School Crisis Intervention An Essential Guide For Practitioners

Providing vital tools to enhance preparedness in any school setting (K-12) this book is grounded in state-of-the-art research and real-world experience. Foremost authority Scott Poland and frontline clinician Sara Ferguson address all aspects of team-based crisis intervention and postvention. With a key focus on prevention the book describes ways to identify risk factors and enhance students' mental health connectedness and resilience. Best practices are outlined for responding effectively to specific crises including unexpected deaths in the school community youth suicide school violence and natural disasters. In a convenient large-size format the book includes firsthand perspectives from other experts in the field hands-on strategies to support daily practice and 23 reproducible forms that can be downloaded and printed. This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series edited by Sandra M. Chafouleas. |School Crisis Intervention An Essential Guide for Practitioners