The death of a student or staff member affects the entire community. It is even more devastating when the death is associated with an unexpected tragedy. Knowing most schools have a crises plan in effect, this book gives important information to schools for adding a tragedy component to that plan.

The four steps of adding a tragedy component include: Planning and preparation, implementation with guidelines and tools for specific situations, education and preventions, and a suicide prevention curriculum.

Also included are reproducible worksheets, sample letters for parents, sample letters for teachers to read to students, and suggestions for dealing with the media.

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TOPIC: Death, suicide

INCLUDES: Guidelines for adding a tragedy component to a crisis team, reproducible worksheets

GRADE LEVELS: K-12/AGES: 5-18

FOR USE WITH: Individuals, classrooms, small groups

AUTHOR: Dave Opalewski & Joel C. Robertson

RECOMMENDED FOR: Elementary-school counselors,middle-school counselors, high-school counselors, social workers, grief counselors, administrators, psychologists

8.5 x 11,152 pages,paperback,2007