(From UCLA School Mental Health Project) Crisis, emergency, disaster, catastrophe, tragedy, trauma --all are words heard too frequently at schools today. Almost every school has had a major crisis; every school is likely to have one. Besides natural disasters such as earthquakes and fires, students experience violence and death related to the suicide of friends, gang activity, snipers, hostage-taking, and rape. Some students react with severe emotional responses -- fear, grief, post traumatic stress syndrome. Moreover, such experiences and other events that threaten
their sense of worth and well-being can produce the type of intense personal turmoil that leads students to think about hurting themselves or others. School-based crisis intervention,
which refers to a range of responses schools can plan and implement in response to crisis events and reactions. All school-based and school-linked staff can play an important
role in crisis intervention. The UCLA School Mental Health Project has prepared a set of resources to guide schools. Read More
their sense of worth and well-being can produce the type of intense personal turmoil that leads students to think about hurting themselves or others. School-based crisis intervention,
which refers to a range of responses schools can plan and implement in response to crisis events and reactions. All school-based and school-linked staff can play an important
role in crisis intervention. The UCLA School Mental Health Project has prepared a set of resources to guide schools. Read More
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