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Technology and School Counseling

Technology and School Counseling. Using Technology to Prevent and Address School Violence By Maryann Ward. Counselors Need to be Proactive. Technology can help Counselors Gather Distribute and Analyze Information. The names of Harris & Klebold. Have become synonymous with

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Technology and School Counseling

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  1. TechnologyandSchool Counseling • Using Technology to • Prevent and Address • School Violence • By Maryann Ward

  2. Counselors Need to be Proactive • Technology can help Counselors • Gather • Distribute • and Analyze Information

  3. The names of Harris & Klebold Have become synonymous with School Violence We remember the horrific images of that day

  4. Early Warning Signs Were Ignored Testimony by Parents and Students Revealed School Administration School staff And The Sheriffs department ignored Many warning signs which could have prevented the tragedy at Columbine

  5. Danger Signs Ignored The intentions of the assailants were • Published on a Web Site • Written and talked about in School Presentations • Enacted on Video Tapes

  6. A graphically violent English-class essay by Klebold portrayed a protagonist in a black trench coat executing “college preps” The Trench Coat Mafia was menacing students with repeated warnings of their intentions Harris and Klebold boasted plans for mayhem to friends and acquaintances

  7. Bullying at Columbine was rampant Parents testified that administrators and teachers turned their backs on alienation and bullying by Jocks

  8. One year before the shootingsSheriff’s county investigatorsdrafted asearch warrantfor the home ofHarrisbased on reports ofa violent web site and possession of guns and bomb making materialsbut the search was never conducted Months before the shootings, The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Dept. alerted the school district that Eric Harris was being investigated for making pipe bombs but told educators to take no action

  9. Some Early Warning Signs Counselors and School Staff Should Know • Social withdrawal • Excessive feelings of rejection • Excessive feelings of isolation and being alone • Feelings of being picked on and persecuted • Expression of violence in writing • Uncontrolled anger

  10. History of drug and alcohol use • History of discipline problems • Past history of violent aggressive behavior • Intolerance of differences and prejudicial attitudes • Affiliation with gangs • Inappropriate access to, possession of, and use of firearms

  11. Although, this information can be helpful in identifyingdanger signs, it still needs to be taken with a bit of caution

  12. Early Warning signs can be used to shape intervention Practices Understanding the early warning signs that could preclude violent behavior can help counselors and other school staffidentify troubled students, before the problems escalate into a tragic situation

  13. For more information on this you can go to my web site www.angelfire.com/folk/teachwardby5 then click on my coun. 511 page or click on the Early Warning Signs Guide web site for their guide http://cecp.air.org/guide/guide.pdf

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