What Are We Doing About It?: Teen Thoughts About Choice and Empowerment

Heidi Smith wrote What Are We Doing About It? in response to school violence as a way for children and young adults to process and have opportunities to discuss their fears, concerns, and feelings of helplessness surrounding traumatic events. This book will provide an experience for kids & teachers/counselors/parents to share feelings and ideas around these emotional subjects.

About the Author

Heidi Smith is currently a small business owner in Bend, Oregon. She originally wrote this book in response to the Columbine School shootings in 1999, when she was a middle school teacher and her two daughters were in high school. She lives in Terrebonne, Oregon with her husband and they enjoy time with their adult kids, grandkids, kayaking, camping, hiking, and playing with their 2 dogs.