School-Based Multisystemic Interventions for Mass Trauma /

School-Based Multisystemic Interventions for Mass Trauma presents the theoretical foundations of school-based crisis intervention, which is a systemic approach to helping the school system in an emergency. The book offers a theory- and research-based framework to address the numerous and varied need...

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Main Author: Klingman, Avigdor
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Cohen, Esther
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2004.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:School-Based Multisystemic Interventions for Mass Trauma presents the theoretical foundations of school-based crisis intervention, which is a systemic approach to helping the school system in an emergency. The book offers a theory- and research-based framework to address the numerous and varied needs of student, parents, educational staff, school administration, and the mental health professionals themselves. The sections include the following: A systematic review of the theory and findings relevant to mass disasters, their impact on children, and postdisaster stress processing and positive coping; A conceptual basis for schoolwide preventive interventions; and, A comprehensive multisystemic intervention plan involving school children, school personnel, and community agencies. School-Based Multisystemic Interventions for Mass Trauma is a valuable resource for school psychologists, school mental health workers, clinical child psychologists, school counsellors, as well as for educators and school administrators.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 233 pages)
ISBN:9781441991041 (electronic bk.)
1441991042 (electronic bk.)