School-Based Multisystemic Interventions For Mass Trauma [Hardcover]

- Presented into two clear and understandable sections: theoretical/empirical and intervention programs

- Both authors have immense experience dealing with disaster and mass trauma, both in Israel and in the United States

- Serves as both a reference tool and as a toolkit that can be used by all important players involved, which include mental health personnel, teachers, and parents

School-Based Multisystemic Interventions for Mass Trauma presents the theoretical foundations of school-based crisis intervention, which is a systemic approach to helping the school system in an emergency.
The book offers a theory- and research-based framework to address the numerous and varied needs of student, parents, educational staff, school administration, and the mental health professionals themselves. The sections include the following: A systematic review of the theory and findings relevant to mass disasters, their impact on children, and postdisaster stress processing and positive coping; A conceptual basis for schoolwide preventive interventions; and, A comprehensive multisystemic intervention plan involving school children, school personnel, and community agencies. School-Based Multisystemic Interventions for Mass Trauma is a valuable resource for school psychologists, school mental health workers, clinical child psychologists, school counsellors, as well as for educators and school administrators.Preface. Foreword by Professor Laura Barbanel. Part I: Theoretical and Empirical Background on Mass Disasters, Stress Responses, and Positive Responding. Section A: Introduction: Triggers and Assumptions. 1. The Events Triggering This Book. 2. Our Preliminary Assumptions. Section B: The Psychological Impact of Disasters on Children. 3. Impact of Context, Personal Factors, and Recovery Environment on Psychological Responses to Disaster. 4. Two Extreme Contexts forlS(