The Safe Room: A Guide for School Crisis Responders

The Safe Room: A Guide for School Crisis Responders is the first in a series of guides from Cheri Lovre and the Crisis Management Institute. The Safe Room provides teachers counselors school and district administrators and other school crisis responders with guidelines and tools for setting up and staffing a Safe Room where students can process grief and find meaning in the aftermath of tragedy crisis and loss without disrupting teachers work or other students learning. This guide offers strategies for creating an effective Safe Room including: Detailed guidelines for planning staffing and operating a Safe Room Rationale and methodology for preparing for and responding to student grief Activities for helping students process loss and grief Critical issues of handling difficult circumstances such as suicide and abduction