School crisis prevention and intervention / Mary Margaret Kerr.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Education, 2009.Description: xiv, 199 p.: ill; 24 cmContent type:
  • Text
Media type:
  • Unmediated
Carrier type:
  • Volume
ISBN:
  • 978-0-13-172176-0
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 363.119371 K46s
Contents:
An overview of crisis prevention and intervention -- Crisis planning -- Crisis team preparation -- Crisis communications -- Prevention, mitigation, and response for accidents and illnesses -- Prevention, mitigation, and response for violence -- Prevention, mitigation, and response for disasters -- Recovery : psychological supports in a crisis -- Recovery : postvention following a death -- Recovery : supporting school crisis responders.
Summary: "What can you do to prepare for a potential crisis in your school? This daunting question is addressed in Mary Margaret Kerr`s School Crisis Prevention and Intervention. As a respondent to over 1,000 school-related crises, Kerr provides a guide to approaching school crises at all stages, from preparation and prevention to intervention and recovery. Following a four-phase conceptual framework, Kerr walks you through the planning and implementation of crisis prevention and response and provides you with the tools necessary to develop a crisis prevention and intervention toolkit specific to your school."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographic references and index

English

An overview of crisis prevention and intervention -- Crisis planning -- Crisis team preparation -- Crisis communications -- Prevention, mitigation, and response for accidents and illnesses -- Prevention, mitigation, and response for violence -- Prevention, mitigation, and response for disasters -- Recovery : psychological supports in a crisis -- Recovery : postvention following a death -- Recovery : supporting school crisis responders.

"What can you do to prepare for a potential crisis in your school? This daunting question is addressed in Mary Margaret Kerr`s School Crisis Prevention and Intervention. As a respondent to over 1,000 school-related crises, Kerr provides a guide to approaching school crises at all stages, from preparation and prevention to intervention and recovery. Following a four-phase conceptual framework, Kerr walks you through the planning and implementation of crisis prevention and response and provides you with the tools necessary to develop a crisis prevention and intervention toolkit specific to your school."--BOOK JACKET.

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