling • Evaluating the Crisis Response Plan
Responding to Violence • Responding to Threats • Responding to Suicide • Responding to Sudden Loss • Responding When a Child is Terminally Ill • Responding to a Family Crisis • Responding to a Large-Scale Disaster • Responding to a Marine Disaster
Develop a Comprehensive Crisis Plan – or Review Your Existing Plan • Choose the Forms You Will Use
Defusing Emotions • Group Debriefing • Classroom Debriefing • Individual Debriefing • Operational Debriefing • Assessing Risk of Suicide
Checklists to be Used During Immediate Response • Crisis-Specific Checklists • Assessment-Related Checklists • Intervention-Related Checklists • Forms for Documentation, Record Keeping, and Follow-Up
A few years ago, Dr. Peat and Peter White began noticing a disturbing trend when disasters would strike communities. Teachers and school leadership were ill-prepared to help students respond to the effects of a crisis no one could have imagined happening in their school. In response, they created an indispensable guide that includes easy-to-use, immediate response checklists and forms – practical guidelines for what needs to get done (when, where, why, how and by whom).
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