Book description
Practical Information and Tools to Create and Implement a
Comprehensive College Campus Crisis Management Program
Written by three seasoned crisis intervention/prevention specialists
with over fifty years combined experience in the field, This is NOT
a Fire Drill: Crisis Intervention and Prevention on College
Campuses is a practical guide to creating a comprehensive college
campus crisis management program.
Authors Rick Myer, Richard James, and Patrice Moulton provide
university administrators, faculty, and staff with invaluable hands-on
examples, general tactics, and strategies along with specific
prevention, intervention, and post-crisis logistics and techniques
that can be applied to almost any crisis likely to be confronted on a
college campus.
This is NOT a Fire Drill features a host of helpful resources, including:
- A proven individual/organization assessment tool to ensure
school professionals and staff take appropriate action to protect
students, the college, and the community
- Thought-provoking case examples, activities, and illustrative
dialogues that provide opportunities for reflection and practice
- A checklist to get a crisis prevention and intervention plan for
human dilemmas up and running
- A decision-tree model to guide the response and recovery to crisis
This is NOT a Fire Drill provides the necessary tools to
address the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses of students
and staff as they attempt to negotiate a crisis and its aftermath.
RICK A. MYER, PHD, is a professor
and Director of the Center for Crisis Intervention and Prevention at
Duquesne University. He is a licensed psychologist with over
twenty-five years of experience in crisis intervention and management.
RICHARD K. JAMES, PHD, is a Crader Professor of
Education at the University of Memphis as well as a licensed
psychologist, a licensed professional counselor, and a Nationally
Certified School Counselor. He is one of the founders of a crisis
intervention prototype used to train police officers across the United
States and internationally.
PATRICE MOULTON, PHD, is a professor of
psychology at Northwestern State University of Louisiana. She is the
author of several books on crisis intervention.
