Prevention Planning
Resources and best practices for identifying and addressing school safety needs.
Using Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Principles to Support Student and Staff Resiliency
In this webinar, participants learn how they can improve their school's understanding of trauma, and enhance staff and student resiliency.
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An Introduction to Restorative Practices
This guide allows for any school personnel to learn what restorative practices are, their benefits, and considerations for their use in a school setting.
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School Safety Communications Planning Guide
This guide is intended to serve as a quick-start to help school leaders plan and share school safety-related initiatives and news with their communities.
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Physical Security Measures Overview
Designed for school personnel, this resource provides a snapshot of what physical security measures are and how they can be implemented in a school.
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A Quick Guide to Information Sharing During Threat Reporting & Assessment
This guide brings together resources that explain when to release or withhold student information collected through reporting systems and threat assessment processes.
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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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An Introduction to the Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Schools Toolkit
Join us for a live webinar and learn how to use the Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Schools Toolkit in your work!
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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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Cross-Disciplinary Tabletop Workshop Series
In this four-session workshop series, facilitators from Sandy Hook Promise and NCSS will guide participants through discussions centered on specific school safety scenarios. Participants will reflect on their own organization’s capabilities and identify local risks and hazards.
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Informational Webinar: STOP School Violence Program FY2022 Solicitation
The STOP School Violence Grant Program is designed to improve school security. This is a recording of the informational webinar for the 2022 grant solicitation that took place on April 27, 2022.
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Supporting Child and Student Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Mental Health Needs
This report from the U.S. Department of Education provides focused information and resources to enhance the promotion of mental health and social and emotional well-being among students.
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Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Classrooms
Learn about the concept of Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Schools. This innovation encourages schools to infuse the values of safety, trust, choice, collaboration, empowerment, peer support, diversity and inclusion into their Multi-Tiered System of Supports.
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Lockdown Drills
Learn how to use lockdown drills as part of your comprehensive school safety and emergency preparedness efforts: how to conduct drills in a trauma-informed manner and evaluate them for effectiveness.
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Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM): Best Practice Considerations for K–12 Schools
This school safety and crisis resource by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) examines the evidence-based best practices of Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM) in a K-12 school setting.
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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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What Works Clearinghouse
The What Works Clearinghouse contains a collection of evidence-based education programs and research.
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CrimeSolutions.OJP.gov
CrimeSolutions.OJP.gov is a Clearinghouse with information on crime & crime prevention, juveniles, law enforcement, and technology & forensics.
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Safer Schools and Campuses Best Practices Clearinghouse
The Safer Schools and Campuses Best Practices Clearinghouse was created in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and to support the reopening and continuing operations of schools.
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SchoolSafety.gov
SchoolSafety.gov is a clearinghouse of resources related to safe schools.
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VetoViolence.CDC.gov
VetoViolence.CDC.gov contains a collection of youth violence prevention programs.
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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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