Download or read book The Clouds that can Surround a School written by Shane Moran and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-02-02 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “When a critical incident occurs many of us feel like a rabbit caught in the headlights of a car, knowing we should do something but not quite knowing what to do in that moment...” As someone invited into schools and colleges as a counselling psychologist when such a distressing event occurs, Shane Moran finds this is often the case. Some in school management mistakenly believe that once they have their school policy written up, they are ready if such an event occurs. The reality is that many within the school community are ill prepared for the traumatic impact that a critical incident can have, or what Shane calls the ‘wallop effect’. The Clouds that can Surround a School draws on Shane’s experience as a teacher, chaplain and psychologist. He has been asked on many occasions to support school management when a critical incident occurs and his broad range of experience offers a unique perspective on how to address the impact associated with the trauma of a critical incident. The book is designed to offer a practical guide to all people involved in a critical incident, with particular emphasis on school management. It also addresses the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder, inviting the reader to consider the possibility that those working on the front line can be impacted in a similar way to military personnel returning from conflict situations. Finally, there are many guidelines from the field of educational psychology in dealing with a critical incident, but this book offers some very practical ‘down-to-earth’ advice from an experiential viewpoint.