Guest Blogger Deb Shoemaker, MAAT, ATR-Registered Art Therapist., LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor, Vermont College of Norwich University, 1997, comes to the field of art therapy as a lifelong dream since high school where she attended North Carolina School of the Arts and discovered the field of Art Therapy. She has a private practice in Wilmington, NC.
School started back on January 2nd in my county after a two week winter break. On that same morning I drove by my neighborhood elementary school as I do every weekday; and, as I always do, I looked at the school as I drove by it. On this particular morning I saw a sheriff's car parked in the front lot. The sun reflected off the metal, calling even more attention to it and the armed uniformed officer standing at the school entrance. It was then that I became very sad.
Our local Board of Education had elected over the holiday break to mandate law enforcement officers in each of the elementary schools in our small, quiet resort town. This initiative was in reaction to the devastating massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The intent? To provide safety for our children.
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