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School Policies and Safety

Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS)

Publisher: 
U.S. Department of Education

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools' (OSDFS) mission is to create safe schools, respond to crises, drug abuse and violence prevention, ensure the health and well being of students and promote the development of good character and citizenship.

Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools

Publisher: 
American Institutes for Research

This guide was issued in response to shootings at school and is designed to present schools with information on early warning signs to help troubled children.

Federal Activities Addressing Violence in Schools

Publisher: 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This inventory of federal activities addressing violence in schools is designed to facilitate the coordination of federal school violence prevention activities and enhance collaboration on future p

Conflict Resolution Education: A Guide to Implementing Programs in Schools, Youth Serving Organizations, and Community and Juvenile Justice Settings

Publisher: 
U.S. Department of Education

This guide for educators, juvenile justice practitioners, and others in youth-serving organizations provides background information on conflict resolution education, an overview of four widely used

School Survey on Crime and Safety

Publisher: 
U.S. Department of Education

This Web site presents a preliminary analysis of the 2000 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS).

Technology in Safe Schools

Meeting: 
Project Director Consortia August 2009
Date: 
August 5, 2009 - 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Research on school climate and connectedness has found that in order to create a positive learning environment, students must feel both physically and emotionally safe from harm.

Sustaining Safety/Security Plans

Meeting: 
Project Director Consortia January 2009
Date: 
January 9, 2009 - 1:15pm - 2:30pm

Two SSHS PDs and a District Security Specialist will share strategies for sustaining their district

Technologies to Complement SS/HS Initiatives

Meeting: 
Project Director Consortia January 2009
Date: 
January 9, 2009 - 9:30am - 10:45am

Research on school climate and connectedness has found that in order to create a positive learning environment, students must feel both physically and emotionally safe from harm.

Preventing Cyberbullying in Schools and the Community

Authored By: 
National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention

Bullying is a form of emotional and physical abuse that is characterized by a power imbalance in which a bully chooses victims that he or she perceives as vulnerable. Bullying is deliberate and repeated over time. It can occur in different forms, for example: