Crisis Prevention and Intervention in the Classroom

What Teachers Should Know

By (author) Victoria B. Damiani

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Publication date:

16 May 2011

Length of book:

162 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

ISBN-13: 9781607098874

Crisis intervention materials designed specifically for classroom teachers are still scarce, and their role in crisis prevention and intervention continues to be one for which teachers must take the initiative to educate themselves. With updates in crisis intervention programming and legislation; integration of recent research on school shootings and other forms of school violence; and the addition of such topics as cyberbullying, relational aggression, and the needs of military families, this second edition of Crisis Prevention and Intervention in the Classroom further widens teachers' perspectives on school crises and puts them in a better position to prevent and cope with these events.

Part 1 Section I: School Crises: The Theoretical and the Real
Chapter 2 Chapter 1: The Nature of Crisis in the Schools
Chapter 3 Chapter 2: A Crisis Role for the Classroom Teacher
Chapter 4 Chapter 3: Children in Crisis: An Overview
Part 5 Section II: Crises and Interventions
Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Natural Disasters
Chapter 7 Chapter 5: Children and Death
Chapter 8 Chapter 6: The Suicidal Student
Chapter 9 Chapter 7: The Hostile/Aggressive Student
Chapter 10 Chapter 8: Parents in Crisis
Part 11 Section III: More Than an Ounce of Prevention
Chapter 12 Chapter 9: Being Prepared and Setting a Positive Tone
Chapter 13 Chapter 10: Prevention Techniques for Use in the Classroom
Chapter 14 Chapter 11: Crisis Response Teams
Chapter 15 Chapter 12: The Teacher as Advocate
Chapter 16 Appendix A: Additional Reading
Chapter 17 Appendix B: Organizations/Websites/Materials
Chapter 18 Appendix C: Terms You Should Know

This book is a must-read for all teachers! With many teacher education programs eliminating courses regarding developmental and emotional issues, this book fills that gap. Dr. Damiani offers practical, easy-to-implement, and common-sense strategies to help identify troubled youth, promote teacher-student connections, and help sustain both physical and psychological safety within the school setting. Teachers' knowledge of crisis prevention and intervention strategies is critical to a safe school climate, maintaining good classroom management, thus increasing achievement.