Comprehensive School Safety Planning and Leadership

Author(s):  
Audrey Z. Martini ◽  
Monique Fields ◽  
Tracey Goss McGinley ◽  
Amanda L. Robinson ◽  
Merry Morash

Author(s):  
Benjamin S. Fernandez

Acute traumatic events have the potential to significantly disrupt the learning environment as well as the psychological functioning of students, staff, and the school community. Such events range in size and intensity, though all require careful planning to address the comprehensive safety and recovery needs of a school. Such planning includes considerations of prevention and preparedness, establishing crisis teams and crisis communications, and the selection and delivery of appropriate interventions given demonstrated need. This chapter discusses best practices in school safety planning and approaches to recovery after an incident to address crisis-generated problems, prevent trauma, and help restore the learning environment.


2020 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 101399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebekah Paci-Green ◽  
Adriana Varchetta ◽  
Kate McFarlane ◽  
Padmini Iyer ◽  
Marcel Goyeneche

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmund McGarrell ◽  
Edmund McGarrell ◽  
Justin Heinze ◽  
Justin Henize ◽  
Andria Eisman ◽  
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Crisis ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 376-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brooke A. Levandowski ◽  
Constance M. Cass ◽  
Stephanie N. Miller ◽  
Janet E. Kemp ◽  
Kenneth R. Conner

Abstract. Background: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) health-care system utilizes a multilevel suicide prevention intervention that features the use of standardized safety plans with veterans considered to be at high risk for suicide. Aims: Little is known about clinician perceptions on the value of safety planning with veterans at high risk for suicide. Method: Audio-recorded interviews with 29 VHA behavioral health treatment providers in a southeastern city were transcribed and analyzed using qualitative methodology. Results: Clinical providers consider safety planning feasible, acceptable, and valuable to veterans at high risk for suicide owing to the collaborative and interactive nature of the intervention. Providers identified the types of veterans who easily engaged in safety planning and those who may experience more difficulty with the process. Conclusion: Additional research with VHA providers in other locations and with veteran consumers is needed.


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