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Talking to kids about deadly events
As the events in San Bernardino unfolded on Wednesday, the school district placed all school sites on lockdown.
Local residents gather at East Orange Show Road and South Waterman Avenue near the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino after a mass shooting on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015.
Local residents gather at East Orange Show Road and South Waterman Avenue near the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino after a mass shooting on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015.
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As the events in San Bernardino unfolded on Wednesday, the school district placed all school sites on lockdown. 

As the events in San Bernardino unfolded on Wednesday, the school district placed all school sites on lockdown. 

No doubt this was a frightening event for the students at those schools. So how do you keep students calm in that situation? 

We talk to Amanda Nickerson, a professor of school psychology at the University of Buffalo, State University of New York.