Behavioral skills training produced near-complete skill mastery of lockdown steps among young students, per studies the brief summarizes¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Dickson and Vargo (2017) found several sessions of behavior skills training led kindergarten students to master six of seven steps in the lockdown process. → Schildkraut 2020 q2 i? Schildkraut and Nickerson (2020) found skill mastery for three of four lockdown steps after training and practice, with near-mastery for staying silent and out of sight. → Schildkraut 2020 (2)

Evidence¶

Schildkraut 2020¶

Schildkraut, J., Grogan, K., & Nabors, A. (2020). Should schools be conducting lockdown drills? WestEd. https://www.wested.org/resources/schools-lockdown-drills/

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The brief reports, citing Dickson and Vargo (2017), that behavior skills training including "instruction, modeling of skills, and practice" produced mastery of six out of seven lockdown steps among kindergarten students.

"Dickson and Vargo (2017) found that several sessions of behavior skills training (which included instruction, modeling of skills, and practice of those skills) in a lockdown drill resulted in kindergarten students' mastery of six out of seven steps in the lockdown process."

Schildkraut 2020 (2)¶

Schildkraut, J., Grogan, K., & Nabors, A. (2020). Should schools be conducting lockdown drills? WestEd. https://www.wested.org/resources/schools-lockdown-drills/

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The brief reports, citing Schildkraut and Nickerson (2020), that after training and follow-up practice "skill mastery was achieved for three out of four steps" (locking doors, turning off lights, not responding to door knocks), with near-mastery for remaining silent and out of sight.

"following the training, skill mastery was achieved for three out of four steps in the lockdown practice: locking doors, turning off lights, and not responding to door knocks; consistent with other studies, near-mastery was achieved for remaining silent and out of sight"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Planned contingency-of-reinforcement designs can raise academic achievement above normal classroom levels across a wide range of children — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
• 95 percent of U.S. schools conduct lockdown drills annually as part of emergency response plans — related
• Lockdown training and drill participation improved students' knowledge and perceptions of preparedness without increasing anxiety, per the studies the brief reviews — related
• Crisis-response training such as lockdown and Run-Hide-Fight can save lives but does not prevent school shootings — related