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Direct linkParks, Timothy W.; Nickerson, Amanda B.; Fredrick, Stephanie S.; Sodano, Sandro M. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
The National Association of School Psychologists developed the "PREPaRE School Crisis Prevention and Intervention Training Curriculum" to help schools plan for and prevent school crises and to help mitigate the effects after a crisis occurs. In this study, 279 participants who attended the PREPaRE training between 1 and 24 months before…
Descriptors: Crisis Management, Training, Emergency Programs, Attitudes
Schildkraut, Jaclyn; Nickerson, Amanda B.; Klingaman, Kirsten R. – Educational Policy, 2022
Lockdown drills are routinely conducted in schools across the U.S., yet little is known about the impact of such practices on participants--particularly for the faculty, staff, and administrators charged with student safety. The present study considers the effects of lockdown drills and associated emergency response training on perceived safety…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Teachers, School Personnel, Administrators
Schildkraut, Jaclyn; Greene-Colozzi, Emily; Nickerson, Amanda B.; Florczykowski, Allyson – Journal of School Violence, 2023
Mass shootings in schools raise important questions about how best to keep individuals safe and increase survivability in such situations. One of the most common techniques used is lockdown drills, which train individuals to build time and space between them and the threat. Despite their use in 95% of public K-12 schools nationwide, their efficacy…
Descriptors: School Violence, School Safety, Drills (Practice), Emergency Programs
Schildkraut, Jaclyn; Nickerson, Amanda B.; Ristoff, Thomas – Journal of School Violence, 2020
Despite their proliferation in schools across the U.S., the impact of lockdown drills on students remains largely understudied. Despite their goal of preparing students -- along with teachers and school staff -- for situations like the 2018 shooting in Parkland, FL, questions have been raised in both the public and academic discourses about…
Descriptors: Violence, School Safety, Emergency Programs, Fear
Zhe, Elizabeth J.; Nickerson, Amanda B. – School Psychology Review, 2007
In response to calls to evaluate the effectiveness of school crisis drills, this study examined the effects of children's crisis drill participation on their knowledge, skills, state anxiety, and perceptions of school safety. Using a between-subjects, post-test only design, 74 students in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades participated in an…
Descriptors: Intervention, School Safety, Drills (Practice), Anxiety
Download full textNickerson, Amanda B.; Brock, Stephen E.; Reeves, Melissa A. – California School Psychologist, 2006
Despite the increasing attention given to the need for schools to be prepared to respond in a variety of crisis situations, there is a lack of information about how to coordinate with multiple agencies following a crisis. This article describes the U. S. Department of Homeland Security's (2004) National Incident Management System and its Incident…
Descriptors: School Administration, Crisis Management, Management Systems, National Security
