Following the tragedy in Orlando, the American School
Counselor Association (ASCA) posted crisis resources on their website in hopes
of helping adults to better address the needs of students following a
crisis. The link below will bring you to
the ASCA website where you will find webinars (free to watch I believe), links
to support sites, and a helpful walk-through titled The Orlando Shootings:
Parents' Guide to Talking to Children.
Even if we don’t have connections with Orlando, we are all left with
questions and emotions that are hard to explain and our students are no
different.
While some of the information on the ASCA website directly
focuses on how to respond after the Orlando tragedy, the resources can apply
beyond Orlando to crises that our community here in Rochester experiences. I think back to the two situations we had at
Willow Creek this past year and how that not only impacted the students at that
school but some of our students here at Friedell. Death, tragedy, and change are hard concepts
for adolescent students to comprehend and cope with, even if the situation is
removed from their personal life. At the same time, it can be hard for us as
adults to know how to address student feelings that come with such unfortunate
events. The information listed here can
help ease some of that difficulty and gives us some guidance on how to explain
what seem like unexplainable acts and events.
http://schoolcounselor.org/school-counselors-members/professional-development/2016-webinar-series/learn-more/helping-kids-during-crisis
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