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See how one school district created a crisis response plan and tested its usefulness with a full-scale simulation.

Published Articles

Successful Exercise Design
or, ?So You Think You're Ready To Do A Simulation??
This article points out the need for careful planning of any disaster simulation, which events would be the best to perform as simulations and what things need to be especially looked out for. Successful Exercise Design is an effective tool for planning and running a successful simulation.

Crisis Response In The Schools- Student Assistance Journal, Jan-Feb. 1995
How do you put together a comprehensive Crisis Response Plan? Who should be on the team? What should they do? This article outlines one successful model.

Support Students, Staff In Crisis Recovery- School Safety, Fall 1998
The concepts and strategies of Critical Incident Stress Management should be an integral part of any safe school crisis response plan to provide support and relief from trauma among students, staff and parents in the wake of a crisis.

Parenting Programs for Chaotic Families-Student Assistance Journal, May-June 1994
This article outlines several strategies to provide effective parenting programs for those hard to reach families.

School Response to Youth Suicide Attempts: What Works- www.safer-schools.com, February, 2003
This article discusses what works for a school that has to respond to and deal with an attempted suicide.