One of his tweets dropped into my timeline on Twitter:
I responded
He just ignored the fact that his premise — that training kids to live through a violent event in their school is not preventing harm — is bullshit. Someone else (whom I’ve followed for a couple years and jumped in to (repeatedly) tell me this guy is an EXPERT and that I should just shut up and agree with him.
How the hell can this guy
Tyler Black, MD FRCPC Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist / Researcher / Suicidologist / Speaker / Advocate BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
As the Medical Director of one of North America's only dedicated pediatric psychiatric emergency inpatient units, I have developed significant expertise in risk assessment, emergency pediatric psychiatric care, clinical pharmacology, and psychiatric diagnosis. I care deeply about the psychiatric profession, and the treatment and care of youth and families who need mental health care.
pretend that school shooting survival training for kids in schools should be held responsible for PREVENTING school shootings and use THAT as a basis to claim that the training is too harmful to kids?
Thoughts?