Questions for School Professionals

1. Do you know the general rule to use to determine how many team members are needed onsite following a critical incident?

Yes      No

2. Can you present a 30-minute oral summary of what you would say to students following a suicide death of a classmate, or following a non-violent trauma such as a house fire, drowning, or car fatality?

Yes      No

3. If three members of your school’s crisis team were asked to write down ten characteristics of a highly suicidal child, would they come up with the same list?

Yes      No

4. Do you know the ten critical focal points that need to be addressed in the initial intervention with a potentially suicidal student?

Yes      No

5. Can you identify and list in priority five intervention procedures to use when students fight and no weapons are involved?

Yes      No

6. Can you identify and list in priority 5 procedures to use when dealing with an irate or potentially violent adult/parent?

Yes      No

7. Can you identify 15 do’s and don’ts when confronted with a student/staff/parent with a weapon?

Yes      No

8. Do you have a prepared letter/statement to send to parents/media/teachers in which only brief details of an incident need to be added?

Yes      No

9. Do you have a prepared statement for the receptionist to use for incoming phone calls to provide information and guidelines to assist in “triaging” the needs of those callers?

Yes      No

10. Do you have prepared “task lists” for each team member as addendums for special situations (e.g. school bus accident, hostage situation, potentially suicidal student or staff)?

Yes      No

11. Do you have a prepared “release of liability” form for parents who refuse to accept recommendations related to their potentially suicidal child/teen?

Yes      No

12. Have you updated your protocols to accommodate responses to terrorism should your school be targeted or in the target area?

Yes      No

13. Do you have pre-designated site located a few miles away from the school in the event the area needs to be evacuated?

Yes      No

14. Does your school have a written Memorandums of Agreement (MOA) with other school districts detailing how they would accommodate your students should your facility no longer be accessible?

Yes      No

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