Abstract
This paper is dedicated to our colleague, Miss Choi Oi Lin. On July 10, 2003, the traffic incident at Tuen Mun Road took away several teachers’ lives. One of our teachers died and another one was injured. Although most of the teachers of our school were young, our school was able to handle the trauma of this incident within a relatively short period of time. This paper reported our handling process and summarized ten important points that may have reference values. They are: (1) react and handle the incident quickly; (2) whenever possible, get extra help; (3) let professional counselors lead the handling process; (4) counsel the teachers first, before they can counsel the students; (5) emphasize the professionalism of teaching to encourage teachers; (6) arrange and prepare necessary hard wares and materials; (7) appoint designated person to deal with the media; (8) go back to normal operations as soon as possible; (9) review quickly during the process and prepare to change; and (10) adopt an accommodative attitude.
| Keywords: | Hong Kong Student Aid Society Primary School; Tuen Mun; traffic incident; trauma handling |
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