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Navigating the Unexpected

A School Leader’s Guide for Trauma-Response Teams

Educators are accustomed to designing road maps that amplify confidence, structure, and ultimately successful outcomes for students and staff in known conditions. But what is the plan when the known becomes unknown? Navigating the Unexpected empowers school leadership to create and utilize trauma-response teams.

Benefits

  • Assess the efficacy of current systems and protocols in response to a traumatic or unexpected event
  • Develop a Dynamic Problem-Solving Team (DPST) equipped to navigate traumatic situations with structured flexibility
  • Establish a system of communication to inform and empower students, staff, and the community at large
  • Design goals, action items, and monitoring protocols to meet students’ physical, academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs
  • Provide templates, assessments, and other tools that will support a planned, systematic, and fully customizable response

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction: It’s Not a Matter of If; It’s a Matter of When
Chapter 1: Getting It Right the First Time
Chapter 2: Leading and Forming the Dynamic Problem-Solving Team
Chapter 3: Preparing to Do the Work
Chapter 4: Building a Firm Foundation
Chapter 5: Creating a Plan Through the Lens of the Instructional Cycle
Chapter 6: Assessing Sustainability and Support
Epilogue: Lessons Learned
Appendix: Reproducibles

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