Crisis and Emergency Management

Investigate a school’s procedures and policies for addressing crises, disasters, or other emergencies. Write a 750-1,000-word analysis of the site’s crisis response procedures, including the following:

• What roles and responsibilities does the school counselor have in the school’s response to emergencies, crises, disasters, and trauma?
• When working with students following an emergency, crisis, disaster, or a traumatic event, what methods and strategies should be used during a counseling session to help the student?
• When a threat assessment is conducted, what are the roles and responsibilities of the school counselor?
• What questions should a school counselor ask all stakeholders during a threat assessment to determine the level of the threat?
• What improvements would you suggest to the site’s crisis management plan?