Burlington County
School Crisis
Response Team

The Burlington County School Crisis Response Team is comprised of 70 members representing 37 county school districts, the county superintendent's office, Hampton Academy and Burlington County College. Team members serve their districts in various capacities, including: school administrators, guidance counselors, school psychologists, social workers, teachers, school nurses and other related areas. All members of the team are volunteers who have undergone intense specialized training in school crisis response with national expert Cheri Lovre, M.S.

How Can The Burlington County School Crisis Response Team Help Us?

Team members will mobilize as a support system for schools in crisis. The presence of the team will allow the home district to remain stable, offer a greater pool of resources and enhance the district’s response to the crisis within the community. In an event such as a student death, the Burlington County School Crisis Response Team might arrive at your building prior to the start of the school day. The Team Leader would meet with the building principal, who at all times maintains control of the crisis response. The Principal and Team Leader will discuss the services available and decide which will be implemented to assist your school community through this difficult time. Burlington County's School Crisis Response Team offers the same level of support to all districts.

Those services may include the following, by way of example:

Facilitation of a faculty meeting before school

Establishment and staffing of a Safe Room for students to express grief

Assisting with security needs, media liaison, communications

Arranging parent/community meeting

Organizing a Memory Event

In addition, the joint county team:

Shares the cost of training

Avoids district burn-out

Keeps "walking wounded" from care-giving

Provides a highly-skilled team

Offers benefits of increased experience

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For more information on the
Burlington County
School Crisis Response Team,
contact:

Jeff Reuter
Educational Services Unit
Burlington County
Special Services School District
795 Woodlane Road, Suite 10
Westampton, NJ 08060
Phone: 609-702-0500
jreuter@bcsssd.k12.nj.us

The Educational Services Unit is the collaborative effort of 42 Burlington County School Districts formed in 1997 to provide high quality shared services and opportunities to students and staff in member districts.