School Crisis Survival Guide: Management Techniques and Materials for Counselors and Administrators

Part I: Planning for Crisis.

What Constitutes a Crisis?

Why the School Must Address a Crisis.

Establishing Your School Crisis Tem.

Establishing a System-Wide Crisis Team.

Assessing the Team's Preparedness.

Components of a Good Plan.

Part II: The Crisis Team in Motion.

Checking the Facts.

Adapting the Plan to Fit the Crisis.

Making the Announcement.

Staff Roles and Responsibilities During a Crisis.

The Memorial Service.

Addressing the Media.

The Aftermath of a Crisis.

Summary.

Part III: Crisis Counseling.

Effects of Trauma on Children.

Age Level and Perceptions of Death.

Short-Term Reactions to Trauma.

Long-Term Effects of Crisis.

Understanding Grief.

Grief Counseling.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Preventing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Part IV: Activities for the Resolution of Trauma and Grief.

Individual Activities.

Individual or Group Activities.

Group Activities.

Part V: Special Concerns for Specific Crises.

Factors that Increase the Likelihood of Trauma.

Suicide Prevention.

Suicide Postvention.

Preventing Violence in the School.

Coping with a Violent Crises.

Coping with a Natural Disaster.

When There Is a Dying Child in the Classroom.

Appendix.

Books for Students.

Resource Books.

Bibliography.

Charts and Boxes.