Putting the pieces together… Coping with a Traumatic Event in the School Crisis Response Team Central Rivers AEA 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS Forward.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Use of the School Protocol ................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Notification Flow Chart ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Principal’s 14-Step Crisis Response Plan ..................................................................................................................................................... 5-7 Principal’s Checklist ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Role of Principal and Crisis Response Team at the Mandatory All-Staff Meeting ....................................................................................... 9 Responsibilities of the Crisis Response Team ................................................................................................................................................................10 Non-Certified Staff Role .................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Teacher’s Role ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Guidance and AEA Support Staff Role ...................................................................................................................................................... 13-14 Suggestions for CRT Members Serving at Three Different Building Levels ........................................................................................ 15-16 Checklists ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Team Leader Checklist ................................................................................................................................................................ 18-20 Staff Meeting Checklist ...................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Student Schedule Checklist .............................................................................................................................................................. 22 Response Room Checklist ................................................................................................................................................................ 23 Response Room Sign-In Sheet ........................................................................................................................................................ 24 CRT Debriefing Checklist .................................................................................................................................................................. 25 Major Accidents, Disasters, Disruptions .......................................................................................................................................................... 26 Team Leader Responsibilities Following a Major Accident, Disaster, Disruption ...................................................................... 27 Team Responsibilities Following a Major Accident, Disaster, Disruption ................................................................................... 28 Student Release Record ................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Roles for CRT Members Working with Parents Following Major Accident, etc. ........................................................................ 30 Working Directly with Students in the Event of a Disaster............................................................................................................ 31 Teacher Handouts .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 32 Teacher Handout-Crisis Response, All Levels ............................................................................................................................... 33 Young People and Grief............................................................................................................................................................... 34-35 Helping a Student with Grief, Do and Don’t .................................................................................................................................... 36 Typical Questions Students May Ask .............................................................................................................................................. 37 Funeral Attendance Guidelines for Students .................................................................................................................................. 38 Grief Information for Teachers .................................................................................................................................................................. 39 Factors Which Indicate High Risk .................................................................................................................................................... 40 School Staff Reasons for Referral ................................................................................................................................................... 41 Teacher Handout: Taking Care of Yourself ............................................................................................................................................. 42 Suicide ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 43 Sample Announcement to Classrooms: Death by Suicide ........................................................................................................... 44 Classroom/Homeroom Discussion Guidelines: Suicide Prevention ............................................................................................ 45 Sample Announcements, Letters Home ......................................................................................................................................................... 46 Sample Announcement to Classrooms: Death by Accident ......................................................................................................... 47 Parent Communications .................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Sample Parent Letter: Student Death ............................................................................................................................................. 49 Sample Letter to Parents: Staff Death ............................................................................................................................................. 50 Sample Letter Home Following a Major Accident, Disaster, Disruption ..................................................................................... 51 Debriefing The Crisis Team ....................................................................................................................................................................................................52 Debriefing Procedures After a Response........................................................................................................................................ 53 Crisis Team Debriefing Checklist ..................................................................................................................................................... 54 Grief Information ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 55 Stages of Grief .................................................................................................................................................................................... 56 Developmental Stages of Understanding Death and Grieving .............................................................................................. 57-58 Children’s Grief 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