District-Wide Safe Schools and Crisis Plan - Blytheville Public Schools

I.1.(B). PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION
1. A general overview of the Blytheville Public Schools Safe School Plan (including
recovery) will be provided at the school level to faculty and staff on an annual
basis. A more detailed focus on the plan’s recovery phase will be presented to
the school’s crisis response team with implications for revision to the individual
school plan.
a) In determining the membership of the school based crisis response team,
minimum representation from one of the four professional areas identified in B1,
should be selected.
b) A member of the crisis response team will be assigned through the District
Safety Director.
c) A phone notification and contact list will be developed at each school to include
multiple contact numbers for each school counselor, psychologist, family
specialist and behavioral therapist assigned to the school district. Also included
will be contacts for responders within the local faith-based community. Mental
health and medical resources within the community will be coordinated
through the system’s crisis response team, in collaboration with the Director of
Safety.
d) All recovery efforts enacted by Blytheville Public Schools will utilize the
SAFE-R- Five Step Model:
2. Stabilize and assess the situation rapidly;
3. Acknowledge the crisis and mitigate stress;
4. Facilitate discussion and mobilize resources;
5. Encourage problem solving and use of coping skills
6. Referral of emotional or medical problems and restore to function.
7. A primary objective within the process of recovery will be returning
Blytheville Public School students and staff to the “business of learning”
as quickly as possible following a crisis.
I.1.(C) ACTION CHECKLIST FOR RECOVERY
Principal (May Delegate Actions to Recovery Professional/CRT Member)
1. Activate the school crisis response team.
2. If the incident requires the family reunification protocol to be enacted, notify the
Director of Safety to activate system-wide coordination and direct recovery support
at the site.
3. Conduct a rapid intervention needs assessment to determine who was
impacted and needs assistance immediately.
4. Triage those students and staff in need of immediate crisis intervention.
5. Determine the scope of recovery services required. Initiate the phone
notification sequence for district support if applicable.
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