“It is a sudden and unexpected incident, or sequence of events, which causes trauma to the school community and which overwhelms their normal coping mechanism.”
She said pupils and staff are speaking to experts who give them time to acknowledge their emotions and feelings, help them find others around them who can support them and “to reassure them that over time things will get better”. “The team is dealing with lots of different pupils, some who were there and some who had heard about it, they weren’t actually there but the death of the three young people had impacted upon them because they were their friends.”
Ms Gamble said after they deal with this “critical” time it would be important for the schools to get back to a normal routine.
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