Expert shares tips on how to talk with children about traumatic events

Three children and a teacher were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday. The gunman was a 16-year-old, two law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation told CBS News. The shooting is too familiar for families who experienced the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis last year.Locally, child therapists and clinicians have advice on how to talk with kids about traumatic events. "Children are dealing with things that, honestly, I think parents of different generations aren't necessarily prepared for," said Jenny Britton. Britton is with the Washburn Center for Children in Minneapolis. As the organization's chief clinical officer, she began working with Annunciation families three days after the shooting. "So, the very first thing we did at Annunciation was really work on that sense of re-establishing that sense of psychological safety," said Britton. She said what happened in Oregon on Thursday can re-activate trauma in young