Shine by Sawyer Garrity & Andrea Peña ft. Stoneman Douglas Drama. We Asked Individuals What Makes Them Unbreakable - I'm in this video! Taking Aim at Violence in Schools. Note: This lesson was originally published on an older version of The Learning Network; the link to the related Times article will take you to a page on the old site.
Overview of Lesson Plan: In the wake of the April 20, 1999, school shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado, students are encouraged to share, through discussion and writing, their feelings about violence in schools, as well as about ways in which such tragedies could be prevented. Author(s): Alison Zimbalist, The New York Times Learning Network Suggested Time Allowance: 45 minutes. Walkouts, Marches and the Desire to 'Do Something': What You Need to Know About Stoneman Douglas Activism. 15 Tips for Talking with Children About Violence. When children have questions about violence, many adults have questions about how to help children cope with the tragedy.
Some adults may wonder how much information children should be exposed to, or what to say to their children about their safety. Others may look for ideas on what to say when children ask why this tragedy happened or how they can help people who have been affected. Organizations around the country have pulled together their resources to provide some guidance and many of these organizations are publishing materials in multiple languages.
A Love Letter to Teachers After Yet Another School Shooting. School Violence Prevention: Tips for Parents & Educators. All schools work to prevent school violence and schools are very safe places.
Children, staff, and parents all have an important role in promoting school safety by following procedures and reporting concerns. It is also important to balance sufficient building security with a healthy, nurturing, school environment. The goal is to reassure students that although there is a possibility of violence occurring in a school, the probability of a school experiencing a high-profile violent act is extremely low. What to Say to Children Talk with children and validate their feelings.
Local Exposure to School Shootings and Youth Antidepressant Use. #Action: Using Hashtags to Teach Critical Literacy. United by Grief. Improvements in Adolescent Mental Health and Positive Affect Using Creative Arts Therapy After a School Shooting. Glimmer of Hope: How Tragedy Sparked a Movement by The March for Our Lives Founders. #NeverAgain: A New Generation Draws the Line. We Say #NeverAgain: Reporting by the Parkland Student Journalists. Parkland Speaks: Survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas Share Their Stories. The Outside of Trauma - How I Moved Ahead from Parkland.
I Was Almost A School Shooter. Gun Violence in Schools and in Urban Communities. My Son Was A Columbine Shooter. This Is My Story. Podcast – Parkland: One Year Later. February 14, 2018: A shooter walked onto the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High campus in Parkland, FL and murdered 17 students and staff, 17 others were injured.
Since then, laws have changed, investigations completed and foundations begun. From student activists marching on Washington to the parents of victims turning their grief into action, the tentacles from the Parkland shooting have stretched far and wide. It’s dominated discussions over seminal issues like gun control, school safety and mental health treatment. Podcast: 3 Years After Parkland. Mar 5, 2021 119: The Importance of Art-tism in the Fight for Gun Violence Prevention As gun violence has risen across the US, so too has art dedicated to ending gun violence.
In this space are art-activists, who combine the creative power of artistic expression (be it dance, music, theater, painting, etc.) with the strategic planning of activism that is necessary to spark, and then shepherd, social change. Today, hosts Kelly and JJ are joined by two art-activists that detail just how important that intersection of art and activism is: Farooq Al- Said and Jason Sole. Understanding the Parkland Shooting Survivor Suicides. Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images In the past two weeks, we have witnessed how the devastating after-effects of a school shooting can reverberate long after the immediate trauma.
In the past week, two survivors of the Parkland massacre of 2018 — a 19-year-old graduate named Sydney Aiello and an unnamed Parkland sophomore — both died in apparent suicides. And on March 25, Jeremy Richman, whose daughter Avielle was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012, was also found dead in an apparent suicide. This is not the first time we’ve seen the toll that experiencing the trauma of a school shooting can take; after the Columbine massacre of 1999 one student and the mother of a student who was severely wounded took their own lives. And as the Daily Beast reported, six students attempted suicide after a 2012 shooting in Ohio that left three schoolmates dead. Meet The Therapy Dogs Back By Popular Demand At Stoneman Douglas. When William Olson had a dog next to him in class, he got through the school day.
When he didn't, he often went home early. "Just knowing it's there, that I can pet it — it helps me remember that I'm at school and I'm safe," he said one July afternoon, as we sat with his mom in the living room of their Parkland home. The 15-year-old is now a sophomore at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Mental Health Impact Of Mass Shootings.