Citation

Romano‐Dwyer L, Carley G. Soc. Work Educ. 2005; 24(2): 245-250.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/0261547052000333162

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

There is a need for shared leadership following a school crisis. This paper explores the phenomenon of 'contagion' resulting after a suicide attempt in an elementary school. The contagion allows anxieties, fears, worries, and myths to perpetuate and run rampant among the students and adults alike. This affects how they talk with one another. By capturing the authentic conversations and interventions used when school leaders join together, the reader can learn how a sense of safety within a school culture is restored. The article is necessarily written in the narrative style, in order to capture and reflect the conversational framework used: to understand the problem, to develop the intervention, and to analyze its impact. In this way, field practice and training are joined to create a relevant front‐line model of social work education. © 2005, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Language: en

Keywords

School; Suicide; Contagion; Inservice; Narrative Conversation