Social work professor Tracey Marchese has practical advice on how speaking to children about school shootings and violence.
“Telling the child what the adults think they need to know can actually cause the child more anxiety.”
Marchese, professor practice in the School of Social Work in Syracuse University’s Falk College, studies trauma, PTSD, mental health, and mind-body wellness.
She answers three questions below with advice on best ways to discuss traumatic events:
Source: Syracuse University
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