Laurie Roberts: Schools needs counselors, not cops
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Sunday, April 4, 2021 11:03 AM
Laurie Roberts: Schools needs counselors, not cops
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I’m writing from a perspective I don’t see often enough in our shared deliberations about Colorado’s epidemic of gun violence.
I am a school psychologist. Every public school has a school psychologist, due to federal special education guidelines dating from the early 70s. Public schools are required by civil rights provisions to identify students who have various handicapping conditions, including emotional conditions.