Prevention Planning

Join us for a live webinar and learn how to use the Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Schools Toolkit in your work!

Join us to learn how schools can foster family involvement and engagement to increase student feelings of belonging and academic success.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The What Works Clearinghouse contains a collection of evidence-based education programs and research.

CrimeSolutions.OJP.gov is a Clearinghouse with information on crime & crime prevention, juveniles, law enforcement, and technology & forensics.

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.

SchoolSafety.gov is a clearinghouse of resources related to safe schools.

VetoViolence.CDC.gov contains a collection of youth violence prevention programs.

Youth.gov is a Clearinghouse with information on creating safe and healthy outcomes for youth.

SAMHSA.gov is a Clearinghouse with a broad collection of mental health and substance use programs and practices.

StopBullying.gov is a Clearinghouse with information on identifying and preventing bullying.

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.

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) recently held a virtual conference on school safety, with a focus on “Bridging Research to Practice to Safeguard our Schools.” Recordings from the three-day event are now available.

Distance learning poses additional challenges in supporting student mental health and social-emotional learning. Join us to explore possible strategies and discover why this support is important. This is part one of a two-part series focused on school safety for distance learning.

STOP Grantees are invited to the first-ever Quarterly Regional Meeting. Join us to learn what NCSS offers as your training and technical assistance provider.

You have a great school safety plan and your partners are committed to moving it forward. Now, how do you maintain that momentum? This is the final webinar in our three-part series focused on school safety program planning and implementation.

Building effective partnerships is a critical step in planning successful and sustainable school safety programs. Join us to learn about practical ways of achieving this. This is part two of a three-part series focused on school safety program planning and implementation.

Implementing evidence-based programs can be difficult. Learn how to assess your school’s needs, formulate a plan, and put it into action. This is part one of a three-part series focused on school safety program planning and implementation.