The School Crisis Planning Guide: How to Build, Prepare, and Sustain an Effective Crisis Response Team

In an era of multiple complex crises, every K-12 school needs a team that’s fully prepared to take immediate action after traumatic events, deaths, and other major losses.This practical planning guide empowers school administrators and leaders to build, train, and sustain highly effective school crisis teams.Developed by an author team with decades of experience-including David Schonfeld, the country’s go-to authority on responding to school crisis-this urgently needed book wraps everything leaders need to know and do into one accessible, comprehensive package.Readers will get critical information on the need for school crisis preparedness, the nuts and bolts of establishing and strengthening efficient crisis teams, and best practices and strategies for responding to different types of school crisis. A school leader’s ultimate guide to proactive preparation, this book will help new and existing crisis teams respond quickly after traumatic events and loss and ensure the physical, social