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Coordinated Strategy Needed to Ensure Active Shooter Drill Practices in Schools Protect Mental and Emotional Health of Students, Says New Report

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School active shooter drills are an increasingly common part of student life. A new National Academies report examines the mental, emotional, and behavioral impacts that active shooter drills can have on children and adolescents and recommends steps to better understand and protect the health and well-being of students and school staff.

Aug 13, 2025
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Federal Policy Impacts on Child Poverty (Meeting #1, Day 2)

  • March 21, 2024
  • 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT)
  • Closed
  • Past

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Federal Policy Impacts on Child Poverty held the second day of it’s first meeting on March 21, 2024. The committee is tasked...

Federal Policy Impacts on Child Poverty (Meeting #1, Day 1)

  • March 20, 2024
  • 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT)
  • Past

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Federal Policy Impacts on Child Poverty held its first meeting to assess federal policies impacting child poverty required of...

Discussion of Workforce Survey

  • March 12, 2024
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
  • Past

A representative from the American Institutes for Research will join the committee to discuss the results of a workforce survey.

K-12 Threat Assessment Efficacy and Implementation Evaluation Research: A Workshop (Planning Committee Meeting #1, virtual)

  • March 12, 2024
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
  • Closed
  • Past

Understanding Breastfeeding Promotion, Initiation and Support Across the United States: An Analysis - Meeting 1

  • March 7 - 8, 2024
  • Meeting
  • Past

This was the first committee meeting of the Committee on Understanding Breastfeeding Promotion, Initiation, and Support Across the United States: An Analysis. The committee met in a closed session on...

Independent Analysis of the Comprehensive Autism Care Demonstration Program: Virtual Information Gathering Session 1

  • March 6, 2024
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (EST)
  • Meeting
  • Past

The committee conducting an Independent Analysis of Department of Defense’s Autism Care Demonstration Program held a virtual public comment session on March 6, 2024, 12-2pm Eastern. The committee is t...

Reducing Intergenerational Poverty: Briefing the Federal Administration

  • February 20, 2024
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EST)
  • Webinar
  • Past

The Committee on Policies and Programs to Reduce Intergenerational Poverty will host a virtual, private Federal Administration briefing on Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 3:00pm ET to discuss the Reduci...

Improving the Health and Wellbeing of Children and Youth through Health Care System Transformation Committee Meeting 6

  • February 14, 2024
  • 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM (EST)
  • Closed
  • Past

The National Academies Committee on Improving the Health and Wellbeing of Children and Youth through Health Care System Transformation held its sixth meeting on February 14, 2024 virtually. The commit...

The Experiences of Youth and Practitioners in Afterschool Programming. A Public Information Gathering Session of the Committee on Out of School Time Settings

  • February 8, 2024
  • 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM (EST)
  • Workshop
  • Past

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, under the auspices of the Board on Children, Youth, and Families, is hosting a virtual public information gathering meeting for the Commi...

Meeting #4: Promoting Learning and Development In K-12 Out Of School Time Settings For Low Income and Marginalized Children and Youth

  • February 8 - 9, 2024
  • Past

This is the fourth committee meeting of a consensus study on the learning and development of low-income youth in out-of-school time (OST) settings across the K-12 age span. The committee will hold clo...

Independent Analysis of the Comprehensive Autism Care Demonstration Program: Meeting 2

  • January 11 - 12, 2024
  • Meeting
  • Past

The committee conducting an Independent Analysis of Department of Defense’s Autism Care Demonstration Program met January 11-12, 2024 in Washington, DC and held a public workshop on January 11 from 12...

Assessment of the Impact of Social Media on the Health and Wellbeing of Adolescents and Children (Public Release)

  • December 13, 2023
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EST)
  • Webinar
  • Past

An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examined current research and drafted a detailed report exploring the impact of social media on the mental and phys...

Maternal and Child Health: The Evidence Behind the Role of SNAP, WIC, and Medicaid in Curbing Cycles of Poverty

  • December 11, 2023
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EST)
  • Webinar
  • Past

At any given time over the past decade, about 10 million U.S. children lived in families with incomes below the poverty line. This year alone, at least two million low-income children have lost Medica...

Promoting Healthy Parenting in Primary-Care: Evidence for Vulnerable and Marginalized Pediatric Populations

  • December 11, 2023
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EST)
  • Webinar
  • Past

Monday, December 11th, 2:00pm-3:00pm ET Join a roundtable conversation featuring experts in pediatrics and health equity discussing innovative, evidence-based efforts to promote healthy parenting in p...

After Roe: Preventing Harassment and Violence against Health Professionals Who Provide Reproductive Care. A Webinar

  • December 11, 2023
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)
  • Webinar
  • Past

The Standing Committee on Reproductive Health, Equity, and Society is a group of experts of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that lead a cross-cutting initiative on equita...
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