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University of new york at oswego and amanda knickerson, school psychology proffers for bullying at the university of buffalo. thank you for joining me this evening. this is such an important topic. i want to go to you first, jacqueline. you have a book that says when done right the lockdown drills lead to a number of positive outcomes. can you quickly explain for our audience the difference between a lockdown drill and an active shooter drill? >> absolutely. and thank you for having us. a lockdown drill is a drill that's practiced for any danger inside of a building. that can include an active...

>> they are, and i think that there's confusion about lockdown drills versus some of these other kinds of drills. as jacqueline said, lockdown drills are -- can be for a variety of different dangerous situations. and we teach people to lock the door, turn off the lights, get out of sight. and so it's not using sensorial techniques, not teaching people to fight back or having a lot of traumatizing kind of stimulation. so when done right we would argue that the benefits outweigh the risks. >> so what more do you believe, jacqueline, that schools need to do, for people to really understand the mo...

Safe and sound schools that talk about how we can do these drills. there are exercises that can prepare students without scaring them. that means we are not using any sensationalized techniques. we are making sure to practice those drills. the lockdown drill is to build muscle memory so should you ever find yourself in that emergency, if your thinking is compromised due to stress, your beside will take over the way it's trained to do. when we do a lockdown drill we're practicing a specific set of steps. waen we want to get the door locked because we know it's the number one saving device in an...

About 96 percent of U.S. schools require some sort of lockdown drill, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

About 96 percent of U.S. Schools require some sort of lockdown drill, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.