“Without a national model for school-based crisis preparedness, school districts may have inadequate emergency preparedness programs or lack programs altogether” (Clarke and collages, 2014). When there are gaps in the school-based crisis management plan, there is not opportunity to prepare students, faculty and to identify all needs required to be successful. Each school has a wide range of abilities from academics, physical and social abilities. Crisis management plans must address a range of disabilities that students with disabilities may demonstrate (Spooner et al., 2012). When creating a plan teachers and school leaders need to take into consideration the diverse range of intellectual, emotional, social, and physical development.
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school districts have a plan in place however, 30% of these district have never conducted a drill (Graham, Shirm, Ligin, Alken, & Dick, 2006). In addition 42% of the 2,137 school surveyed have reported that they have never met with local officials to discuss their emergency plans. The survery also exposed that one-fourth of the schools stated no provisions for children with disabilities (Graham et al., 2006). These provisions can easily be created to enable to students’ to be successful if there was ever a true emergency and during the drills associated with the school district. Some tools that can be utilized for students with disabilities include; social narratives, individualized student lock-down bag, picture schedule of each type of disaster, behavior incentives and sensory items for the student to hold quietly. The special education teacher must know and include the best practices that will help the student with exceptionalities to learn basic survival skills across the academic realm and the different environments. The plan needs to discuss the individual needs of those students as well as who will assist and how the plan will be implemented during a …show more content…
I am currently a long-term substitute and I went through the new-faculty training; there was no training on crisis management. In my classroom there was an out-of-date crisis management plan from the 2013-2014 school year. The binder had the basic drills and what responsibilities each person had for; fire drill, lockdown, severe weather, active shooter, bomb threat and the evacuation process to an off-site location. The binder included floor plans and emergency numbers. The classroom had no emergency book bags, or first aid supplies that they carry when they have to evacuate. The school has a couple designated staff to carry walkie-talkies as well as alternatives to assume this duty when
school districts have a plan in place however, 30% of these district have never conducted a drill (Graham, Shirm, Ligin, Alken, & Dick, 2006). In addition 42% of the 2,137 school surveyed have reported that they have never met with local officials to discuss their emergency plans. The survery also exposed that one-fourth of the schools stated no provisions for children with disabilities (Graham et al., 2006). These provisions can easily be created to enable to students’ to be successful if there was ever a true emergency and during the drills associated with the school district. Some tools that can be utilized for students with disabilities include; social narratives, individualized student lock-down bag, picture schedule of each type of disaster, behavior incentives and sensory items for the student to hold quietly. The special education teacher must know and include the best practices that will help the student with exceptionalities to learn basic survival skills across the academic realm and the different environments. The plan needs to discuss the individual needs of those students as well as who will assist and how the plan will be implemented during a …show more content…
I am currently a long-term substitute and I went through the new-faculty training; there was no training on crisis management. In my classroom there was an out-of-date crisis management plan from the 2013-2014 school year. The binder had the basic drills and what responsibilities each person had for; fire drill, lockdown, severe weather, active shooter, bomb threat and the evacuation process to an off-site location. The binder included floor plans and emergency numbers. The classroom had no emergency book bags, or first aid supplies that they carry when they have to evacuate. The school has a couple designated staff to carry walkie-talkies as well as alternatives to assume this duty when