Responding to Virginia Tech

A list of resources facilitating a Christian response to the shootings at Virginia Tech

Grieving

• Presidential condolences at Virginia Tech memorial convocation
• United States mourns shooting deaths
• Update on FBI role at Virginia Tech

Understanding

• Indicators of School Crime and Safetyby the Department of Education
• The School Shooter:  A Threat Assessment Perspective from the FBI
• Threat Assessment in Schools:  A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and Creating Safe School Environments by the United States Secret Service and the U.S. Department of Education
• Understanding Mental Illness -- After the Virginia Tech Tragedy by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration
• Report to the President on Issues Raised by the Virginia TechTragedy 
  Newly report released June 13, 2007 finds that educators, mental-health officials, and
  law-enforcement officers often do not share information about troubled
  students because they are confused by what they can disclose under complex
  and overlapping privacy laws.  The report calls on the Departments of
  Education and Health and Human Services to issue guidelines clarifying how
  colleges, police departments, and social-service agencies can share
  information legally under current federal laws governing student records.
  The federal agencies should study whether the laws should be changed to
  balance students' privacy with safety concerns, the report said.  State
  officials also should review state limits on the exchange of information
  to see if they need to be better explained or altered.

Coping

• Helping to Heal:  A Training on Mental Health Response to Terrorism
• The Road to Resilience
• Solace in Poetry:  Poet Nikki Giovanni Addresses Virginia Tech
• Tips for College Students:  In the Wake of Trauma

Reaching Out 

• Devotionals - renew, refocus, and recenter in Christ

• Two Weeksby Phil Ware via Heartlight e-zine

  A Far Countryby Tom Norvell via Heartlight e-zine

  STEP (Student Ecumenical Partnership) Campus Resources

• Hoakie Spirit Memorial Fund- contribute financial assistance to those affected
• Virginia Tech April 16 Memorial- share condolences, thought, prayers
• Virginia Tech Tragedy- suggestions and instructions for sending care packages