Responding to K-12 Schools: What You Need to Know
Reference Notebook content
(The same information is on the flash drives except it is in alpha order.)
A Letter to Workshop Participants (PLEASE READ FIRST)
Information for Schools
Helping Your Child Deal with Death
Helping Children Cope with Grief
Helpful Information for School Administrators and Staff When a School Has Been
Impacted by a Death
Practical Suggestions for Assisting Children in the Aftermath of a Tragedy
Tips for Teaching: Talking about Loss with Children
Crisis Planning 101
Death: Dealing with Crisis at School Practical Suggestions for Educators
What to Do for the Children during a Time of National Terror: Tips for Parents and
Educators
Teacher Guidelines for Crisis Response
When a School Is Dealing with an Act of Terror
Tips for Working with the Media
When Children Have Experienced a Disaster
Suicide and Sudden Loss
Helpful Hints for Facilitating Classroom Discussions for Teachers
Responding to a School Crisis: Tips for Educators
Death due to Vehicular Crashes
Helping Children Cope with Loss, Death and Grief
Guidelines for Communicating With the Media
Communication Templates:
- Initial announcement of a crisis event
- Teacher to student announcement: student suicide
- Student Death from Accident or Illness
- Notification Statement for Students
- Notification for Media
- Notification for Crisis Team
- Notification Letter – death of school staff/Volunteer
- Student Sudden Death
- Statement to Faculty/ Staff (afterhours or on break)
- Statement to Faculty/Staff (during school hours)
- Letters to Parents:
- Unexpected Student Death – Elementary
- Unexpected Student Death – older
- Sample Thank You Letter
Information for Parents
Hospice articles:
- Talking to Children about Death
- Coping With Holidays and Family Celebrations
- Guidelines for Parents to Help Their Children
- Helping Younger People Cope With Cancer Deaths and Funerals
- Military Kids
- What to Do for the Children During a Time of National Terror
Parent Guidelines – A Practical Guide
Helping Children Cope with Grief
Helping Your Child Cope with the Death of a Friend
Helping Children Cope with Fear & Anxiety
Helping Your Child Deal with Death
Talking to Children about Death
Responding to the Death of a Teen
Helping Teens through Grief
Activities/Memorials
A List of Ideas for Activities/Memorials
Examples of Memorials
Writing a Condolence Note
Memorials/Activities/Rituals Following Traumatic Events
School Memorials: Should We? How Should We?
What if the Death was a Suicide?
After a Suicide
Behaviors
Mental Health: Crises and Violence, Helping Children Cope
Helping Our Children in Difficult Times
Typical Reactions
Reactions to Death by Age Group
Adults Affected by Crisis
Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents
How to Help a Grieving Teen
Helping Teens through Grief
The Grieving Teen
What Kids Can Do After a Tragedy
Coping with Crisis – Helping Children with Special Needs
Normal Grief Experiences
Cultural Issues
Chapter 4: Cultural Issues (Maryland School Psychologists’ Association)
Cultural Perspectives
Culturally Competent Crisis Response
Honoring Customs and Ceremonies
Team
Building your Crisis Response Team – A Letter of Personal Reflection
Steps to Take to Create a Crisis Response Team
NOVA Training
Team Building/Volunteer Power
- From Short Term Helper to Active Volunteer
- Taking Advantage of Three Growing Episodic Volunteering Trends
- Why People Volunteer
- Oh, By the Way!
- Recruiting is Like Dating
- The Seven Deadly Sins of Recruiting Volunteers
Tools for Responses
School Crisis Response Pre-Response Check List
CRT Go Kit
Response Report
Time to Say Goodbye
Somebody I Love Has Died
Just for Me (healing activities)
Supporting People with Disabilities Coping With Grief and Loss
When Grief Comes to School
(An Activity Book for African American Families can be viewed on line and purchased.)
List of Reading Materials and Web Sites