Parents & Families
Resources for parents, families, and other community members.
School Safety At A Glance
This guide discusses creating safe schools using a comprehensive and layered approach, organizing school safety strategies by the strength of their evidence base and where they fall on the prevention timeline. It also provides links to resources for implementing various school safety strategies.
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Caregivers: Back to School Resources
This brief guide offers resources to help caregivers as they plan and prepare for students returning to the classroom.
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Restorative Practices at a Glance
This brief synopsis of Restorative Practices (RP) provides an overview of RP principles, misconceptions about RP, and how RP can improve school climate and social emotional learning.
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Supporting Youth Mental Health
This webinar will feature panelists from Sandy Hook Promise sharing ideas for how educators might discuss mental health with students. Tips and additional resources will also be provided, and participants will be encouraged to share their own success stories.
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Social Emotional Learning at a Glance
This brief at-a-glance synopsis of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) provides an overview of what SEL is and is not, and it's benefits to school climate and safety initiatives.
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National Guidelines for Child and Youth Behavioral Health Crisis Care
These guidelines from SAMHSA offer information for the design and development of services that meet the needs of children, youth, and their families experiencing a behavioral health crisis.
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Systematic Review: Perceptions of School Resource Officers
This systematic review evaluates various perspectives on School Resource Officers (SROs) in the school community, as well as how these perceptions may affect long-term student outcomes and policy decisions.
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Engaging Youth in Violence Prevention
Join us and hear from youth leaders from the 4000+ Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) Promise Clubs that are actively engaged in violence prevention efforts throughout the country.
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Fostering Family Engagement in School
Join us to learn how schools can foster family involvement and engagement to increase student feelings of belonging and academic success.
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Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Schools Toolkit
A toolkit outlining a framework for implementing Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented (TR) approaches in schools and school districts.
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Restorative Practices, Part 2
This is the second episode of two podcasts about restorative practices at the Genesee Intermediate School District in Michigan. We explore getting buy-in, coordinating with school resource officers, and how to sustain the programs.
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Restorative Practices, Part 1
This is the first episode of two podcasts about restorative practices at the Genesee Intermediate School District in Michigan. We delve into the motivations behind applying for project grant funding, how the project got started, and the restorative practices they implemented.
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Distance Learning, Part 2
The second of two episodes discussing the transition to and from distance learning. Our guests talk about the school resource officer's role in the distance learning environment, the importance of emergency response planning, and key considerations about the return to in-person learning.
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Distance Learning, Part 1
The first of two episodes discussing the transition to and from distance learning. Our guests talk about how mental health supports in schools can help with addressing the effects that distance learning has had on students.
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Safety Considerations for School Communities
In this webinar, our panel of experts addresses some of the concerns that students, teachers, and administrators have expressed about the return to school this fall. You will also see a short video in which school community members share their hopes and worries about school safety this year.
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SchoolSafety.gov
SchoolSafety.gov is a clearinghouse of resources related to safe schools.
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Youth.gov
Youth.gov is a Clearinghouse with information on creating safe and healthy outcomes for youth.
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SAMHSA.gov
SAMHSA.gov is a Clearinghouse with a broad collection of mental health and substance use programs and practices.
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StopBullying.gov
StopBullying.gov is a Clearinghouse with information on identifying and preventing bullying.
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Social Media Responsibility With Student Engagement
As new research continues to shed light on the impact it can have on social and emotional health, and with an increase in screen time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever that we understand how young people are using social media and work with them to instill healthy habits.
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School Climate and Student Fear: The Roles of Students and Teachers
Chris Melde, PhD and his team discuss their research into the ways school climate and previous experiences of victimization can affect a student's feelings of fear and perceptions of safety.
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