School Violence Prevention  Learn how school counselors and
professional educators are dealing with violence in schools...
An integral part of preventing school violence involves knowing
students individually, building relationships with them, and
noticing subtle, gradual, or dramatic behavioral changes,
according to a school safety expert. And school counselors,
whose roles and responsibilities focus on understanding the
students, their interests, worries, and behavioral concerns, are
essential contributors to an effective violence prevention plan.
school violence prevention  Kenneth Trump, president of National
School Safety and Security Services, said that the way school
counselors get to know students differs from how teachers,
principals or other school administrators know students. They
specialize in kids' social and emotional needs, identifying the
"red flags" that signal a particular child is heading into
circumstances that could possibly escalate into violence.  He
stressed that it's not simply a "