Responding to Crisis
Tips for responding to student questions and comments about tragedies in the news. These tips also apply to questions that parents may be fielding from their children.
- Talking to your child about shootings
- Tips and Resources for Teachers and parents
- CA Dept of Edu: Coping with Tragedy
- Safe Schools Information from CDE
- Emergency Response and Crisis Management (ERCM) Technical Assistance Center
- Talking with Kids about Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers
- Teaching in Times of Crisis
- Save the children: How to help children cope
- Listen, Protect and Connect: Psychological First Aid for Teachers and Schools
Technology Resources
Helpdesk Line (staff only -- for emergency problems that can be resolved by remote access): Call 375-7999 or VoIP extention 1400
Helpdesk website: http:\\helpdesk.wusd.k12.ca.us
Teachers should refer students with login problems to Karen Michener in the library or Estella Delatorre in the Career Center. They can write the Helpdesk ticket or call the Helpdesk Line on behalf of students.
WUSD Technology Help Documents
Campus wireless network access (not the wired computer network): Username - "guest"; Password - "guestwifi". The campus wireless network login is available for individuals to use with their laptop, tablet, or smartphone web browser. In your device settings, select Guest Wifi as the wireless network. Scroll down the introductory disclaimer screen to enter in the login information. You cannot access files on the campus network; the wireless network is for Internet access only.
Mandated Reporter Numbers
Yolo County Child Welfare Services
(530) 669-2345 or 1-888-400-0022
West Sacramento Police Department
(916) 617-4900
Mandated Reporters Information from the California Department of Social Services, Office of Child Abuse Prevention
Referral and Human Services Information
Call 2-1-1
The new 2-1-1 Yolo number uses existing Sacramento County operators. Callers can access Yolo County's Health and Human Services database of helpful information at any time…and in any language. The 2-1-1 call center will look up the information for Yolo County, be able to refer them to that service and say that information out loud. The AT&T language line operator will translate that information and stay on the line. Since its inception in January, calls have included questions about immunizations, emergency shelter, job skills, and tax help.
