8410 - CRISIS EVENT INTERVENTION AND RESPONSE
The School Board is committed to maintaining a safe school environment for students, school personnel, and visitors. In this regard, the Board has adopted policies related to conduct in the school setting as well as those that address the need for crisis intervention before, during, and following a critical incident event.
The Superintendent shall promulgate administrative procedures for responding to the need of an individual or group of individuals in the District who are experiencing stress as the result of a critical incident event or personal crisis that impacts the mental health of an individual or the educational environment.
The crisis response actions, on the part of counselors, may be limited to one school or may include a number of schools, requiring a more comprehensive counseling strategy coordinated by the District. The comprehensive counseling strategy may include community- counseling resources as well as District resources. At the school level, the school-based counselor coordinates the counseling response with the principal. When the event requires additional resources, the school-based counselor will coordinate activity with the District level resource teacher for guidance.
Each school will have a counseling plan that:
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provides an effective intervention for students who may show warning signs that relate to violence or other troubling behaviors;
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provides a process that screens all threats, when the threatening party is known, and determines the level of concern and action required;
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requires employees to report unsafe, potentially harmful, dangerous, violent, or criminal activities, or the threat of these activities, in accordance with Policy 8406;
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is dynamic and interactive with other school counselors and community-based counselors to support the needs of students and staff during stressful events.
Revised 9/11/18
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