Chapter Three

Question 1

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

Answer 1

Encourages schools to employ comprehensive services that are framed within multi-tiered system of support (MTSS).

Question 2

Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS)

Answer 2

Described as a robust evidence-based approach to integrate psychoeducational services & interventions throughout the school system.

Question 3

The three qualitative labels used to characterize threats from the Virginia model are:

Answer 3

Transient
Substantive
Imminent

Question 4

Suicide Prevention/Intervention

Answer 4

NASP asserts that suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among school aged youth.

Question 5

Contagion

Answer 5

Term used to signify that one’s actions might spread to others & promote more suicidal behavior, especially among teens.

Question 6

Specific reactions of youth to crisis or extreme stress:

Answer 6

Very young children (0 to 5 years):
Thumb sucking, bed wetting, separation anxiety, clinging to parents, sleep disturbances, loss of appetite, fear of the darkness, regression in behavior, & withdrawal from friends & routines.

Elementary school children:
Fear & safety issues, aggressiveness, irritability, clinginess, nightmares, avoidance of routine activities, school problems, poor concentration, & withdrawal.

Adolescence:
Sleeping & eating disturbances, extreme emotions such as agitation, increase in interpersonal conflicts, somatic complaints, delinquent behavior, & pour attention or focus.

Question 7

Known key characteristics of post traumatic trust disorder (PTSD):

Answer 7

PTSD is a normal human response to extreme stress or disorder. People with PTSD have high anxiety & their reactions to stress are extreme.

Obsessive thoughts about the crisis event, sleep problems, hyperarousal (vigilance), & externalizing behaviors such as avoidance are common symptoms of PTSD.

It is common for some people to have an irresistible compulsion to retell the story of a crisis or trauma. This behavior is normal & is associated with the minds way of processing the event to integrate the information into the person’s experience. Some experts believe that people repeat the event & recycle it in their mind in order to “make sense” of the trauma.

Question 8

Model for Trauma Support: BASIC Ph

Answer 8

This model was created by Dr. Mooli.

BASIC Ph Model: Six individual coping styles related to trauma:
Belief
Affect
Social
Imagination
Cognitive
Psychological

Question 9

Epstein six types of parental involvement:

Answer 9

Parenting, 
Communicating, 
Volunteering, 
Learning at home, 
Decision-making & 
Collaborating with community.