PREPaRE WS2: Mental Health Crisis Intervention

Session Dates

Monday October 26, 2026 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM - Webinar
Tuesday October 27, 2026 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM - Webinar

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This PREPaRE workshop develops the knowledge and skill required to provide immediate mental health crisis interventions to the students, staff, and school community members who have been simultaneously exposed to an acute traumatic stressor. The knowledge and skill developed within this session also help to build a bridge to the psychotherapeutic and trauma-informed mental health response sometimes required to address challenges associated with trauma exposure. This workshop provides a specific examination of the school-based mental health professionals' roles and responsibilities, with a special emphasis on crisis intervention and recovery.

Objectives

Participants will:

1. Report reduced anxiety and fear associated with the provision of school mental health crisis interventions;
2. Report increased knowledge and confidence associated with the provision of school mental health crisis interventions;
3. Identify variables that help to estimate the number of individuals traumatized by a crisis;
4. Recognize the difference between common crisis reactions and mental illness;
5. Identify the elements of school crisis preparedness specified by the PREPaRE acronym;
6. Recognize risk factors that predict psychological trauma;
7. Identify the warning signs that indicate psychological trauma;
8. Place PREPaRE mental health crisis interventions on a multitiered continuum ranging from least to most restrictive; and
9. Match the degree of psychological trauma risk to the appropriate school crisis interventions.

Target Audience

School-based mental health providers, school psychologists, school counselors, school social workers Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate individuals who have special needs as addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act and who need assistance at this event. Contact: Tina Rife, at 717-901-2278, or trife@pattan.net.