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More Than 20 Active Shooting Hoaxes Have Locked Down Colleges Over the Past Two Weeks

Jennifer Mascia | The Trace

September 5, 2025

New Report on School Active Shooter Drills Weighs Psychological Effects

Lauren Schneider | JAMA

August 29, 2025

Talking to kids about school shootings. Be truthful and follow their lead

Katia Riddle & Allison Aubrey | NPR

August 14, 2025

School Active Shooter Drills: Mitigating Risks to Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health

Group of Authors | National Academies Sciences Engineering Medicine

August 12, 2025

After CDC shooting, leadership vacuums and delays frustrate staff

Dr. Céline Gounder | CBS News

April 4, 2025

Both her home and school burned down during the LA fires. She’s just one of the 700,000 uprooted kids

Claire Wang | The Guardian

March 28, 2025

How to talk to children about Jackie and Shadow’s chick dying and other losses in life

Makenna Sievertson | LAist

February 26, 2025

‘Bereavement Deserts’: Amid a rise in parental deaths, grief in children is often overlooked

Michele Cohen Marill | Youth Today

February 20, 2025

Episode 32 – Natural Disasters: How to Prepare & Talk With Children About Them

Edith Brancho-Sanchez & David J. Schonfeld | HealthyChildren.org

January 23, 2025

‘Bereavement deserts’: Amid a rise in parental deaths, grief in children often overlooked

Michele Cohen Marill | Public Source

January 16, 2025

LA wildfires: How educators can cope when disaster strike

Duncan Crawford and David J. Schonfeld | OECD Education

December 16, 2024

How to Talk With Kids About Tragedies & Other Traumatic News Events

David J. Schonfeld | Healthychildren.org

September 30, 2024

Providing Effective Support to All Children in the Aftermath of Disasters: A Persistent Gap in Research, Policy, and Practice

David J. Schonfeld | National Academy of Medicine

September 26, 2024

Hurricanes & Floods: Taking Care of Your Children and Yourself

David J. Schonfeld | Healthychildren.org

September 24, 2024

Georgia Today: Tropical Storm Helene headed for GA; Apalachee students reacclimate; Dockworker strike

Peter Biello and Jake Cook | Georgia Public Broadcasting

September 17, 2024

Beyond Thoughts and Prayers: Counselors Step Up to Help a Georgia Community After Deadly School Shooting

Michele Cohen Marill | MindSite News

September 5, 2024

How to help children, families, communities cope with a school shooting

Tim Darnell | Atlanta News First

September 5, 2024

‘Sick of holding my breath’: Parents nationwide wrestle with fear of school shootings

Zachary Schermele, Kayla Jimenez, & N'dea Yancey-Bragg | USA Today

August 14, 2024

Supporting the Grieving Child, Housing Insecurity’s Effects on Adolescents – Episode 213

David Hill & Joanna Parga-Belinkie | American Academy of Pediatrics

July 24, 2024

The National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Save the Children Partner to Support Grieving Children

Children's Hospital Los Angeles | Newswise

July 22, 2024

Pediatrician offers tips on how to help a child cope with grief and loss

David J. Schonfeld | Medical Xpress

June 19, 2024

Q&A: How to support grieving children

Rose Weldon and David J. Schonfeld | Healio

June 17, 2024

AAP report: Childhood grief more complicated due to pandemic, marginalization

David J. Schonfeld | AAP News

June 17, 2024

How Children Understand Death: What to Say When a Loved One Dies

David J. Schonfeld | HealthyChildren.org

June 17, 2024

Grief & Loss in Childhood: How to Help Your Child Cope

David J. Schonfeld | HealthyChildren.org

June 7, 2024

Tips for talking to kids and teens about violence at school

Taylor Blatchford and Jayati Ramakrishnan | The Seattle Times

February 23, 2024

In one school district, kids exposed to violence at school felt safer after participating in a lockdown drill and training

Deidre McPhillips | WSIL

February 12, 2024

New Jersey is now requiring grief instruction for teens in public schools. Here’s why that matters.

Rebecca Corey | Yahoo! Life

January 30, 2024

LNL: The impact of gun violence on mental health

Gray |

January 16, 2024

Three Things Schools Should Know About Student Grief

Evie Blad | Education Week

January 12, 2024

Teaching About Grief and Loss: One State’s New Requirement for Schools

Evie Blad | Education Week

November 1, 2023

The Club No School Principal Wants to Join

Gloria Liu | Men'sHealth

October 20, 2023

How to talk to kids about the Israel-Hamas war

Yasmeen Sami Alamiri and Casey Kuhn | PBS News

September 20, 2023

Teen survivor of Tubbs Fire sounds alarm on mental health effects of climate change

Kelly Livingston, Stephanie Ebbs, Lindsey Griswold, and Allie Weintraub | ABC News

August 24, 2023

Milford High School to host Mental Health Awareness game for student who died by suicide

Rachel Hirschheimer | WLWT 5

July 31, 2023

Do some school active shooting drills do more harm than good?

Justin Boggs | Scripps News

July 28, 2023

Feeling safe or creating trauma? How lockdown drills are impacting our schools

Tess Terrible and Catherine Shen | Connecticut Public

June 16, 2023

Doctor gives advice for talking about tragedy after three kids shot, killed in Clermont County

Matthew Dietz | WLWT5

May 17, 2023

Shootings, lockdowns, anxiety: Here’s what kids say about mental health, helping each other

Michele Cohen Marill | USA Today

April 27, 2023

New York Bill Seeks to Make Lockdown Drills Less Traumatic for Students

Jennifer Mascia | The Trace

April 10, 2023

Moving From Grief to Wellness in Schools

Vicki Zakrzewski | Greater Good Magazine

April 8, 2023

Covid has left thousands of US children orphans. Few states are addressing the crisis

Timothy Pratt | The Guardian

March 27, 2023

SUPPORT: Resources for grieving children, families amid Covenant School mass shooting

Kat Gerasimenko | FOX 17 News

February 14, 2023

5 best practices for embedding bereavement and grief support in schools

lena Ferrarin | K-12 Dive

January 26, 2023

The Pandemic Robbed Thousands of NYC Children of Parents. Many Aren’t Getting the Help They Need.

Liz Donovan and Fazil Khan | The City

January 18, 2023

National experts recommend improvements to public health emergency response affecting children

Melissa Jenco | AAP

December 29, 2022

Advocates urges educators to heed bereft children’s cry for help by changing school culture

Shirley L. Smith | Amsterdam News

December 2, 2022

Grief in Children: How to Help Kids Cope With Loss

Michele Lent Hirsch | Everyday Health

October 21, 2022

Texas Revamps ‘Active-Shooter’ Drills at K-12 Schools to Minimize Trauma

Renuka Rayasam and Colleen DeGuzman | Kaiser Health News

October 21, 2022

How Lockdown Drills Can Retraumatize Kids Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence

Jennifer Mascia | The Trace

October 4, 2022

Afterschool programs mobilize in wake of mass shootings

Brian Rinker | Youth Today

September 15, 2022

The Moodsters Children’s Foundation Leads a Trauma and Bereavement Team to Italy to Help Displaced Ukrainian Refugees as the Children Prepare for School Far From Home

The Moodsters | Yahoo!

September 12, 2022

Uvalde Students Have Some New Pals Going Back to School With Them: Dogs

Nisha Gopalan | The Wildest

August 24, 2022

Active Shooter Drills May Be Harming Children, but Doctors Offer Help

Heidi Splete | Medscape

August 1, 2022

Helping kids deal with back-to-school anxiety

Anthony Wright | 23ABC

June 21, 2022

US Senate announces planned gun reforms after latest school shooting The Lancet

The Lancet

May 29, 2022

How to talk to children after traumatic events

Pamela Brown | CNN Newsroom

May 27, 2022

He travels to schools after mass shootings. Hear his advice to parents.

CNN Digital

May 27, 2022

How do lockdowns affect kids?

Madeline Holcombe | CNN Health

May 27, 2022

Grief counselors from Columbine, Parkland, and Sandy Hook describe what happens after a school shooting

Katie Kindela | Good Morning America (digital)

May 26, 2022

What to say to kids about school shootings to ease their stress

Allison Aubrey | NPR

May 25, 2022

The Mental Health Toll Of Active Shooter Drills In Schools

Caroline Bologna | Huffington Post

May 25, 2022

[AUDIO] Talking to kids after a school shooting

Things Considered | NPR

May 25, 2022

An age-by-age guide to talking to children about mass shooting

Catherine Pearson | New York Times

May 25, 2022

For survivors, school shootings a lasting and mean companion

Kathleen Doheny | WebMD

May 24, 2022

How to talk to children about school shootings

KCBS News KCAL9

May 17, 2022

What Congress can do for COVID orphans

Erin Durkin | National Journal

May 3, 2022

National school crisis expert visits Tanglewood Middle School

Anisa Snipes | FOX Carolina

May 3, 2022

Greenville Co. Schools brings renowned crisis expert to Tanglewood Middle School to help parents move children forward

Carlos Cristian Flores | WYFF

April 24, 2022

The Children Left Behind By 1 Million U.S. COVID Deaths

Asher Lehrer-Small | T74

April 20, 2022

1 in Every 200 NYC Children Have Lost a Parent or Caregiver to COVID. That’s Almost Twice the National Rate.

Fazil Khan | The City

March 18, 2022

Ukraine news isn’t easy for children, but it shouldn’t be ignored

Susan Christian Goulding | Orange County Register

March 15, 2022

How to Talk With Your Child About the War in Ukraine

Dr. Sophia Gauthier | ABC News

March 10, 2022

How to Talk With Your Child About the War in Ukraine

David Schonfeld, MD, FAAP | healthychildren.org

January 10, 2022

Kids Who Lost Parents to COVID Deserve Help, Advocates Say

Aallyah Wright | Stateline