title: Training kindergarten students lockdown drill procedures using behavioral skills training.
abstract: During situations in which a gunman is present on a school campus, lockdowns are initiated until the threat is removed. However, there are no data demonstrating an effective teaching strategy to increase students' correct responding during a lockdown. We evaluated the effectiveness of behavioral skills training (BST) to teach three groups of kindergarten students how to respond during lockdown drills. Results showed that participant groups displayed increases in correct steps and decreases in noise levels after BST was implemented; these effects maintained following training.
authors.affiliation: Sam Houston State University.
authors.forename: Misty Jo
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Dickson
authors.affiliation: Sam Houston State University.
authors.forename: Kristina K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Vargo
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003415:Crime / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D040261:Harm Reduction; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012449:Safety; D013663:Teaching
keywords: behavioral skills training; kindergarten students; safety skills