Pupil Services
Crisis Response Team

The Millard Public Schools Crisis Response Team consists of trained counselors and school psychologists who respond to the deaths of students and staff members or other crisis situations that affect our school population. Services provided are tailored to the situation and may include making telephone calls to inform students and staff of a death or other crisis, assisting school administrators in planning the crisis response, meeting with students who are having difficulty handling the news, assisting teachers in their classrooms when discussing the situation, and supporting staff and students at funerals and visitations.

Training is provided each year for team members and they meet regularly to work on practice scenarios, have guest speakers and share information about previous crises. Several team members have been trained in Critical Incident Stress Debriefing which can help students and staff who have been directly involved in a traumatic situation. The team is on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week including summer months and responds to requests for their services from school administrators through the Director of Pupil Services.