After the Crisis: Traumatic Event Crisis Intervention Plan (TECIP)
In a time where schools are becoming increasingly vigilant in “School Safety plans” (i.e., steps taken for a fire, bomb threat or tornado), schools must be equally prepared to respond the first day back after knowledge of a traumatic event (i.e., following an accidental death of a student, a death of a teacher due to a prolonged illness or following a student suicide).
The unfortunate truth is that too many schools wait for a traumatic event to occur before seeing the need for a sound aftermath plan.
EXAMPLE: It’s Tuesday evening and you are informed that one of your students is tragically killed in an automobile accident.
The previous example is a reality that many school districts face. The main question you MUST ask yourself is this…
“Are we as a building prepared to meet the emotional and psychological needs of all those impacted by this traumatic event?”
The Traumatic Event Crisis Intervention Plan (TECIP ™), a program developed by the founders of COPES Consulting, has taught schools and districts how to develop sound aftermath crisis response plans, along with providing practical strategies and support materials in helping those impacted by the incident. TECIP is a field tested model that is adaptable regardless of the size of the school or school district.
Tragic events within the school community, such as an unexpected death, or a catastrophic disaster, have significant potential to not only adversely impact academic achievement, but also to inflict pain, turmoil, confusion, and heartache on both students and staff. With this recognition, the primary purpose of this two-day course is to introduce a flexible proactive Traumatic Event Crisis Intervention Plan (TECIP)® that can be readily implemented following exposure, either directly or indirectly, to a traumatic event.
This course will provide participants with knowledge, protocols and materials designed to facilitate (1) competent, thorough and proactive pre-incident (traumatic event) preparation, (2) subsequent day (after students and staff have returned to school) deployment of crisis response team members and management of the building response, and (3) familiarity with a variety of intervention strategies and documents specifically designed to strengthen building response following a traumatic event.
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Here is What Some of Our Clients Had to Say…
“March 2015
“This was one of the most powerful and sustainable trainings that Warren County has ever hosted and participated in. The Traumatic Event Crisis Intervention Plan Training was very instrumental in establishing a consistent, all encompassing protocol for Warren County Schools (and a few other districts outside of the county) for responding to crisis and traumatic events. We brought this training to Warren County through a grant. Although we had this training several years ago, we continue to use it frequently and have also added it to our School Crisis Team webpage. The feedback from our districts and participants that attended this training has been nothing but positive. Jennifer and Mike were so easy to work with and have continued to offer consultation to us as needed throughout the years. I highly recommend every district send a team to this training!””
“Thanks so much for the BEST conference I’ve been to in years! I knew we needed a plan (for “after the crisis”) and unfortunately every time we had an incident I felt totally useless and unprepared!!! I had the vision of what I wanted to see in place and it’s wonderful to know we don’t have to reinvent the wheel!!! It’s already done! Yeah!
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“Just wanted to let you know that these past 2 days were excellent! Both Mike and Jennifer exhibit knowledge, expertise and humility in their presentation. The psychologists were all very impressed and want to start developing these teams at our schools. This is also the first conference where when we had to work in groups we actually stayed on topic!! That says a lot.”
““Spent the last two days at TECIP training in hopes of becoming a member of our district’s Flight Team. Truly, the best inservice I have been to in 28 years. Our district is lucky to have this team in place with all the challenges our students face each year…””
““Thank you so much for bringing this training to us! I thought it was the best conference I have ever been to! I came back and talked with several other staff members about the importance of this training and how wonderful the trainers were. I plan to have people attend the training in September. We have already set up a meeting to get this plan started at GCCC. Thank you again for allowing me to be a part of this important information.””