Technology and School Counseling

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TechnologyandSchool Counseling

• Using Technology to
• Prevent and Address
• School Violence
• By Maryann Ward

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Counselors Need to be Proactive

• Technology can help Counselors
• Gather
• Distribute
• and Analyze
• Information

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The names of Harris Klebold

• Have become
• synonymous
• with
• School Violence
• We remember the
• horrific images
• of that day

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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

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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

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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

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Bullying at Columbine was rampant

• Parents testified that
• administrators and teachers
• turned their backs on
• alienation and bullying by Jocks

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One year before the shootingsSheriffs county
investigatorsdrafted a search warrant for the
home of Harrisbased on reports of a violent web
site and possession of guns and bomb making
materialsbut the search was never conducted

• Months before the shootings,
• The Jefferson County Sheriffs Dept.
• alerted the school district
• that Eric Harris was being investigated
• for making pipe bombs
• but told educators to take no action

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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

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• 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

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• Although, this information can be helpful in
  identifying danger signs, it still needs to be
  taken with a bit of caution

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• 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 staff identify
  troubled students, before the problems escalate
  into a tragic situation

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• 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/gui
  de.pdf