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When the unthinkable strikes A tornado rips through a community, destroying one school and severely damaging another. Three students are killed in an automobile accident on the way home from prom. A gunman terrorizes a school, killing and wounding many students and staff. A teacher dies of an unexpected heart attack in front of her students. A student commits suicide in a high school parking lot. Long-term recovery from crisis is not a single event but rather a journey that requires intentionality and, in many cases, more time than we might think. The more people affected, the more complex the process. Although schools gen-How schools heal after a tragedy Every tragedy is different but preparation, strong school/community ties, and disciplined followup can help every situation.

This study details a program evaluation of the PREPaRE School Crisis Prevention and Intervention Training Curriculum (PREPaRE), conducted in the United States and Canada between 2009 and 2011. Significant improvements in crisis prevention and intervention attitudes and knowledge were shown among 875 Crisis Prevention and Preparedness workshop (Workshop 1) participants and 1,422 Crisis Intervention and Recovery workshop (Workshop 2) participants on matched pre‐tests and post‐tests. Results indicated high participant satisfaction for both Workshop 1 and Workshop 2. A qualitative analysis of workshop evaluation comments indicated strengths regarding workshop aims, materials, and activities, as well as suggestions for improvement, such as utilizing more active learning components. The use of these findings in the PREPaRE curriculum revision is discussed.