What kinds of reactions are common in a preschooler after a school shooting?

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  • Hayley Sherwood
    Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Reston Psychological Center, P.C.
    www.restonpsych.com  
    (703) 437-3236

    Dr. Sherwood is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice at Reston Psychological Center, P.C., in Reston, Virginia.  She specializes in parenting, family, and women's issues.  She has extensive experience with clients with a variety of emotional and behavioral difficulties in clinical, community, and school settings.  Dr. Sherwood received her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Temple University in 2000.  She is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Virginia Psychological Association, the Northern Virginia Society of Clinical Psychologists, and the National Register for Health Service Providers in Psychology.

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    <p>Host: What kinds are reaction are common in a preschooler after a school shooting?</p><p>Dr. Hayley Sherwood: A preschooler may react in a number of ways to a school shooting including facial expressions of fear, clinging to a parent or a caregiver, crying or screaming, whimpering or trembling, moving aimlessly, becoming immobile or regressing to behaviors typical of very young children such as bed wetting, thumb sucking or being afraid of the dark.</p><p>1</p>

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