Toward Successful School Crisis Intervention 9 Key Issues [Paperback]

Prompts crisis intervention team members to reevaluate their beliefs and practices, and offers illustrative vignettes, helpful tips, and discussion questions to guide reflection and action.Prompts crisis intervention team members to reevaluate their beliefs and practices, and offers illustrative vignettes, helpful tips, and discussion questions to guide reflection and action. An important topic for everyone involved in education. This quick reference guide will help educators plan for a crisis before it happens. The author is an experienced crisis intervener and the book has a refreshing, conversational tone. Written by a longtime school social worker and crisis intervention team member who uses this experience to address nine topics readers can use to manage crises. Perfect for teachers and educator administrators alike. Merits the attention of a wide array of school-based professionals because it provides sound information in a user-friendly manner. Thought-provoking discussion questions are available, making this book a resource for the training of interventionists as well as for strengthening existing crisis plans. An invaluable tool for staff and faculty members who make up institutional crisis committees as well as those who are the first-line defense against crises that are a reality in our schools. Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
1. The Responsibility for School Crisis Intervention: Whose Job Is This, Anyway?
Who Should Provide Crisis Intervention?
Reasons for Reluctance
Eager to Help But Unprepared
Helpful Tips
Questions for Discussion
2. Necessary Attributes and Abilities for Team Members: What Does It Take?
Attributes for Handling a Crisis
Abilities in Handling a Crisis
Helpful Tips
Questions for Discussion&llC$