Unfortunately, events occur within the locale of our schools that are outside of the schools’ control, but which can adversely affect our school communities. Traumatic events that may impact AISA schools can include terrorist attacks, coup d’etat, civil unrest, war, communicable disease outbreak, or natural disaster.

These events can cause significant disruption to a school’s operations which can have adverse consequences for the mental health and well-being of staff and the entire school community.
AISA can support schools through this time by offering assistance in the form of funds to have trained counselors from the region travel to the school to provide direct services to children, staff, and parents. Additionally, AISA’s professional development program will include training on issues such as security, traumatic incident planning, and trauma recovery to equip schools in their planning for such an eventuality.

 

Download AISA's Protocl for Accessing Counselling and Trauma Funds