Children Are Grieving. Here's How One Texas School District Is Trying to Help
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🗓️ 5 December 2022
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And many of them brought grief and trauma with them, too.
But some educators just don't feel equipped to support kids who are grieving.
NPR's Rhitu Chatterjee speaks with a handful of school mental health professionals who recently attended a special training on grief and trauma.
Also in this episode, NPR's Eric Deggans speaks with a psychologist on collective trauma in the wake of mass shootings.
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| 0:00.0 | These past few years have brought about a lot of grief. |
| 0:04.3 | This week, COVID-19 surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United |
| 0:09.2 | States. |
| 0:10.2 | We're going to begin this hour with news we hope that we would never have to report |
| 0:13.0 | to you. |
| 0:14.0 | The death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic has now reached 1 million Americans. |
| 0:18.9 | And of course, it wasn't just about the pandemic. |
| 0:22.4 | Good afternoon, and we're coming on the air because of an awful scene playing out today |
| 0:25.8 | in Texas, an active shooter for a time at an elementary school in Uvaldee Tech. |
| 0:30.6 | Breaking news from Colorado and deadly mass shooting overnight at a nightclub. |
| 0:34.6 | More gun violence struck America over the weekend. |
| 0:37.6 | This time in New Orleans and near downtown Atlanta. |
| 0:40.4 | And kids, they're really feeling this. |
| 0:43.2 | Schools across the country are seeing more and more students struggle with trauma and |
| 0:48.0 | grief. |
| 0:49.0 | I was seeing multiple students every single day who were at least acutely suicide. |
| 0:54.6 | And I've also noticed like crime, whether it's students being involved in drugs, selling |
| 1:03.2 | and using. |
| 1:04.2 | I had a scholar who lost a grandparent and then they lost a brother to homicide. |
| 1:08.9 | And then they lost a friend to a car accident. |
| 1:11.3 | So many people have been lost to the pandemic and you can still feel that loss from people. |
| 1:16.3 | They just are surviving. |
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