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Active shooter drills are meant to protect kids — but are some doing more harm than good?

Dr. Abi Blakeslee is featured in this Los Angeles Times piece alongside leading researchers and school psychologists, offering a trauma-informed perspective on how schools can prepare students without dysregulating their nervous systems.

Her take? Frame drills around agency, not fear — and celebrate the ability to take action together.

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Discover what experts recommend before, during, and after drills, and why the body doesn't always know the difference between a drill and the real thing.

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Dr. Blakeslee Talks To The Los Angeles Times About Active Shooter Drills

"After the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School 10 years ago, the U.S. Department of Education recommended expanding the lockdown-only approach for schools, and allowed administrators to make more independent decisions about how to protect their students."

- Laura Newberry for the Los Angeles Times

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