School Connectedness
Ann Marie Cotman Interview – How Zero-tolerance Discipline Policies Undermine School Safety | SAFETY DOC PODCAST #110 [Podcast]
[Podcast] In 2013, A 7-year-old Maryland kid chewed his breakfast pastry into the shape of a gun at school and wound up with two days suspension. The pastry in question was not named, but it’s gotta be a Pop-Tart, right? This dubious outcome, and others like it, are often the result of what is known…
Read More[Podcast] SAFETY DOC PODCAST #103 | Who is in Charge of School Safety?
[Podcast] School safety is the default responsibility of individual schools. Surprisingly, there are no federal laws mandating school safety plans of school-based mental health services. Some, and not all, states require school safety plans. Individual school districts safety plans are inconsistent and with site-based management, most schools apply discretion to make safety policies fit the…
Read MoreThe Perilous Practice of Exempting Disabled Students from Safety Drills | Attorney James Sibley | SAFETY DOC PODCAST #95
[PODCAST] Attorney James Sibley is a potent advocate for special needs students and their families fighting for fair treatment. In this episode of the Safety Doc Podcast, Attorney Sibley and host David Perrodin discuss the sprawling practice of limiting or exempting students with disabilities from school safety instruction, drills and access to threat reporting systems.…
Read MoreConfirmation Bias in School Safety with Dr. David Perrodin | SAFETY DOC PODCAST #94
[PODCAST] I was attending a convention for school safety “experts” – I suppose. The presentations were a mix of pitches from field experts and product vendors. There wasn’t much new for me to learn and I found myself rather cynical and skeptical watching others present on school safety as everyone has a self-serving agenda. One…
Read MoreMy Interview with AWARENESS PODCAST regarding School Bullying Prevention & Response
10-27-2017: OCTOBER is BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH I was recently interviewed about school bullying prevention by the AWARENESS PODCAST. You will find the following link connects with a fresh perspective to addressing school bullying! https://www.awarenesspodcast.com/2017/10/26/bullying-awareness-dr-david-perrodin/
Read MoreThe Safety Doc Podcast #2, 11-18-2016: Human Memory Recall Is Alarming Low – and how that fact should change the ways we approach school safety.
Podcast Key Words: Forgetting Curve, Time-Stamping, Memory Distortion, Safe Schools, Tolerance & Acceptance How well do you ACTUALLY remember things? Research reveals that most of us forget HALF of what we’ve encoded within only one hour! This is startling in many regards and it calls into question the reliability of eye witness accounts. For safety,…
Read MoreCODE OF SILENCE: Assess Bystander Behavior in the School Setting
Schools embrace a range of student discipline measures including zero tolerance and restorative practices. In addition, schools are becoming increasingly efficient with threat reporting (input) systems, such as anonymous text numbers and online submission software. However, the piece often not studied is what student bystanders do when they are aware of a potential act of…
Read MoreSurbhi Madia Barber: Education Reform Can Help Prevent Future Newtowns
It is with much gratitude that I am sharing a link to an article that was recently published by a Madison, Wisconsin newspaper. Surbhi Madia Barber is a brilliant, articulate professional educator. I had the privilege to meet her when our paths crossed in doctoral courses at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She is someone who brings focus and…
Read MoreOne of Longest-Running Psychological Studies of All-Time Concludes Relationships with Other People Matter More than Anything Else
The following is an excerpt I’ve selected from Shawn Achor’s 2010 book titled, The Happiness Advantage. The Harvard Men Study followed 268 men from their entrance into college in the late 1930s all the way through the present day. From this wealth of data, scientists have been able to identify the life circumstances and personal…
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