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Zenere, Frank J. – Communique, 2018
On September 6, 2017, Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm packing winds of 185 miles per hour skirted the northern coast of Puerto Rico, leaving 1 million residents without electrical power. Schools were closed for 5 days, but a major calamity was narrowly avoided. Overall, residents were grateful for their good fortune, but the same could not be…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Emergency Programs, Mental Health, Psychologists
Kennedy-Paine, Cathy; Crepeau-Hobson, Franci – Communique, 2015
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a report entitled "A Study of Active Shooter Incidents in the United States between 2000 and 2013" (Blair and Schweit 2014). The goal of the study is to provide law enforcement with data so there is a better understanding how to prevent, prepare for, and recover from active shooter…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, School Psychologists, High Schools
Paige, Leslie Z. – Communique, 2010
Implementing an effective crisis management program in a school district has associated costs. The most precious resource in a school system is time. Time is necessary for acquiring and practicing new skills, and for developing and implementing strategies to introduce and expand the change throughout a school or district. Implementing an effective…
Descriptors: Intervention, Prevention, Crisis Management, School Districts
Marr, Allen – Communique, 2008
New Brunswick is a small Maritime province in Canada bordering on Maine. With just 700,000 people, the population is clustered in small cities and towns. Nevertheless, tragedies happen here as they do elsewhere and there is a need to be prepared. The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) had developed PREPaRE, a curriculum founded…
Descriptors: Intervention, Prevention, School Psychologists, Mental Health Workers