Main description:

* Anchored in the school-based family counseling (SBFC) tradition of integrating family and school mental health interventions * Has an explicit "how to" approach as opposed to a theoretical or research summary approach * The 23 chapter authors are all experienced professors and/or practitioners in counseling, psychology, social work, teaching and educational administration and are based around the world

Contents:

Part 1: Overview 1. The School-Based Family Counseling Approach to Strengthening Families and Schools in Crisis and Disaster 2. Chronic Disaster: A South African Perspective 3. A Positive Deviance Approach for Overcoming Crisis and Disaster 4. The Leadership Role of the School Principal in Times of Disaster or Crisis Part II: School Intervention 5. Developing Systems for Crisis Intervention with School Personnel 6. How Schools Can Help Students Cope with the Stress of a Major Disaster 7. How to Lower Stress and Strengthen Student Executive Functions During Crisis and Disaster 8. Group Counseling in Schools Following a Crisis or Disaster 9. Using Solution-Focused Brief Therapy with Students Who Have Experienced Trauma Part III: Family Intervention 10. Un Respiro de Vida, A Breath of Life: Giving Wings to Farmworker Families During the COVID Crisis 11. Conjoint Family Counseling with Grief and Loss 12. Couples in Crisis: A Poststructuralist Approach 13. A Narrative Approach to Strengthening Child and Family Relationships 14. Family-based Interventions for Children in Crisis Part IV: School Prevention 15. Big Talks for Little People: Child Mental Health Module 16. Preventing School Violence Through School Engagement 17: Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences: The Role of Buddhism and Resilience 18. Internet Intimidation: Responding to Cyberbullying of School Children via the Digital Citizenship Curriculum 19. An ACES Approach to Developing Trauma-sensitive Schools Part V: Family Prevention 20. An Internal Family Systems Approach to Building Disaster Resilience 21. Teacher Development: Promoting Teacher-Family Engagement to Support Crisis Preparedness 22. Strengthening Families During Crisis Through Teacher-Parent Engagement 23. Collaborating with Immigrant Students, School Personnel and Families in Times of Disaster 24. Intimate Parenting to Build Family Resilience Part VI: Community Intervention 25. Addressing the Aftermath of Violence in a School Context: An SBFC Approach 26. Community-based Psychosocial Intervention for Child Protection in Disaster 27. How to Develop a Volunteer Global Psychological First Aid Organization: The Disastershock Global Response Team