Developing Schools' Capacities to Respond to Community Crisis: The Tennessee Initiative

• Published in: Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 158 - 163
• Main Authors: Love, Rene A., Cobb, Nicole
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.08.2012; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; Capacity Building; Child; Child Behavior; Community Mental Health Services - organization & administration; Crisis Intervention - manpower; Crisis Intervention - organization & administration; Diffusion of Innovation; Evidence-Based Nursing; Health services; Humans; Information Dissemination; Mental health; Models, Organizational; Nursing; Organizational Policy; Program Development; Public Sector; School administration; School crisis; School Health Services - organization & administration; School Health Services - standards; Schools; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - therapy; Students; Tennessee; Tennessee school; Violence - prevention & control; Violence - psychology; Tennessee; United States > US
• ISSN: 1073-6077; 1744-6171
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2012.00339.x

TOPIC:  The development and implementation of a statewide initiative addressing mental health issues within schools postcrisis. PURPOSE:  The potential for a community crisis occurs every day. After a crisis, schools are practical, logical, and effective places to help students recover from a tragedy. If crisis‐related trauma is not addressed adequately, it can impact academic outcomes such as reading achievement, grade point average, and overall academic performance. For these reasons, it is imperative that school administrators support students in the aftermath of a crisis. CONCLUSIONS:  This ongoing project continues in an effort to support students, faculty, and staff after a traumatic event within the Tennessee public school system.