Standard Response Protocol & Standard Reunification Method

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The I Love You Guys Foundation will be in Arkadelphia on Monday, August 31 to prepare educators and SROs for two critical components of crisis response: Standard Response Protocol (SRP) and Standard Reunification Method (SRM).

A uniform, planned, and practiced response to any incident is the foundation of a safe school. This 8-hour training will introduce the concepts of the SRP and the SRM and will prepare participants for providing training in both programs.

A segment on Incident Command and how it relates to crisis management for educators will also be included.

The Standard Response Protocol (SRP)

The Standard Response Protocol (SRP) is a proven enhancement to school safety planning. Action-based, flexible, and easy to learn, the SRP rationally organizes tactics for response to weather events, fires, accidents, intruders and other threats to student safety.

Like the Incident Command System (ICS), SRP demands a specific vocabulary but also allows for great flexibility. The premise is simple – these five specific actions that can be performed during an incident: Hold, Secure, Lockdown, Evacuate, and Shelter.

The SRP’s development is ever-evolving, created with extensive collaboration between experts such as first responders, public safety, school, districts, and communities. Its tactics are data-driven, researched and based on experience and contemporary practices. People easily understand the practices and can reinforce the protocol. Additionally, this protocol enables rapid response determination when an unforeseen event occurs.

Standard Reunification Method (SRM)

The Standard Reunification Method (SRM) fills a critical void in school safety planning: How to reunite students with their parents after a crisis.

Without a plan to reunite students and parents, the stress and potential trauma of the crisis itself is exacerbated and the responsibility of the school and district in maintaining the chain of custody for every student is jeopardized.

The SRM provides proven methods for planning, practicing and achieving a successful reunification during what are often chaotic, anxiety-filled scenes. A predetermined, practiced reunification method will help defuse emotion at the site.

This program will be held at the Dawson Education Cooperative on Monday, August 31.
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Questions? Contact Mitch Regnas at 501-570-8036.