School Climate
Resources and best practices for programs and activities that improve the quality of social and emotional life for all students and staff in school environments.
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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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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The Next Five Things an SRO Should Do (School Resource Officer Video Series)
In an earlier video in our SRO series, you learned the first five things an SRO should do. This last video of the series shares the next five things you should do.
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The Causes and Consequences of School Violence: A Review
This report commissioned by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) takes a comprehensive look at the state of the research on school violence and includes additional discussions about research on serious violence and studies that were funded by NIJ’s Comprehensive School Safety Initiative.
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (School Resource Officer Video Series)
In your role as a School Resource Officer (SRO), you can model respect for behavioral differences through the way you support a student with ASD or other developmental conditions.
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Cultural Differences: Who Knew? (School Resource Officer Video Series)
As a School Resource Officer (SRO), you are vital in bridging cultural differences and creating a climate of inclusion, ultimately making your school a safer and richer place.
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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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Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Leadership and Crisis Navigation
Grow your understanding of what it means to be a school leader and gain strategies you can use to navigate crises while maintaining a trauma-informed, resilience-oriented lens.
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Leading through Crises
In the third and final episode of our series “What It Means to Be a School Leader”, Dr. Henderson-Smith discusses leading through a crisis and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Why Aren’t They Telling You? (School Resource Officer Video Series)
In this video, learn more about what goes through a students’ mind when they hear something disturbing but choose not to report it, and the different ways you can remove barriers and build trust between yourself and your students.
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The Landscape of Federal K-12 School Health Efforts, 2010-2020
This report by the National School Health Collaborative (NSHC) is a systemic review of federal programs, initiatives, and funding streams that support school health work.
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The First Five Things An SRO Should Do (School Resource Officer Video Series)
You’ve been assigned to a school as a new School Resource Officer (SRO). Now what? In this video, learn the first five steps you should take as a new SRO.
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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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The Teen Brain (School Resource Officer Video Series)
Unlike traditional law enforcement officials, School Resource Officers (SROs) work almost exclusively with young people, so it is crucial they understand how students think and make decisions. But that is no easy task.
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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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