The following statements were presented at the PURE press conference on May 21, 2013 (press release here) and shared with the Chicago Board of Education members. They include information from a variety of child development perspectives which substantiate some of the concerns raised by parents and others at the school closing hearings and in other venues and events over the past months.

• Statement by Ann Aviles de Bradley, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Inquiry and Curriculum Studies, Northeastern Illinois University
• Statement by Daniel Cooper, Assistant Director, Institute of Public Safety and Social Justice, Adler School
• Statement by Francisco X. Gaytan, Assistant Professor School of Social Work, Northeastern Illinois University
• Statement by Erin Mason, President, Illinois School Counselors Association
• Statement by Cassandra McKay-Jackson, Assistant Professor, Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Statement by Erika Schmidt, Director of the Center for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis

Also included with the packet for the press and the Chicago Board of Education were:

• Statement from the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
• Statement from the National Association of Social Workers
• Statement by Dr. Marisha L. Humphries, Assistant Professor, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, UIC Department of Educational Psychology; and
• “A Perfect Storm,” by Dr. Federico R. Waitoller, Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education, College of Education, UIC.
• Statement by Camille Williamson, Associate Director of Community Engagement, Adler School of Professional Psychology.

Tags: Chicago school closings, child mental health. child development, mass school closings, school closings

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