School Based Grief Crisis Management Programs (IN: What Will we do? Preparing a School Community to Cope With Crises, ed. by R G Stevenson)

The school preparation plan presented in this chapter focuses on preparation of staff (training, attitudes, skills & competencies) & in particular, the Grief Crisis Response Team. Death education is a significant part of a crisis preparation program. Grief crisis intervention employs grief counselling techniques with selected intervention procedures. 8 goals are outlined for a grief crisis intervention program. Case examples are provided to illustrate the guidelines presented. (5 refs.)