Calming the campus: training school staff and crisis teams to manage student behavior during emergencies.
Conversations with school and crisis personnel following large scale emergencies in and around schools, such as shootings, wildfires, and the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, indicated a need for pre-incident training in managing student behavior during emergencies. This article outlines a training program of this kind and offers suggestions regarding both content and process of this training. The suggestions follow discussion of the unique context and needs of the school setting.
Johnson
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Claremont Unified School District, Claremont, California, USA. kjohnson@chsmail.claremont.edu
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