Lesson 9: Crisis Intervention in Schools

Attention

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this lesson's material students will be able to:

• Discussing the epidemic of violence, bullying, school issues, family issues, traumas and abuses.
• Describe effective intervention models to address these types of crisis in schools.

Teaching

Click HERE for the Time line of Worldwide School and Mass Shootings

Click HERE for School Shootings throughout US History (USA Today)

Click HERE for a time line of the Worst Mass Shooting Incidents Across the Globe over the past Two Decades

• Definition
• Statistics
• Types
  • Violence
  • Bullying

• Suicide
•  National Examples
  • Columbine
  • Sandy Hook
• Response
  • National
  • Community
• A Model for Intervention
  • Primary Prevention
  • Secondary Prevention
  • Tertiary Intervention

Click HERE for an article on School-Based Crisis Intervention

Assessment

Lesson 9 Discussion

Discussing the epidemic of violence, bullying, school issues, family issues, traumas and abuses we see in media and in our lives. Provide an explanation for this violence and summarize a way to effectively intervene. Conduct some research around the prevalance of violence in schools...is it appropriate to refer to it as an "epidemic"?

Lesson 9 Assignment

Based on the information in this lesson and resources, create a presentation on bullying (be sure to include statistics you have researched...try to research LOCAL statistics to make this more personal) and anti-bullying techniques. This presentation, however, should be geared toward children in Elementary School.

Your presentation should include a voice over, images, text, etc...but it should appeal to this age group.

Use one of the methods descirbed in the iPad Integration box below.