Carson City sheriff endorses Connecticut school shooting position statement
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 1:16pm
Nine school violence prevention researchers and practitioners nationwide have developed a position statement released nationwide Wednesday regarding the Dec. 14 Connecticut school shootings.
The statement has been endorsed by more than 100 organizations representing more than 4 million professionals, including Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong. It is in response to the tragic acts of violence at Sandy Hook Elementary School and updates the School Shootings Position Statement released nationally following the school-related shootings of 2006.
Wednesday's position statement has the endorsements of the American Federation of Teachers, multiple divisions of the American Psychological Association, Child Welfare League of America, Council for Exceptional Children, National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP), National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), National Education Association, National Association of School Psychologists, National Association of Social Workers, and Mental Health America. Additionally, more than 100 nationally recognized researchers and practitioners have endorsed this statement, including deans of several major university colleges of education and social work.
Additional organizations will be posting the document or providing links to it on their websites. The position statement is also being disseminated via professional listservs and is being published in several professional
newsletters.
Nine researchers and practitioners from multiple fields of study who have worked in the area of school safety since the 1980s have prepared this position statement. The driving force behind the statement was to
communicate scientifically informed principles and recommendations for practitioners, policymakers and the
public at large. The co-authors’ goal is to help build consensus on a course of meaningful action.
The position statement and a complete list of organizations endorsing it is posted below and by going here.
http://curry.virginia.edu/articles/sandyhookshooting
