To prepare for this assignment:
Thinking about Hurricane Katrina, review pp. 164-175 of the article, “After Katrina: Building Back Better Than Ever,” and think about how the recommendations made might be applied to other natural disaster situations and/or locations.
Review Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 17 in your course text, Crisis Intervention Strategies, paying particular attention to the information on response efforts to Hurricane Katrina.
Review Chapters 9 and 12 in your course text, Crisis Management in the New Strategy Landscape, focusing on how organizational learning can be a useful part of crisis management evaluation and analysis.
Review the article, “Project CREST: A New Model for Mental Health Intervention After a Community Disaster.” Consider how response analysis led to the development, in this example, of a useful new disaster intervention training.
Review the article, “Styles of Suicide Intervention: Professionals’ Responses and Clients’ Preferences,” and reflect on how the authors investigated and analyzed professional responses to client suicide.
Using Hurricane Katrina as your natural disaster case study, think about and evaluate the strategies used in the Mississippi crisis plan.
Research the impact of Hurricane Katrina on either the Alabama or Louisiana coast line.
Then consider which elements or strategies of the Mississippi crisis plan might be applicable and/or relevant to use in Alabama or Louisiana.
Research the demographics for either the Alabama or Louisiana coast line and determine how the Mississippi crisis plan could be used in either of those states.
Consider what you think might need to be added to the Mississippi crisis plan were it to be applied to recovery efforts in either Alabama or Louisiana.
The assignment: (4-6 pages)
Based on your evaluation of strategies and the situation in the Hurricane Katrina natural disaster, explain which strategies you would use and why.
Based on your analysis of the Mississippi crisis plan, explain which elements of the plan might be relevant/applicable to either Alabama or Louisiana.
Identify any element of the plan that might be missing for either Alabama or Louisiana.
Resources
James, R. K. & Gilliland, B.E. (2017). Crisis intervention strategies (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. 
Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, and 17 (for review)
Crisis Management in the New Strategy Landscape.
Chapters 1, 7, 8, and the Appendix (for review)
Chapter 9, “The Importance of Organizational Learning”
Chapter 11, “Emerging Trends in Crisis Management”
Beaulieu, L. J. (n.d.). Mapping the assets of your community: A key component for building local capacityLinks to an external site.. Retrieved January 25, 2010, from http://srdc.msstate.edu/publications/archive/227.pdf (for review)
Governor’s Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal. (2005). After Katrina: Building back better than everLinks to an external site.. Retrieved from http://www.mississippirenewal.com/documents/Governors_Commission_Report.pdf
Note: You are only required to read pp. 153-175 of this article.
Myer, R. A., & Conte, C. (2006). Assessment for crisis interventionLinks to an external site.. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62(8), 959-970.
Myer, R. A., & Moore, H. B., (2006). Crisis in context theory: An ecological model. Journal of Counseling & Development, 84(2), 139-147.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.  
North, C. S., & Hong, B. A. (2000). Project CREST: A new model for mental health intervention after a community disasterLinks to an external site.. American Journal of Public Health, 90(7), 1057-1058.
Shah, A. (2005). Hurricane KatrinaLinks to an external site.. Retrieved from http://www.globalissues.org/article/564/hurricane-katrina