Crisis Response

The school year has been off to a busy start with crisis response. There was a teen death last week in Ashtabula county and two teen deaths over the weekend in a Cuyahoga county school. Our team is able to mobilize quickly and get out to the school to help disseminate information in a systematic way as well as provide support and comfort to the staff and students. The day usually starts out with strategic planning with school personnel which is followed by large and small group interventions. We provide literature, art materials and most importantly, grief counselors who have had numerous experiences with crises and can remain the calm in the storm. We then follow up with school and provide on-going support and interventions as needed. Last year, we provided over 40 crisis response. Although these experiences are exhausting for staff and students, it is always so rewarding to learn from the students. They work hard and are truly amazing.