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Carmichael, Karla D. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2000
Describes group intervention based on the story of The Wizard of Oz, in response to tornado in a small rural community. Approximately 30 people participated in the psychoeducational group led by faculty from a nearby college. The therapeutic metaphor served three functions: to remember, to teach, and to motivate. This allowed survivors to see…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Community Psychology, Crisis Intervention, Group Counseling

Jones, John Goff – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1997
Describes the experiences in providing clinical services to more than 120 victims and their families following the Oklahoma City bombing. Discusses the organization and employment of treatment/intervention teams, unique dimensions of this traumatic event, techniques of art therapy utilized in the stabilization and treatment of survivors, and other…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Crisis Intervention

Ryan, Earle – Reclaiming Children and Youth: Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, 1997
Uses a case study to detail the workings of a Life Space Crisis Intervention (LSCI). Narrates how LSCI enabled a 12-year-old boy to discuss the events leading up to him shooting and killing his father. The technique provides professionals with data not easily gained through other methods. (RJM)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Abuse, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques

Middlebrook, Denise L.; LeMaster, Pamela L; Beals, Janette; Novins, Douglas K.; Manson, Spero M. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2001
Opens with a brief discussion of the epidemiology of suicide among American Indians and Alaska natives. Next comes a critical review of selective suicide preventive intervention programs identified in the literature and considers methods used to evaluate each program. Discussion then shifts to practices and policies. Concludes with recommendations…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Crisis Intervention
Hanna, Rita M. – School Business Affairs, 1998
Because a crisis might be imminent, a written crisis-response plan is needed that clearly describes its purpose, offers guidance to individuals faced with safety issues and dangerous situations, and minimizes loss. The school-business official can serve as a central information control officer, freeing other administrators to concentrate on…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Crisis Intervention, Crisis Management, Elementary Secondary Education
Fitch, Trey; Newby, Earl; Ballestero, Victor; Marshall, Jennifer L. – Counselor Education and Supervision, 2001
Examines the perceptions of future school administrators regarding the role of the school counselor. Future administrators rated crisis intervention, assisting with transitions, and personal counseling as the most important duties of school counselors; however, some respondents identified administrative and disciplinary duties as significant ones…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Counselor Role, Crisis Intervention
US Department of Education, 2007
"Lessons Learned" is a series of publications that are a brief recounting of actual school emergencies and crises. This "Lessons Learned" issue addresses the experience of a school district where three middle school students hung themselves within a three-week timeframe. Although deaths were apparently unconnected, the school district is part of a…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Middle School Students, School Personnel, Health Services
Deane, Paul – 1993
This two-page fact sheet summarizes typical approaches, programs, and resources in the area of family support and respite programs for families with special needs. Principles of family support programs are listed, stressing the common goal of increasing the ability of families to successfully nurture children. Typical components of such programs…
Descriptors: Children, Crisis Intervention, Disabilities, Family Programs
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
Everett, Susan M. – 1991
Crisis management in the schools is discussed in this position paper. These topics are addressed: the origins of crisis intervention in the schools; the effectiveness of the crisis team approach; establishment of the crisis team; primary components of existing crisis intervention plans; and the role of the school counselor in crisis intervention.…
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Crisis Intervention, Crisis Management, Elementary Secondary Education
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1983
The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act authorizes funds under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 for community-based centers that serve the shelter needs of runaway or homeless youths. To examine the effectiveness of the programs and the characteristics of program participants, the Government Accounting Office (GAO) visited 17…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Delivery Systems, Federal Programs, Participant Characteristics
Peterson, William D.; Spooner, Susan E. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1975
Implications for student personnel professionals who may be facing career crises are explored, and the authors provide case histories of their responses to career crises. (Author)
Descriptors: Counselors, Crisis Intervention, Helping Relationship, Self Actualization
Cornell, Nancy T.; Sheras, Peter L. – 1989
The School Crisis Network is an organization founded in Charlottesville, Virginia by a group of practitioners in the community, local mental health agencies, and school personnel to address the needs of local school systems during times of crisis. It represents a unique cooperative effort between mental health professions and the school system…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Crisis Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education, Mental Health
Lystad, Mary, Ed. – 1985
This monograph was developed to provide mental health and other service delivery workers with an overview of conceptual, programmatic, and educational developments in mental health services to disaster victims over the past 10 years. It was written primarily for national policymakers, administrators, and service providers of disaster relief…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Delivery Systems, Emergency Programs, Human Services
Hughes, Honore M. – 1986
Crisis intervention type services were initiated in the Battered Women's Shelter in Fayetteville, Arkansas with the purpose of assisting children with their immediate distress and possibly preventing repetition of the violent patterns within families. Services were provided by volunteers or hired staff as funding allowed. The families the shelter…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Child Abuse, Crisis Intervention, Family Violence