A School Psychologist Shares How to Guide Students -- and Teachers -- Through Trauma

After the recent shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas, school communities across the country are processing what happened and many students and teachers are traumatized. Christina Chester, school psychologist who is the director of psychological services for Montgomery County Schools in Maryland, a member of NASP’s School Safety and Crisis Response Committee, and an author of and master trainer for NASP’s PREPARE School Crisis Response and Intervention training curriculum, talks about how to talk to students about shootings, and how to help teachers and staff process these events.