Description
Ms. Lovre has taken the lessons learned from responding at school shootings, New York following 9/11, natural disasters and a host of smaller events to put the response efforts into a process designed to work within the NIMS/ICS structure (Incident Command and National Incident Management System). This book is a compliment to the Crisis Resource Manual, which organizes the response to the more common, ordinary kinds of deaths and crises that schools face.
Chapter One – Responding (where you can find it in a crisis – up front!)
The First Crucial Hour
Student Relocation and Stabilization
Meeting Student, Staff and Parent Needs (between reunification and start-up of school)
Long Term Needs (from first day back through five years of follow-up)
Role of Central Office
Role of School Boards
Chapter Two – Planning
- Planning – General – Varieties of Drills
- Planning for Phase I
- Planning for Phase II
- Planning for Phase III
- Planning for Phase IV
Chapter Three – Forms, Flyers and Letters
- List of People/Tasks
- Fax to Media
- Incoming Counselors Sign-up Sheet
- Agenda for Incoming Counselors Meeting During Response
- Guidelines for Teachers
- Guidelines for Returning Student Belongings
- Agenda and Handout for Parent Meetings
- Details for Staff – Keeping Them Updated
- The Great Collaboration Meeting
- Incoming Counselors Meeting for Planning Stage
- Other With Whom You Might Coordinate
Chapter Four – Media Relations
- Planning – Managing the Media
- Planning for Responding to Catastrophic Events
Chapter Five – Background Information
- Background Information
- Upgrading Your Plan
- The Nature of Catastrophic Events
- Psychological Trauma
- Collaboration
- Communications
- Getting Through the First Weeks
- Timelines from One Example (Thurston High School Shooting)
- Considerations in Responding to These Events
Chapter Five – Training
- Descriptions for Training for Various Staff Positions
