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Critical Incident Stress Debriefing: Bereavement Support in Schools ‐‐ Developing a Role for an LEA Educational Psychology Service

1994; Routledge; Volume: 10; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/0266736940100104

1469-5839

David M. O'Hara, Ralph W. Taylor, Kenneth O. Simpson,

Child Therapy and Development

Summary Critical Incident Stress Debriefing is a recognised and necessary support system which has been provided for victims of significant disasters such as bomb‐blasts, violent crimes and kidnappings. Fatal road traffic accidents involving children are sadly increasing in frequency but it is rare for systematic counselling or support to be offered to the deceased child's peers, teachers and family. An educational psychology service outlines its experience of setting up a bereavement support service, and proposes that this is a legitimate role for educational psychologists. The model is based on action‐research following major disasters such as Hillsborough and the Herald of Free Enterprise, and this has been adapted for use with small groups of children in school, and within the limited resources of a local authority service. Additional informationNotes on contributorsD. M. O'Hara The three co‐authors are all employed as educational psychologists by the City of Salford. Min O'Hara as Principal Educational Psychologist, writes from the perspective of service manager. Rona Taylor writes as co‐facilitator and has a special interest in counselling work. Kerry Simpson, the other co‐facilitator is the school's psychologist and discusses the integration of this intensive work into her more general support for the school.