Specifically designed for school administrators,
psychologists, counselors, nurses and social workers
In this seminar, Dr. Poland will share practical strategies for crisis intervention, providing a theoretical model to work from and outline roles for school personnel. Participants will leave with handouts and numerous concrete ideas for meeting the ever-increasing challenges of school crisis. You will be encouraged and inspired when you return to your own district.
Ten Key Benefits for Attending this Seminar
1. Lessons learned for managing traumatic events: Gain knowledge of a formula to estimate the degree of emotionality following a crisis with step-by-step interventions for managing the school afterward.
2. Understand the roles of support personnel, administrators and teachers, and how to organize school crisis teams.
3. Organize school crisis efforts with a theoretical model. Learn primary prevention strategies to reduce deaths of children, secondary intervention strategies for the immediate aftermath of a crisis, and tertiary intervention strategies for long term follow-up for those most affected.
4. Implement a crisis-processing model for any size group: Proven interventions in the aftermath of national school shootings that provide education and support to affected staff, students, and parents.
5. Assist traumatized children: Typical reactions that children have to a crisis will be outlined with strategies provided for school personnel and parents to help build resiliency skills.
6. Make your school safer: Lessons learned from school shootings that include school-wide safety programs emphasizing the key role that students play in their own safety. Recommendations from both the FBI and US Secret Service will be shared.
7. Know the warning signs of youth suicide: Lead your school in applying a comprehensive suicide intervention program that includes gatekeeper training, depression screening, and coordination with local agencies.
8. Implement proven postvention strategies after a suicide: Know what to say to staff and students afterward and employ procedures that reduce the possibility of suicide contagion.
9. Understand the complex behavior of self-mutilation: Students are increasingly engaging in this behavior with cutting being the most common. Learn practical strategies and guidelines to identify those engaging in this behavior and be able to teach them substitute behaviors.
10. Protect yourself and your school from lawsuits over crisis situations by becoming familiar with crisis cases. A frequent expert witness will outline liability issues and mistakes that have been made by school personnel.
Topics You Will Learn
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Key roles for various school personnel in a crisis
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How adults can assist children who have been traumatized
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The typical reactions that children have to a crisis
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Ways to build resiliency in children
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The importance of helping adults first so they can model coping skills for children
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A practical model to provide crisis processing for any size group
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Innovative approaches to prevent youth suicide including using depression screening
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Understanding self-mutilation cutting and practical interventions to identify and treat students engaging in this behavior
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Legal issues surrounding school crisis
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Strategies to reduce suicide contagion
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Sensitivity of cultural issues in crisis
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A theoretical model to organize all crisis planning
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Proven school safety strategies that emphasize key roles for students
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Valuable information about how to access national resources for crisis intervention
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Practical tips for school support to organize comprehensive crisis plans that include assistance for faculty, parents, and students
- How to assist children, schools and families after natural disasters
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