Overcoming Disaster

Download or read book Overcoming Disaster written by Katherine B. Persson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overcoming Disaster: What Colleges Learned from Catastrophe to Recovery provides a resource to help leaders at many levels in an organization understand what can help and hinder their disaster recovery, whether natural or man-made caused. The author and contributors share their lessons learned on recovering from hurricanes and a mass shooting on campus where nine were killed. The seven parts of the book include the aftermath to recovery with chapters on trauma and grief, being overwhelmed, healing, and recovery strategies for individuals, organizations and communities. The finale of the book is a master crisis response cheat sheet.