How to Prepare for and Respond to a Crisis

Common sense look at the steps involved in the assembly, training, and continued readiness of school crisis teams. Somewhat limited in providing case studies.

Now in an updated second edition, How To Prepare For And Respond To A Crisis, collaboratively written by David J. Schonfeld (Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine), Robert Lichetenstein (Consultant, School Psychology and School Social Work, Connecticut State Department of Education), Marsha Kline Pruett (Research Scientist, Law and Psychiatry Division, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center), and Dee Speese-Linehan (Supervisor, Social Development Department, New Haven Public Schools), is a very useful and "user friendly" manual offering guidance for forming safety and security plans for a school in response to a crisis situation. Individual chapters present a basic crisis intervention model, the establishment of crisis teams, clinical support, and much, much more. A brief (96 page) yet solidly helpful preparatory guide, How To Prepare For And Respond To A Crisis is essential reading for anyone charged with the responsibility of planning and implementing school emergency response programs and resource development.