AFTER THE CRISIS
Protocols For A Proactive Building Response
TECIP is a copyrighted program of
Crisis Oriented Planning And Educational Services, LLC.
Dublin, Ohio
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It is highly recommended that the use of this training powerpoint be provided by
a person who has completed the 2-day TECIP training
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45-minute (to an hour) Time
Manager
1. What is TECIP?
2. Our Reality
3. The Traumatic Event
4. Intervention Goals (SMARF)
5. Basic Student Needs (Needs Driven Assumptions)
6. Four Stage Management Plan
7. Traumatic Event Briefing
8. Classroom Discussion Guides
9. Teacher Go Packet
10. Our Next Steps
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Traumatic Event Defined
A critical incident (traumatic event) can be described
as a sudden unexpected (sometimes expected) event
that has an emotional impact
sufficient to overwhelm the usual effective
coping skills of an individual or a group
and
that causes significant psychological
stress in usually healthy persons.
Caine, Randy M. & Ter-Bagdasarian, L.
(2003)
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What is TECIP?
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TECIP is a field tested school-based
framework for the AFTERMATH of a
traumatic event.
Initiated upon awareness of the event to
support the first day back to school
Two main systems
• The Management Protocol &
• The Embedded Intervention Strategies.
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Our Reality…
Note to presenter: change slide accordingly
Identify as a group some of the events that may have taken
place in your building or in your district.
How did we meet the needs that first day back after
knowledge of the event?
Make the comparison to the measures we take every school
year in preparing ourselves in the event of a fire, a tornado
or need for lock down.
Ask those in the group, with all these practice trials in
place, why don’t we practice or prepare for what to do for
incidents that have a much higher probability of occurring.
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The Expectation
1) Standard of care requirement is coming to the
schools as it relates to crisis intervention.
2) Standard of care is defined as “a generally
recognized and accepted procedure, intervention,
or pattern of practice”.
3) Key to the standard of care definition is the
issue of expectancy which includes three
components.
a) plan
b) team
c) response (teams know what they are doing)
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Are we prepared?
Tonight, a student,
her infant brother and mother
are killed
in a tragic house fire.
How will our building respond?
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Intervention Goals – S.M.A.R.F.
1. Stabilize/Clarify situation.
2. Mobilize resources.
3. Accelerate normalization of routine.
4. Restore adaptive functioning.
5. Facilitate access to more help.
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Needs Driven Assumptions
A. To effectively process a student’s grief, he or she
will need a safe and secure environment.
B. Coming to grips with one’s own vulnerability and
mortality often heightens the need to belong.
C. A controlled and predictable environment
facilitates the healing process.
D. Each student must be free to choose how they
wish to deal with their emotional needs.
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TECIP Management Protocol
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Awareness (Information / Notification)
2.
Planning (Personalizing protocol for a
specific incident)
3.
Implementation (Activating the response)
4.
Closure (Advising staff of current status /
Day 2 agenda/Team debriefing)
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Traumatic Event Crisis Intervention Plan
“The Official TECIP 4 by 5 Deployment Flowchart”
Establish
Awareness
Inform building contact
person
Contact district
communications office
Apprise building crisis
response team
Verify details
a. ID Scope
b. ID Support
Notify & inform
staff
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Develop
Plan
Develop TECIP building
implementation flow
chart (rooms and areas)
Identify direct
intervention and
management support
team members
Assign specific duties
Prepare student
announcement / Parent
Letter
Plan & Conduct
Traumatic Event Briefing
Implement
Plan
Bring about
Closure
Secure
intervention
room and areas
Establish and
outline staff
meeting agenda
items
Dispatch team members
to designated locations
Conduct staff meeting
Deliver student
Announcement
Distribute staff
assessment
Formally implement plan
Develop plan for day 2
Monitor and
communicate, as
necessary, additional
support needs
Debrief crisis
management team
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Intervention Safety Net
Large Gathering (TEB)
Classroom Discussion
Small Group Processing
One-on-One (Peer Support)
Outside Referral
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Intervention Strategies
Strategy
Large Group/Traumatic
Event Briefing
Classroom Presentation
Small Group Discussion
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Primary Goal
To inform, consult and allow for
psychological decompression, as well
as stress management.
To provide information, minimize
unwanted student responses,
normalize grief & trauma reactions,
suggest appropriate behavior.
To gather information, provide
support to students, initiate
mitigation of adverse reactions, and
identify individuals who may need
further support.
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Large Group/
Traumatic Event Briefing
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1.
Assemble participants.
2.
Provide facts regarding
traumatic event.
3.
Highlight and normalize
common reactions.
4.
Introduce building
intervention focus/priorities.
5.
Provide direction for stress
management.
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Point of Emphasis
William Steele recommends that classroom
presentations should be conducted by your own staff
…because…
Children in crisis look to their counselors,
teachers, administrators for protection and help.
Using outside sources frequently angers students,
distances them from staff, “and chips away” at their
trust in staff.
“A Handbook of Interventions Following Suicide or Trauma in Schools’
2001
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Classroom Presentation Guide
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1.
Introduce Presentation
2.
Clarify the facts
3.
Normalize common
reactions
4.
Identify appropriate
behavior
5.
Conclude Presentation
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Teacher “Go” Pack Contents
Required
Support
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At Risk List
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List of Normal Reactions
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Sign In/Sign Out Sheet
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Handling Initial Reactions
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Classroom Presentation Guide
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Strategies for Significant
Others
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Hall Passes
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Referral Sources (Sample)
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Deployment Flow Chart Graphic
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Provide an Incident Fact Sheet
Crisis Intervention Assumptions
And Specific Actions
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Keep the momentum in developing
your TECIP team and plan
1) Identify the team’s short term goals, facilitators (what will
help us with our goal) and inhibitors (what barriers can we
anticipate)
2) Where do we see our plan in 3 months, 6 months, start
and end of the school year
3) What factors will help us meet our goals
4) What factors might inhibit us from meeting our goals
and how do we prepare for this.
5) Next meeting will be scheduled on (date) ________ at
(time) ______.
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What the next meeting will look like
Review “Bringing TECIP back to your building: A
Recommended Checklist ” for recommendations for followup meetings
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This TECIP Team meeting is entitled “Adding flesh to the
skeleton”.
Review each of the four components and add (where
deemed appropriate by your team) any additional action
steps
In many cases, this meeting might be broken down into
two separate sessions with the first session focusing on
“Establishing Awareness” & “Developing Plan”, where the
second session focuses on any additional action steps for
“Implementing Plan” & Bringing about closure”.
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