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Roselle Park students, advisors describe peer-run Crisis Center’s role in handling school emergencies
Summary
Student members and co-advisors presented the Scribe/Crisis Center to the Roselle Park Board of Education, describing selection, training and referrals; presenters said the program handled 53 crisis situations this year and has at least one documented life saved.
Good evening, Superintendent Goyce, Roselle Park Board of Education members and community: that was how Tiffany Bain introduced the Scribe/Crisis Center to the board at its public meeting, stressing the student-led origins and long service of the program.
The presentation explained that the Crisis Center began as a student initiative and opened in 1988. Co-advisor Tiffany Bain and Andrea Cazadoy, the high school social worker and co-advisor, told the board the center selects 14–16 rising juniors and seniors each year who complete a one-week summer training and a three-day fall retreat in active listening, mediation and risk-recognition. "The crisis center opened…
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