The Center for Safe Schools provides technical assistance and links to resources for the prevention of school violence as well as for recovery after traumatic events. Listed below are a few web-based resources that address response and recovery in the wake of traumatic events.
Tips for Talking to Children After a Disaster: A Guide for Parents and Teachers
A Guide For Intermediate And Long-Term Mental Health Services After School-Related Violent Events
Helping Children Cope With Fear & Anxiety
After Disaster: What Teens Can Do
Tips for Talking to Children in Trauma: Interventions at Home for Preschool to Adolescence
Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters (web page)
Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters
(in PDF format)
School Crisis Response Initiative
National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement
U.S. Department of Education Web Cast - Reviewing and Updating School Emergency Plans Available for Viewing
The November 15th live web cast on "Reviewing and Updating School Emergency Plans" hosted by the US Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools is available for viewing at http://www.ConnectLive.com/events/edschoolsafety The archived version of the webcast and accompanying PowerPoint presentation will be available through November, 2007.
For more information on the programs and resources mentioned in the web cast, please visit http://www.ed.gov/emergencyplan.
About the Center for Safe Schools Resources
The Center for Safe Schools functions as a clearinghouse for information related to school safety, violence prevention and positive outcomes for students, teachers and communities. The Center fulfills this function through a Resource Lending Library, Development of Publications, and Resource Dissemination.
Resource Clearinghouse
The Center for Safe Schools maintains a library with over 4,000 resources available for loan to schools and the public. Resources include nearly 400 videotapes, over 1,100 books, and 174 curricula. Other examples of resources in the lending library include research journals, newsletters, and other print materials.
More than 1,000 of the library’s resources specifically address violence prevention and school safety. Other resources in the lending library address topics which also impact the safety, education and success of children, families and their communities, including such topics as literacy, poverty, migrant education, dropout prevention, mentoring, preventing teen pregnancy, preventing substance abuse or helping students with substance abuse problems, community collaborations, technology in the schools, education reform ideas, school-to-work, and many more. Resource materials reflect different cultures and ethnic groups, including some Spanish language materials. The resources are suited for various ages, grades and reading levels.
More Online Resources
2004 School Safety and Violence Prevention Resource CD online
Funding What Works (pdf)
"Be Safe & Sound" School Safety and Security Toolkit: A Guide for Parents, Schools, and Communities
Legislation
Act 26 of 1995 & Act 30 of 1997 (School Safety)
Act 36 of 1999 (School Safety)
Act 145 of 1997 (No Tobacco)
Web Sites
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids PA
National School Safety and Security Services
Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools
National Crime Prevention Council
Partnerships Against Violence Network PAVNET
National Alliance of Gang Investigators Association
School Violence Resource Center
National Association of School Resource Officers
Texas Association of School Resource Officers
More Web-Based Resources
Improving School Violence Prevention Programs through Meaningful Evaluation
written by Daniel J. Flannery, Kent State University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, available through the ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education Digest, February 1998.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Resources for School Food Services Security
On September 20, 2005, the U.S. Department of Agriculture conducted a training session on biosecurity awareness in Washington, DC. The training was based upon vulnerability assessments USDA conducted on school central kitchens, warehouses, food banks, and transportation. From this vulnerability assessment, USDA developed a training video and a 40-page document- A Biosecurity Checklist for School Foodservice Programs. USDA has also developed an emergency response food guide for schools titled, Emergency Readiness Plan: A Guide for the School Foodservice Operation.
Emergency Response and Crisis Management (ERCM) Webcast
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS) hosted an Emergency Response and Crisis Management (ERCM) Webcast on June 28, 2005. The Webcast featured an overview of the four phases of crisis planning (Mitigation/Prevention, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery) and the roles that personnel from school districts, schools and other public agencies play in developing, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining ERCM plans. A copy of the Webcast will be maintained at www.KidzOnline.org/ERCM for at least one year.
Other State School Safety Centers
Office of Safe Schools
California Department of Education, Office of Learning Support
Louise Chiatovich, Safe Schools and Violence Prevention
P.O. Box 944272
Sacramento, CA 94244-2720
Phone 916-323-2183
Safe Communities-Safe Schools
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
Grace Taylor, Project Director
University of Colorado
439 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309
Phone 303-492-8465
Safe Schools and Communities Coalition
The Governor's Prevention Partnership
John Daviau, Director of School, Campus & Community Programs
30 Arbor Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone 860-523-8042
Office of Safe Schools
Florida Department of Education
Lorraine Allen, Senior Educational Program Director
325 W. Gaines Street, Room 301
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Phone 850-245-0416
School Safety Project
Georgia Emergency Management Agency
Steve Harris, Manager
PO Box 18055
Atlanta, GA 30316
Phone 404-635-7000
Indiana School Safety Specialist Academy
Department of Education
Clarissa Snapp, Director
Office of Student Services
Room 229 State House
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone 317-234-0326
Kentucky Center for School Safety
Eastern Kentucky University
Jon Akers, Director
521 Lancaster Drive
105 Stratton Building
Richmond, KY 40475
Toll-free Phone 877-805-4277
Division of Safe and Orderly Schools
Mississippi Department of Education
Robert Laird, Director, Division of School Safety
PO Box 771
359 North West St.
Jackson, MS 39205
Phone 601-359-1028
Missouri Center for Safe Schools
University of Missouri - Kansas City
Dr. Glenn Berry, Director
School of Education, Suite 24
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110
Phone 816-235-5656
Nebraska School Safety Center
Nebraska Department of Education
Lela Lowry, School Safety Program Specialist
301 Centennial Mall South
PO Box 94987
Lincoln, NE 68509-4987
Phone 402-471-1925
New York State Center for School Safety
Mary Grenz Jalloh, Executive Director
175 Route 32 North
New Paltz, NY 12561
Phone 845-255-8989
Center for the Prevention of School Violence
Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Joanne McDaniel, Director
1801 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699
Toll-free Phone 800-299-6054
Ohio Resource Network for Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities
University of Cincinnati
Bonnie Hedrick, Director
PO Box 210109
Cincinnati, OH 45221
Toll-free Phone 800-788-7254
Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior
University of Oregon
Jeff Sprague, Director
1265 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1265
Phone 541-346-3591
South Carolina Center for Safe Schools
Department of Education
Susan Alexander, Director
1429 Senate St., Room 706
Columbia, SC 29201
Toll-free Phone 866-300-9326
Tennessee School Safety Center
Department of Education
Mike Herrmann, Director
Andrew Johnson Tower - 7th Floor
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone 615-741-3248
Texas School Safety Center
Texas State University - San Marcos
Curtis Clay, Director
350 N. Guadalupe Suite 140 PMB 164
San Marcos, TX 78666
Phone: 877-344-2727
Virginia Center for School Safety
Department of Criminal Justice Services
Donna Bowman, Director
805 East Broad Street - 10th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone 804-371-6506
Washington State School Safety Center
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Denise Fitch, Administrator
PO Box 47200
Old Capital Building
Olympia, WA 98504
Phone 360-725-6059
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