Posted on 03/11/2018 8:37:29 AM PDT by rktman
Nearly four years before school shooter Nikolas Cruz gunned down 17 students and educators at a Parkland high school, he confided in a therapist that he saw himself in a dream drenched in human blood.
A May 3, 2014, notation in a Broward County schools psychiatric file said Cruz reported [a dream] last week of him killing people and covered in blood. He smiled and told the therapist that sometimes he says things for shock value.
After Cruzs disclosure to his therapist at the alternative Cross Creek School, administrators developed a safety plan to ensure the welfare of Cruz and others while the teen was on summer vacation. The plan included provisions for removing all sharp objects from the home and encouraging the youth to verbalize what the problem is.
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
I did think about that. And yes he now holds the privilege but because of the circumstances his consent was probably not required for the records to be released to the Herald. Who knows,maybe he gave his consent thinking they would help his defense?
We don’t know whether his parents were informed fully of his meetings with the therapist. I don’t know how it works when the therapist is associated with the school. Is it school policy that parents agree such sessions can be confidential? If so when is it considered alarming enough that such confidentiality is breached? To what degree? Having sharp objects removed would make one assume threats of self harm not fantasies of mass murder.
No doubt his parents believed respecting his privacy was important to establish trust and allow him needed personal growth. Poor fools.
I suspect they were leaked.
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