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Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Comprehensive crisis response and stabilization services have long been considered a crucial element of public behavioral health systems. There is a considerable body of evidence suggesting that comprehensive crisis services can improve outcomes for consumers, reduce inpatient hospital stays and costs, and facilitate access to other necessary behavioral health services and supports. In many communities, crisis response services also perform important...
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Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Access and availability to behavioral health crisis services continues to be a gap in Colorado's behavioral health system. The goals of crisis services are to improve access to the most appropriate treatment resources and to decrease the utilization of hospital emergency departments, jails, prisons, and homeless programs for behavioral health emergencies.
8) An urban nightclub multicasualty shooting: lessons learned in critical incident stress management
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Series
Quick response research report volume 176
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
The field of critical incident stress management in emergency services has evolved significantly in the past decade. The question is whether having these resources translates to better care and coverage for those involved in critical incidents. The researchers conducted a case study of the services provided to responders and to the population affected in the Columbus, Ohio, area following the nightclub shooting in December 2004.
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 85
Pub. Date
[1996]
Description
The purpose of this research is to examine the structure of interorganizational relationships during the immediate post-impact response period, and to assess the impact of information technology on those relationships.
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Series
Natural hazard research working paper volume 96
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
This case study is part of an investigation into the reassessment of state roles in disaster mitigation and management. How the Florida state legislature dealt with the crisis of insurance companies wanting to withdraw from the Florida market or to cover their exposed risk is the subject of this case study.
Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Description
The first section of this article surveys the literature regarding the news media's reporting of disasters. The second section describes the media reports of the July 1997 natural disaster's impact upon Morgan Library at Colorado State University. The third section analyses the report from the Colorado State University's disaster as compared to the research literature, media by media: broadcast, national newspapers and wire services. Colorado (local)...
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 231
Pub. Date
[2012?]
Description
In a disaster, decisions have to be made regarding where to go, what to do, and how to locate supplies, help clean up, contact and locate family, file insurance claims, and apply for federal aid. Public libraries are uniquely primed to provide important community information and referral services. Libraries are also the primary provider of free computer and Internet access and serve as community anchor institutions, where people can gather informally...
15) The lemonade war
Author
Series
Lemonade war series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Evan and his younger sister, Jesse, react very differently to the news that they will be in the same class for fourth grade and as the end of summer approaches, they battle it out through lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn 100 dollars. Includes mathematical calculations and tips for running a successful lemonade stand.
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Pub. Date
c1980
Description
This book is about a railroad that began in 1909 and was only 31 miles long and built on nearly level ground. The San Luis Southern Railway was a simple yet remarkable railroad, as were its successors. It never owned more than 4 locomotives and 20 cars at any one time, yet it managed to survive financial crisis after financial crisis to reach the age of 67 in a solvent condition. The past of this little railroad is centered around an area of Colorado...
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Description
When we think of water in the West, we think of conflict and crisis. In recent years, newspaper headlines have screamed, "Scarce water and the death of California farms," "The Dust Bowl returns," "A 'megadrought' will grip U.S. in the coming decades." Yet similar stories have been appearing for decades and the taps continue to flow. John Fleck argues that the talk of impending doom is not only untrue, but dangerous. When people get scared, they fight...
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Description
"Parents need effective teaching strategies to teach their teens how to make decisions responsibly--and do so while showing empathy toward their teen. Parenting Teens with Love and Logic, from the duo who wrote Parenting with Love and Logic, (and the iconic PBS program) empowers parents of teens with the skills necessary to set limits, teach important skills, and encourage effective decision-making for teens. Covering a wide range of real-life issues...
Pub. Date
2001
Description
A collection of writings on the environmental crisis of the Southwestern forests, by historians specializing in either the environment or the Southwest, criticicing forest management practices devoted to exploiting the forest for timber, grazing, and recreation, with insufficient regard for ecological balance.
20) Deterrence
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
The year is 2008. During a campaign swing through Colorado, U.S. President Walter Emerson and his entourage are forced by a freak snowstorm to take refuge in a remote diner. Then comes a shocking news flash: a large Iraqi military offensive has been mounted in the Middle East. From his sudden Colorado command post, the stranded President and his top aides must manage a constantly escalating crisis in which moves lead to countermoves, bluffs turn real...
