Posted on Dec 8, 2021
Some lockdown drills can harm students' mental health. Here's what one expert advises
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Community members and national onlookers are still reeling from last week's deadly shooting at a high school in Oxford, Mich., for which one student and his parents are facing charges.
The tragedy is highlighting an ongoing debate about school shooter drills and the best way to prepare students for the worst, while considering their mental well-being.
Community members and national onlookers are still reeling from last week's deadly shooting at a high school in Oxford, Mich., for which one student and his parents are facing charges.
The tragedy is highlighting an ongoing debate about school shooter drills and the best way to prepare students for the worst, while considering their mental well-being.
Some lockdown drills can harm students' mental health. Here's what one expert advises
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Better prepared and not need it than not prepared... Imo...
..."Preparations should involve more than just drills
More broadly, Schonfeld says school shootings are a complicated problem with more than one solution.
"We can't be putting all of our resources in just preparing kids for active shooters," he says. "What we need to do is put a lot of resources, perhaps much more resources, into preventing them in the first place."
That would entail more support for behavioral health in schools, and investment in social-emotional development in children more generally. Schonfeld says that could look like training students to be able to better identify distress among their peers and get them help.
"We have to invest our resources in prevention as well as in what to do when prevention isn't successful," he adds."...
..."Preparations should involve more than just drills
More broadly, Schonfeld says school shootings are a complicated problem with more than one solution.
"We can't be putting all of our resources in just preparing kids for active shooters," he says. "What we need to do is put a lot of resources, perhaps much more resources, into preventing them in the first place."
That would entail more support for behavioral health in schools, and investment in social-emotional development in children more generally. Schonfeld says that could look like training students to be able to better identify distress among their peers and get them help.
"We have to invest our resources in prevention as well as in what to do when prevention isn't successful," he adds."...
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I remember those days and being a highly intelligent individual I understood it was a waste of time.
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SGM Bill Frazer I remember them too... I wasn't highly intelligent so I took them seriously...Lol. SGT (Join to see) :-)
What's happening today isn't a maybe... it's real as hell & killing a lot of children & adults. Thanks for your opinions.
What's happening today isn't a maybe... it's real as hell & killing a lot of children & adults. Thanks for your opinions.
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The nuclear shelter drills didn’t hurt us any. It’s all about attitude, positive mental attitude. Not teaching our young to have a positive mental attitude is what is costing our Country big time.
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