Reclaiming school in the aftermath of trauma [electronic resource] : advice based on experience / edited by Carolyn Lunsford Mears.

1. Understanding trauma
Trauma comes to school / Carolyn Lunsford Mears
Trauma's effect on the brain: an overview for educators / Alan Kirk & Steve King
Barely functioning: the experience of PTSD / Paula Reed
2. Learning from trauma
New York law school and the crisis of September 11, 2001 / Jethro K. Lieberman
Watermarks: leading and teaching in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina / Bridget Dwyer Ramsey
"Faking it 'til making it"
a Katrina story / James A. Whelan
Voices of Columbine / Carolyn Lunsford Mears
Frank DeAngelis: "You don't learn these things in principal school"
Bev Williams: "Taking care of the children"
Crystal Woodman Miller: "Never, ever be the same"
Community and school healing together / Marilyn Saltzman
Aftercare: support for school personnel following a shooting in Finland / Nina Lyytinen & Kirsti Palonen
Tragedy at Virginia Tech: recommendations for mental health response to crisis on campus / Russell T. Jones, Katherine Donlon, Kelly Dugan Burns, Kathryn Schwartz-Goel, & Mary Kate Law
Burned into memory: remnants of personal victimization / Michael Down
A road to normal / Carolyn Lunsford Mears
3. Putting pain to work
So now what?