School Crisis Recovery and Renewal

SCRR Voices from the Field (Blog)

SCRR Voices from the Field (BLOG)

A key component of crisis recovery and renewal is sharing stories, constructing individual and collective coherent narratives, and resourcing ourselves. This page shares stories (one kind of resource) and guidance (another kind of resource) that help us lead ourselves and each other through crises towards recovery and renewal. 

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Learning through Loss: Utilizing the Power of Freewriting as a Crisis Recovery Tool for Educators
By: Brittany R. Collins (SCRR Guest Faculty)
August 11, 2022
“We are important and our lives are important, magnificent really, and their details are worthy to be recorded,” begins a resonant quote by author Natalie Goldberg in her book Writing...
On Backpacks and Baggage: Life After Educator Loss – Reflections from A First Year Teacher
By Bianca Tolentino, 9th Grade English Teacher & SCRR Life After Loss Tabler
August 11, 2022
I was playing board games with my friends when I got the email that my student from last year passed away. I had to stop and look twice to make...
Partnering with Students To Take Action: School Shooting Recovery after Buffalo and Uvalde
By Leora Wolf-Prusan with Darryn Green, Jen Leland, and Oriana Ides, SCRR staff
May 31, 2022
Student voice and crisis leadership is a foundational and often missing element in how we define crisis recovery work. Mental health resources are a necessary response to help providers work...
Up at 3 am: Educator thoughts in the middle of night after Buffalo and Uvalde
by Bri Young, SCRR Field Coach
May 25, 2022
[Note to the reader: this was written in the direct wake of the Buffalo and Uvalde shootings. The invitations and affirmations that Bri offers remain pertinent days, months, and years...
Holding circles in schools after loss: Honest Reflections from an Educator about Holding Circles after Loss
by SCRR Field Coach, Oriana Ides
November 22, 2021
Engaging in conversation about grief, bereavement and loss with young people always surfaces a multitude of considerations and feelings for me as an educator, youth advocate, and therapist. Over the...
A Book List to Help Navigate Grief with Young People
by Brianna Young, SCRR Field Coach
November 21, 2021
Narratives and storytelling are universally a part of the healing process after a major loss or crisis. Children’s picture books serve a valuable purpose in giving voice to big things...
What did and does bereavement mean to you? A conversation between a school social worker and her daughter 
By Angela Castellanos, SCRR adjunct faculty
November 15, 2021
Angela interviews her daughter Jamee about the loss experience of Angela’s partner and Jamee’s father. Angela asked Jamee: What did bereavement mean to you then? How did school support you?...
“5 Things I wish my teachers knew when I lost my dad”
by  Yesmina Luchsinger, SCRR Adjunct Faculty
November 8, 2021
Dear Educator, This is a picture of me and my dad, known to family as Zuzu and friends as Joe, shortly before he was murdered. I was five years old....

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