You are dedicated to educate and support your students, peers, and family members. When tragedy or disaster happens, many will look to you for support. It is also OK and encouraged to use these resources with your students, staff, family or other colleagues.
Its one of your roles, to be aware of those depending on you to see they need help and to help them get it.
SImilarly, you will look to them for signs of distress. Dr. John Tardibuono, a career school psychologist, is aware of subtle changes that can indicate a child or colleague or yourself is in distress and may need help . THe point of this Journey is to provide you with some basic concepts and tools to use to help you identify and support those that need help.
Get Care for the Caregiver
Don’t forget abut yourself. As others look to you at work and at home in a regional disaster, it is not uncommon that the care giver gets little care out of dedication, situation, or lack of realization that theny are having a problem.