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Community Reactions to Disaster

An Emerging Role for the School Psychologist

Ministry of Education, Jerusalem, Israel

This article will describe ways in which communities react to severe crises, both on a local and on a national level. Based on experiences in Israel over the past 20 years, including recent traumatic events such as the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and the terrorist suicide bombings, and on an intervention in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after the bombing of the Jewish Community Centre in July 1994, a model is presented to describe different stages of reaction. The importance of the creation and development of community prevention and intervention programs is stressed. Emphasis is placed on the role of the schools and the school psychologists in developing and implementing such programs, and on their critical role in dealing immediately with crisis situations and their aftermaths. The prevention program emphasizes the fostering of inner strengths and resources in children and teachers ('inoculation'), and makes provision for dealing with emotional support for the professionals in charge of helping the community in times of crisis. Finally, a model for the future development of the profession of school psychology into a broader community service is proposed.

School Psychology International, Vol. 18, No. 2, 99-118 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/0143034397182001


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