Crisis Intervention

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Pam Stein
Senior Manager
863-534-0958

Crisis Intervention Team

The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) is a multidisciplinary Student Services Team which consists of guidance counselors, school psychologists, prevention educators, and social workers. The team is organized by areas with four teams (5 to 6 members), each with a team leader. The Crisis Team has goals of prevention, intervention, and postvention. The team uses a crisis model adapted from the National Organization of Victim Assistance. Services provided include:

Grief counseling in the aftermath of a death of a teacher, student, parent, or other significant loss.
Intervention with potentially suicidal students.
Intervention with potentially homicidal students.
District wide training on crisis topics.
Crisis Prevention.
Networking with community agencies on crisis intervention and mental health issues.
Conducting grief groups in schools.

During the 2005-06 School Year, The CIT was called to go out to schools 23 times to provide crisis intervention services with faculty and students. Student Services personnel (not only Crisis Team) intervened with 149 students who made suicidal threats. Student Services personnel intervened with 18 students who threatened to kill or harm another student or staff member.

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