VISTAS Online is an innovative publication produced for ACA by Dr. Garry R. Walz and Dr. Jeanne C. Bleuer of Counseling Outfitters, LLC. Its purpose is to provide a means of capturing the ideas, information and experiences generated by the annual ACA Conference and selected ACA Division Conferences. Papers on a program or practice that has been validated through research or experience may also be submitted. This digital collection of peer-reviewed articles is authored by counselors, for counselors. VISTAS Online contains the full text of over 900 proprietary counseling articles published from 2004 to 2017.
2016
Improving Crisis Response in Schools: A Case Study
James F. Whittenberg
2016
School crises are daunting for professional school counselors (PSCs) because such events are unanticipated, and it is challenging to prepare for the circumstances. Regardless, expectations are that PSCs are the first line of support when a crisis event strikes a school community The author proposes a crisis intervention model and evaluates three school crisis intervention programs: Nonviolent Crisis Intervention ® and Prepare Training® (CPI, 2010), P-SAEF (Wachter, Minton, & Clemens, 2008), and School Crisis and Survival Guide (Petersen & Straub, 1991). In addition, the author shares a school shooting incident as a case example of PSCs responding to a major crisis.