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School Counselors' Experiences With Lockdown Drills: A Phenomenological Investigation
Author(s) -
GoodmanScott Emily,
Eckhoff Angela
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/jcad.12345
Subject(s) - psychology , duty , medical education , interpretative phenomenological analysis , pedagogy , medicine , qualitative research , sociology , political science , social science , law
Lockdown drills are used in pre‐K–12 public schools throughout the country; however, little research exists regarding their impact on students and school staff (Ilk, 2018). Because of school counselors' role in both prevention of and response to school gun violence (American Counseling Association, 2018), we used a phenomenological approach to investigate their experiences with lockdown drills ( N = 26). Results included the following three themes: (a) school counselors' sense of duty to follow school protocol, (b) unintended emotional consequences related to lockdown drills, and (c) school counselors navigating complexities. Implications for school counselors and corresponding school procedures are discussed.