{"id":8005,"date":"2022-06-01T15:12:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T15:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=8005"},"modified":"2022-06-01T15:12:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T15:12:42","slug":"are-active-shooter-drills-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=8005","title":{"rendered":"Are active shooter drills worth it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“These experiences suggest the lockdown drills really did help students and staff respond effectively. Evidence so far suggests children and educators in Uvalde followed their lockdown training well, and it was local police who failed to follow protocol. For now, most experts say if we\u2019re stuck living in a society where school shootings are threats communities must deal with, then schools should plan for drills but be more conscious of how they\u2019re executed, and take steps to mitigate needless harm.”
…
“Scant high-quality research exists on the mental health risks of lockdown drills, though in 2021, Georgia Tech researchers, in partnership with Everytown for Gun Safety, published a study<\/a> analyzing social media posts before and after the drills in 114 schools across 33 states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The researchers found the drills associated with increases in depression, stress, anxiety, and physiological health problems for students, teachers, and parents, and suggested leaders rethink schools\u2019 reliance on them. \u201cWe provide the first empirical evidence that school shooter drills \u2014 in their current, unregulated state \u2014 negatively impact the psychological well-being of entire school communities,\u201d the authors wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other experts say the drills may even be counterproductive, given that most school shooters tend to be current or former students<\/a> of those schools. The drills might spark \u201csocially contagious\u201d<\/a> behavior, some critics warn, or deter school leaders from making other proactive safety investments.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“\u201cWhen we train students, we don\u2019t say this is your only option. If you\u2019re in an open area or by an exit door, your best option is to get out of the building,\u201d she said. \u201cThe reason why there\u2019s a heavier focus on the lockdown as an option [and the \u2018L\u2019 in Alice stands for lockdown] is because kids remember things in a very linear fashion, and the best thing a student can do is shut the door and get out of the way.\u201d”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Researchers say more high-quality studies are needed to understand the long-term impacts of lockdown drills and to develop more standardized approaches that could minimize risk.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.vox.com\/23144105\/lockdown-drills-active-shooter-uvalde-robb-texas<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“These experiences suggest the lockdown drills really did help students and staff respond effectively. Evidence so far suggests children and educators in Uvalde followed their lockdown training well, and it was local police who failed to follow protocol. For now, most experts say if we\u2019re stuck living in a society where school shootings are threats communities must deal with, then schools should plan for drills but be more conscious of how they\u2019re executed, and take steps to mitigate needless harm.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Scant high-quality research exists on the mental health risks of lockdown drills, though in 2021, Georgia Tech researchers, in partnership with Everytown for Gun Safety, published a study analyzing social media posts before and after the drills in 114 schools across 33 states.
\nThe researchers found the drills associated with increases in depression, stress, anxiety, and physiological health problems for students, teachers, and parents, and suggested leaders rethink schools\u2019 reliance on them. \u201cWe provide the first empirical evidence that school shooter drills \u2014 in their current, unregulated state \u2014 negatively impact the psychological well-being of entire school communities,\u201d the authors wrote.<\/p>\n

Other experts say the drills may even be counterproductive, given that most school shooters tend to be current or former students of those schools. The drills might spark \u201csocially contagious\u201d behavior, some critics warn, or deter school leaders from making other proactive safety investments.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“\u201cWhen we train students, we don\u2019t say this is your only option. If you\u2019re in an open area or by an exit door, your best option is to get out of the building,\u201d she said. \u201cThe reason why there\u2019s a heavier focus on the lockdown as an option [and the \u2018L\u2019 in Alice stands for lockdown] is because kids remember things in a very linear fashion, and the best thing a student can do is shut the door and get out of the way.\u201d”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Researchers say more high-quality studies are needed to understand the long-term impacts of lockdown drills and to develop more standardized approaches that could minimize risk.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[109,357,1290],"class_list":["post-8005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-guns","tag-school","tag-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8006,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8005\/revisions\/8006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}