Mitigation/Prevention
Actions taken to reduce
the likelihood of a crisis or actions taken to
lessen the impact of an emergency situation.
Helpful Steps:
Connect with community responders to identify
local hazards.
Be aware of who is responsible for violence
prevention strategies in your school building.
Determine problems in your school that may be
related to students crime and/or violence.
Important Definitions
Dropping off & Picking Up Students
Important
Reminder
Please
Talk With your Children
Safe Passage
and Abduction Prevention Tips
Child Safety and Abduction
Prevention Tips
Positive Behavior Intervention
and Supports
Character Education
Lessons
Learned from the Beslan School Incident
The
attached letter
from Deputy Secretary of Education, Eugene Hitchcock
to colleagues in the education community outlines
lessons learned form the Beslan, Russia incident and
actions schools can take to improve their crisis
planning.
Practical Information
on Crisis Planning
A Guide for Schools &
Communities
Prevention & Intervention Resource
National Youth Violence
Prevention Resource Center
This link provides
professionals, parents and teens with information
and links to youth violence prevention resources.
http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/topics/school.asp
Online Support for Bomb Threat Response Planning
Tool
http://www.threatplan.org/
Blueprints for Violence Prevention Overview
http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints/
Cyberbullying
Mobilizing educators, parents, students, and others
to combat online social cruelty
Cyberbullying is emerging as one of the more
challenging issues facing educators and parents as
young people embrace the Internet & other mobile
communication technologies.
Cyberbullying.org
Bullying Resources
Bullying
U.S. Education Department and the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services have collaborated to
develop a program to address the issue of bullying
in schools. It is called, Lend a Hand. Take a
Stand. Stop Bullying Now! It is an interactive
website for children and has information for parents and
teachers. There are links to related information and printable
material to use with children.
http://stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/
Addressing Bullying in Schools
A
14-page
Reference Guide
with Links to Resources, Audio Visual Materials, and
Website.
Relationship
Building with Students
University of California Santa Barbara - School
Psychology
http://www.education.ucsb.edu/school-psychology/School-Violence/
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