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Chesser, Barbara Jo – Family Relations, 1981
Studied persons who had accidentally killed another person to explore factors that had helped these individuals cope with the ensuing stress. Ten case study summaries are presented. Results reinforce the important role family members, friends, and the community play in helping traumatized persons manage stress. (Author)
Descriptors: Accidents, Case Studies, Community Support, Coping
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Neimeyer, Robert A.; Dingemans, Peter M. A. J. – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1980
Relative to controls, crisis workers have consistently higher apprehension about their own mortality. Significance for selection and training of suicide counselors is noted. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Characteristics, Crisis Intervention
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Sorensen, James R. – Journal of Counseling and Development, 1989
Asserts that crisis caused by the sudden death of a student or teacher can be averted or diminished via a preplanned team intervention approach. Describes such an approach implemented successfully by the Easton, Massachusetts, public schools. Provides both guidelines and strategies of the field-proven intervention program. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Death, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Response
Hutchison, Theresa D.; Scherman, Avraham – 1986
This document presents a program for training volunteers to assist individuals and families who are going through a crisis related to terminal illness and death. The training is described as being both didactic and experiential. A discussion of the didactic portion of the program includes descriptions of: (1) the stages of preparatory grief as…
Descriptors: Bereavement, Coping, Crisis Intervention, Death
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Heller, D. Brian; Schneider, Carl D. – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1978
An attempt to establish a self-help network based on shared peer-counseling for families of dying children in a Midwest teaching hospital is described and evaluated. Structure of the group meeting is delineated in terms of environment, didactic presentations, and practices of peer-counseling. (Author)
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Death, Emotional Adjustment, Family Counseling
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Saffer, Jerry B. – Adolescence, 1986
This paper describes a group of adolescents who met with a therapist after a friend had committed suicide. The purpose of the group was to discuss the feelings engendered by the suicide. The setting up of the group, an explanation of the victim's difficulties, and issues dealt with by the group are described. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Crisis Intervention, Death, Emotional Response
Christenberry, Nola J.; Burns, John L. – 1991
Findings of a literature review of school policies and procedures for school-based responses to death-related crises are presented in this paper. A rationale and guidelines for policy development and examples of practices for dealing with death-related incidents--such as suicide, homicide, drug overdose, and accidents--are described. Following an…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Death, Elementary Secondary Education, Long Range Planning
Kopel, Kenneth; Mock, Lou Ann – Death Education, 1978
To meet the need for emotional support for family members of terminal patients, a weekly group session was established on a cancer unit. The group has allowed family members to share fears, concerns, and doubts as well as receive support from other individuals experiencing similar traumatic situations. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Crisis Intervention, Death, Emotional Adjustment
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Danto, Bruce L. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1979
Reviews historic ties between crisis intervention and the beginning of suicidology. A program to offer survivor counseling for those whose loved ones have been killed and for those whose loved ones were the killers is described. Other areas for suicidology application are outlined in terms of survivors, industry, and school. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Problems, Community Support, Counseling
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Goldman, Linda Ellen – Young Children, 1996
Uses case study to present grief counseling guidelines for members of the school, community, and concerned parents affected by death. Argues that information lessens fear, and memorializing or commemorating the deceased helps children understand death and creates a foundation for the grief process. Lists age-oriented concepts of death,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Children, Coping, Crisis Intervention
Christenberry, Nola J.; Holifield, Mitchell – American School Board Journal, 1992
To handle a death in the school community wisely and sensitively, school boards need to develop a death response policy. A policy developed by a diverse committee will be sensitive to the needs of the entire school community. Offers seven points to consider in drafting a policy. (MLF)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Committees, Crisis Intervention, Death
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Dykeman, Bruce F. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2005
Elements and components of crisis situations are identified. Strategies and sequences of crisis intervention are described. Cultural implications of crisis intervention are discussed.
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Crisis Management, Culture, Stress Variables
Canter, Andrea, Ed. – Communique, 1999
Crisis intervention is a vital component of any comprehensive approach to maintaining psychological well being. An active school-based crisis intervention team can make a powerful contribution to a school's sense of community and commitment to taking care of each other. This special edition presents promising practices that may be helpful to…
Descriptors: Coping, Crisis Intervention, Cultural Influences, Death
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Leviton, Dan – Journal of the American College Health Association, 1971
The author feels that personal concerns about death, natural or otherwise, cause anxieties which often color and mask additional personality problems. The course outlined deals with student obsession and depression about death, and seeks to encourage other health educators to include the study of death in their own classes. (CJ)
Descriptors: Behavior, College Students, Course Content, Crisis Intervention
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Rosen, David H. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1976
Interviews with seven of 10 known survivors of jumps from the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge revealed all experienced transcendence and spiritual rebirth phenomena. This paper was presented at the 8th International Congress on Suicide Prevention, Jerusalem, October 21, 1975. (Author)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Counselor Role, Crisis Intervention
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