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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Theoretical and Empirical Background on Mass Disasters, Stress Responses, and Positive Responding
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Front Matter
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Introduction: Triggers and Assumptions
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The Psychological Impact of Disasters on Children
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Postdisaster Stress and Loss Reactions, Processing, and Coping
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Multisystemic Interventions in Schools
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Conceptual Basis for School-Wide Preventative Intervention
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Interventions for Students, Staff, and Families
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Back Matter
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About this book
The book offers a theory- and research-based framework to address the numerous and varied needs of student, parents, educational staff, school administration, and the mental health professionals themselves. The sections include the following: A systematic review of the theory and findings relevant to mass disasters, their impact on children, and postdisaster stress processing and positive coping; A conceptual basis for schoolwide preventive interventions; and, A comprehensive multisystemic intervention plan involving school children, school personnel, and community agencies. School-Based Multisystemic Interventions for Mass Trauma is a valuable resource for school psychologists, school mental health workers, clinical child psychologists, school counsellors, as well as for educators and school administrators.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Avigdor Klingman is Professor in the Counseling and Therapy Division of the Faculty of Education of the University of Haifa and has served as Head of the State Disaster Crises Intervention Division of the Psychological Services of the Ministry of Education in Israel. His work has been selected by the American Psychological Association’s Division of Child, Youth, and Family as a model program for service delivery. His work includes research on children's and adolescents’ stress reactions and coping in war and warlike situations and the study of the effects of school-based primary prevention and stress inoculation programs.
Esther Cohen is Chair of the Graduate Program for Educational and Child-Clinical Psychology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She has been engaged in clinical work with children, families, and groups affected by war and terrorism, served as the head of the preschool psychological services for the city of Jerusalem and in the aftermath of 9/11 lectured, trained, and consulted at the Ackerman Institute, the NYU Child Study Center, and the NYU International Trauma Studies Center.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: School-Based Multisystemic Interventions For Mass Trauma
Authors: Avigdor Klingman, Esther Cohen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9104-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-48066-9Published: 30 April 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-4794-1Published: 14 February 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-9104-1Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 233
Topics: Social Work, Child and School Psychology