As explained above, there are several approaches that would be effective when responding to events related to acts of terrorism with children. In connection with discussion boards and lecture from this course, I affirm that any type of crisis experienced from an individual is unique each person to person. Therefore, a specified treatment can be difficult to pinpoint based on the person’s needs. As a future school counselor, the following approach would be utilized as my primary method of providing care to students. In Principles of Trauma Therapy: A Guide to Symptoms, Evaluation, and Treatment, Briere and Scott (2015, p. 244) highlight a key point in attending to these events as professionals in the field saying, “it is important that we not be too rigidly attached to providing “clinical” services to acutely traumatized individuals– there are times when the most important thing we can offer is basic human contact, emotional support, and connection with others.” This piece of literature from the authors speak to all events in crisis and trauma, highly relatable to caring for individuals impacted by acts of terrorism, and serves as a checkpoint for working professionals in the counseling field when situations become seemingly impossible to provide appropriate
As explained above, there are several approaches that would be effective when responding to events related to acts of terrorism with children. In connection with discussion boards and lecture from this course, I affirm that any type of crisis experienced from an individual is unique each person to person. Therefore, a specified treatment can be difficult to pinpoint based on the person’s needs. As a future school counselor, the following approach would be utilized as my primary method of providing care to students. In Principles of Trauma Therapy: A Guide to Symptoms, Evaluation, and Treatment, Briere and Scott (2015, p. 244) highlight a key point in attending to these events as professionals in the field saying, “it is important that we not be too rigidly attached to providing “clinical” services to acutely traumatized individuals– there are times when the most important thing we can offer is basic human contact, emotional support, and connection with others.” This piece of literature from the authors speak to all events in crisis and trauma, highly relatable to caring for individuals impacted by acts of terrorism, and serves as a checkpoint for working professionals in the counseling field when situations become seemingly impossible to provide appropriate