Experts to Texas Senators: Mental Health Key to Stop School Shootings
A Texas school safety panel met Monday to discuss topics like arming teachers and installing metal detectors but the conversation often turned to mental health.
A Texas school safety panel met Monday to discuss topics like arming teachers and installing metal detectors but the conversation often turned to mental health.
Recognizing the warning signs of suicide and intervening appropriately can help save student lives.
These five considerations can go a long way toward making schools safer.
The grant money will be used to provide additional staffing support and mental health services after a gunman opened fire at the school, injuring one student and killing another.
The Texas high school was placed on lockdown and a tenth-grader was found dead in an empty classroom from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The 75-year-old woman had been missing for 10 days from a nearby behavioral health center when her body was discovered in the stairwell.
Governor Abbott’s plan brings a series of state policy changes and school safety recommendations in a wide range of areas.
Police say the suspect, who allegedly suffers from delusions and is suicidal, intentionally drove his vehicle into the three women and attempted to run down other pedestrians.
Tuesday’s school safety roundtable was attended by two dozen school administrators, politicians and law enforcement officials, among others.
Keeping an eye out for these types of actions and stopping a student before a situation escalates will enable school staff to maintain a safe environment.