title: Coping Strategies Used by School Staff After a Crisis: A Research Note.
abstract: There is much literature on crisis support in schools but little on how school staff are affected. This research had two aims: to begin to explore the coping strategies used by school staff after a crisis event, and to investigate measures that might prove valuable for future research. Seven cases are presented using three measures: the WHO (Five) Wellbeing Index, the Impact of Event Scale-Revised, and the Ways of Coping-Revised. Results from this initial study show great variation in the range of responses reported by teachers.
authors.affiliation: Kent Educational Psychology Service, Kent, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.affiliation: Kent Educational Psychology Service, Kent, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.affiliation: Kent Educational Psychology Service, Kent, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: Kent Educational Psychology Service, Kent, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shah
keywords: PTSD; coping strategies; crisis; crisis support; critical incident; schools; teacher coping; teaching well being