PO479: Parental Perceptions of Child Safety at School Surrounding 2018 Shootings

  • PMD: 6,7
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Introduction
  • Poster Session 3: Promoting Safe and Positive Schools

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. learn about the effect three specific school shootings had on parents around the country;
  2. learn how these school shootings affected different groups of students and parents in complex ways (e.g., different demographics); and
  3. understand how parents felt about their child’s safety before three major school shootings and how they felt after.

Description

How did parents’ feelings about children’s safety in school change after three school shootings in 2018? Not only did feelings decrease, but parents who lived closer felt the least safe.

Presenter(s)

Kaitlyn S. Kugler, MA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jenna L. Stadheim, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Contributor(s)

Elizabeth S. Brower, Chloe J. Reeble, MA, Matthew J. Gormley

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