title: Working toward resilience: a retrospective report of actions taken in support of a New York school crisis team following 9/11.
abstract: A retrospective report details external support rendered to a Lower Manhattan school crisis team following the 9/11/01 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center This analysis occasions an opportunity for consideration of working assumptions, the formative use of data to plan support actions, and the subsequent emergence of a collaborative approach to post-disaster team support in school settings. The nature of assessment and nature of subsequent service delivery illustrates a community resilience-based approach to school crisis management. Recommendations for such work are based upon mixed qualitative and quantitative data gathered from on-scene team members as part of the ongoing support effort.
authors.affiliation: California State University, Long Beach, California 90840, USA.
authors.forename: Kendall
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Joanne M Tortorici
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Luna
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003419:Crisis Intervention / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017144:Focus Groups; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009519:New York City; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D047851:September 11 Terrorist Attacks / Q000523:psychology*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*