I like this post, not because there was another school shooting (I definitely am upset about that) but I like what you said about our students who can't or don't understand how to hide, run, or fight. I think about a time when I was observing a field student in an elementary MH unit and there was a fire drill. I was enlisted to help the teacher and aides get the children outside safely and then back into the classroom safely. It was most definitely an "all adult hands on deck" situation. They were terrified, crying, and trying to escape the noise and chaos in a panic. I can't even imagine what it would be like to have that group of children during a school shooting. It just makes me sick to my stomach to think about it.
Jane, thanks for the comment, and especially for the first-person report about such situations. It's important to help people (the general pubic) understand what happens when kids with disabilities are involved actual events, even just drills.
I like this post, not because there was another school shooting (I definitely am upset about that) but I like what you said about our students who can't or don't understand how to hide, run, or fight. I think about a time when I was observing a field student in an elementary MH unit and there was a fire drill. I was enlisted to help the teacher and aides get the children outside safely and then back into the classroom safely. It was most definitely an "all adult hands on deck" situation. They were terrified, crying, and trying to escape the noise and chaos in a panic. I can't even imagine what it would be like to have that group of children during a school shooting. It just makes me sick to my stomach to think about it.
Jane, thanks for the comment, and especially for the first-person report about such situations. It's important to help people (the general pubic) understand what happens when kids with disabilities are involved actual events, even just drills.