Before developing a comprehensive training plan, the Michigan School Safety Initiative (MSSI) conducted a needs assessment and landscape analysis to understand the current state of school safety in Michigan. The resulting Michigan School Safety Report, available in three formats, offers valuable insights from members of Michigan’s school safety community. These insights have broad implications and … Read more
This webinar occurred on September 12, 2024. It is available on-demand through the Enroll button. Emergency drills can induce stress among school staff, but integrating mental health support and breaking down safety practice silos can bolster resilience. In this webinar, presenters from the Colorado School of Public Health discuss improving systems around emergency drills through … Read more
In this podcast interview series, experts discuss topics such as youth suicide prevention, anonymous reporting systems, and community engagement. Listeners will gain a broad understanding of the intersection of school safety strategies and firearm-related injury. Episodes Episode 1 – Contributing Factors for Firearm-Related InjuriesEpisode 2 – Firearm Safety, School Violence, and Youth SuicideEpisode 3 – … Read more
What is an Effective Program? Fundamentally, a threat assessment program is effective if it keeps everyone safe. However, safety is more than the absence of school shootings, which are statistically rare and will never occur in most schools.99 School safety includes both physical and psychological safety.100 Physical safety is concerned with physical acts of violence … Read more
Recommended Citation Maeng, J. L., Kerere, J. & Cornell, D. G. (2023). Threat Assessment and Management Training in Florida Schools Technical Report. Charlottesville, VA: School of Human Development, University of Virginia. Transcript Jen Mang: My name is Jen Mang, and I’m a research associate professor at the University of Virginia School of Education and Human … Read more
The School Threat Assessment Toolkit is designed to aid schools in employing behavioral threat assessment (TA) and management as part of a comprehensive violence prevention strategy. Authored primarily by Dewey Cornell and Jennifer Maeng, and with input from school safety leaders, experts, government agencies, and the National Center for School Safety, the toolkit offers guidance … Read more
This webinar occurred on October 24, 2023. It is available on-demand through the Enroll Now button. To read key takeaways from this webinar, visit the companion Spotlight post. Swatting—making fraudulent emergency calls about serious threats—has increasingly impacted schools and first responders nationwide. These and other hoax threats negatively affect school climate and perceptions of school … Read more
At the time of a crisis, it is challenging for schools to organize an effective crisis navigation response and still maintain the required long-range perspective and day-to-day operations. In light of this challenge, it is essential for schools to have a preplanned and systematic organizational model to direct decisions should a crisis occur. This self-paced … Read more
This learning community has been adapted into a self-paced training. This learning community will assist school leaders in creating and strengthening a site crisis navigation team and engage participants in meaningful peer-to-peer learning. Participants will share successes and barriers and discuss the implementation and expansion of trauma-informed, resilience-oriented school crisis navigation. At the time of … Read more
Citation The content featured in this video is based on the following publication: Almanza, M., Mason, M., & Melde, C. (2023). Perceptions of school resource officers: Protectors or prosecutors? Criminal Justice Review 48(3), 318-338. https://doi.org/10.1177/07340168221113352 Transcript Dr. Chris Melde: I’m Dr. Chris Melde. I’m a professor and director of the School of Criminal Justice at … Read more