How Schools Can Help Students Recover from Traumatic Experiences: A Tool Kit for Supporting Long-Term Recovery

"Many changes in students' performance and behavior stem from the emotional and behavioral problems that they may experience following such traumas as witnessing violence, undergoing assault or abuse, living through natural disasters, or experiencing acts of terrorism. This paper groups th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jaycox, Lisa
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: RAND Corporation 2006, 2006
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Sect. 1: Introduction
  • The need to help students recover from traumatic experiences
  • Purpose and organization of the tool kit
  • How to use this tool kit
  • Sect. 2: How to select students for targeted trauma recovery programs
  • Sect. 3: Comparing programs
  • Programs for non-specific (any type of) trauma
  • Programs for disaster-related trauma
  • Programs for traumatic loss
  • Programs for exposure to violence
  • Programs for complex trauma
  • Sect. 4: Program descriptions
  • Programs for non-specific (any type of) trauma
  • Programs for disaster-related trauma
  • Programs for traumatic loss
  • Programs for exposure to violence
  • Programs for complex trauma
  • Sect. 5: How to find funding to support use of these programs
  • Appendixes: A. How can schools help students immediately after a traumatic event?
  • B. How can mental health staff and other school personnel help each other and themselves?
  • C. Index of programs