Web Resources Supporting Crisis Response and Intervention

Students and teachers are affected by crises that occur in the school and the community at large. Tragic deaths, violent assaults, chemical accidents, and natural disasters among other events can have serious impact on student behavior and the learning process in schools. Because each crisis has it own unique characteristics as well as traits that are common with other crises, many different types of expertise are needed in handling tragic and traumatic events in schools. This need can be met by using crisis teams with a good comprehensive crises plan. (Schmidt, J., 1991). Web sites are included which provide effective approaches and strategies to handle a wide range of concerns and crises.

www.nea.org/crisis
Gives a good "cook book" response to any crisis for institutional use over a limited period of time.

www.aacap.org/cs/root/resources_for_families/disaster_resources
Official site of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. It is an easy to use site for parents and professionals and provides a quick index of major crises and appropriate responses.

www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/violence.cfm
National Institute of Mental Health website that provides specific strategies to help children and adolescents deal with the immediate and long term trauma of a violent incident or disaster.

www.nasponline.org
Official site of the National Association of School Psychologists. This well laid out site includes a search engine (at the bottom of the left hand column) which quickly leads to expert advice on how to manage a variety of crises that could occur within schools. One page that might be useful: www.nasponline.org/NEAT/caregiver_war.html for information on helping caregivers care for themselves in times of crisis.

www.counselingforloss.com
Deals exclusively with death and grief. This site is an excellent referral site as well as a place to go for specific information on how to address loss.

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