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School psychologists and safety directors say mental health must be central to school safety plans
Summary
Panelists including a school psychologist, an IU safety director, and a superintendent said mental-health supports, behavioral threat-assessment teams, and parent advisory councils are foundational to preventing school violence and keeping students ready to learn.
A three-person panel on the Keystone Education Report argued that mental health and meaningful adult-student relationships are foundational to school safety and that security measures alone are insufficient.
"Safety and security are two related but different terms," said a panelist who described security as tangible controls (access control, cameras, presence of an SRO) and safety as the felt experience of being…
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