A school-based emergency crisis intervention in a mass school disaster.

Part 2: Interventions With Children After Disasters

“…Guidelines have also been suggested for providing information to parents who know that a disaster has occurred for a group of children that may include their child (Klingman, 1987). The most important task for mental health cansultants in this situation is thought to be to ensure that accurate and comprehensive information is given to the parents the moment it is available (Klingman, 1987).…”

“…The most important task for mental health cansultants in this situation is thought to be to ensure that accurate and comprehensive information is given to the parents the moment it is available (Klingman, 1987). In the school bus accident described by Klingman, parents waited as long as 10 hr to receive information about their children.…”

Psychological treatment of PTSD in children: an evidence-based review

“…This model emphasises clarifying the facts about the traumatic event, normalising children's PTSD reactions, supporting expression of feelings, teaching problem-solving techniques and referring for ongoing treatment for the most symptomatic children. Others have reported reduced PTSD symptoms using similar treatment models after bus crashes (Klingsman, 1987;Stallard & Law, 1993) and after a shipping accident (Yule & Udwin, 1991). However, these were uncontrolled studies (Foa & Meadows, 1997).…”

High density: School counselling in Israel

“…As would be expected, a general issue for all educational counsellors at all levels is crisis intervention, mainly in times of war (Klingman, 1978(Klingman, , 1987Ziv & Israeli, 1973). A recent example was the Gulf war of January 1991 in which the school counsellors played a major role, both in the prewar preparation of the children for the coming war and in coping with their return to school while the war was still in progress (Klingman, 1992).…”