E1: Crisis Response for Schools and Educators

We speak with Dr. Suzanne Anderson, psychotherapist and expert in crisis response for schools. Dr. Anderson has been working with schools and the international community for the last 20 years and is currently supporting international schools facing the Coronavirus pandemic. She is the author of several articles circulating the international school world, including: The Danger and Opportunity of Covid-19 for International School Educators Understanding the Mental Health & Social Impact of the Coronavirus: Finding the Middle Path Alongside the National Organization for Victim's Assistance, she recently co-hosted the webinar, "Covid-19: The Mental Health Impact & Resilience for International Educators", which reached educators in over 17 countries. You can find her work at https://www.restorativecommunityconcepts.com We. mentioned this Facebook group in the episode and this book, SuperSurvivors You can learn more about Sea Change Mentoring's work and find additional resources related to COVID-19 at https://www.seachangementoring.com Speaker Bio: Suzanne M. Anderson, DPST, MSS, RSW – 0145, CCR Dr. Anderson is a psychotherapist in private practice with Restorative Community Counselling (a service of Restorative Community Concepts) in Singapore where she has lived and worked since 1999. Suzanne is a certified NOVA crisis responder and trainer. Over more than 20 years, Suzanne has trained crisis responders and responded to crises in the United States, Canada, Yugoslavia, Singapore, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, China and Myanmar. Incidents to which Suzanne has responded include natural disasters, industrial accidents and intentional-harm incidents (i.e. industrial plant explosion, hurricane, tornado, plane crash, earthquake, cyclone, tidal surge, tsunami, terrorist attacks, drowning, school-based crises, suicides as well as working with war refugees). Suzanne has provided crisis responder training and supervision for local, national businesses and primary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions. Suzanne’s doctoral research focused on investigating the impact of trauma on women trafficked and sexually exploited in the Mekong countries and applying the research results to the development of training for aftercare workers.