Reclaiming school in the aftermath of trauma : advice based on experience /
edited by Carolyn Lunsford Mears.
- First edition.
- xv, 233 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Understanding trauma -- Trauma comes to school / Carolyn Lunsford Mears -- Trauma's effect on the brain: an overview for educators / Alan Kirk & Steve King -- Barely functioning: the experience of PTSD / Paula Reed -- 2. Learning from trauma -- New York law school and the crisis of September 11, 2001 / Jethro K. Lieberman -- Watermarks: leading and teaching in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina / Bridget Dwyer Ramsey -- "Faking it 'til making it"--a Katrina story / James A. Whelan -- Voices of Columbine / Carolyn Lunsford Mears -- Frank DeAngelis: "You don't learn these things in principal school" -- Bev Williams: "Taking care of the children" -- Crystal Woodman Miller: "Never, ever be the same" -- Community and school healing together / Marilyn Saltzman -- Aftercare: support for school personnel following a shooting in Finland / Nina Lyytinen & Kirsti Palonen -- Tragedy at Virginia Tech: recommendations for mental health response to crisis on campus / Russell T. Jones, Katherine Donlon, Kelly Dugan Burns, Kathryn Schwartz-Goel, & Mary Kate Law -- Burned into memory: remnants of personal victimization / Michael Down -- A road to normal / Carolyn Lunsford Mears -- 3. Putting pain to work -- So now what?.