Resources on School Safety and School CultureBang, Bang, You’re Dead Showtime Movie + free play for high school students. Resource for dealing “with a broken world that’s violent, unhealthy, unfair, and beyond the power of anyone to fix in today’s generation”. “This play is free to any group that wishes to perform it as a way of communicating and discovering how we have made the world’s violence our own. And how we can change it.” Web site for downloading free play is no longer available for copy of play email cmitch10@hotmail.com. Movie can be ordered at any bookstore or on-line. Study Guides available at www.ribbonofpromise.org/guide.doc Bullying and Harassment: A Legal Guide for Educatorswww.ascd.org/cms/index.cfm?TheViewID=2608 Study Guide for this book. An excellent resource on legal responsibilities of administrators. Center for the Prevention of School Violence www.ncdjjdp.org/cpsv Source of information on making schools safe for every student Challenge Day www.challengeday.org A NFP that conducts transformational workshops throughout the US and Canada. Program aims at tearing down the walls that separate people by providing youth, teachers, families, and communities with the tools to develop and sustain proactive solutions that address and prevent isolation, violence, and other manifestations of social aggression. Programs inspire youth to live in a world of respect, acceptance, and compassion. Community of Concern www.thecommunityofconcern.org A partnership of parents, students, schools and other organizations working together through education and cooperation to keep youth alcohol, tobacco, and other drug free. Creating Safe Schools for Lesbian and Gay Students
www.youthpride-ri.org This site has a resource guide for school staff developed by Youth Pride, Inc. Goal is safe school environment for all students.
Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools www.edpubs.org This is main page for US Education Department On-line ordering service on School Safety and any other topic. All publications are free. Early Warning….. is research based practices on early identification of warning signs to develop prevention, intervention, and crisis response plans Federal Activities Addressing Violence in Schools www.safeyouth.org Listing of activities of the Federal Government related to violence in schools. International Association of Chiefs of Police: Guide for Prevention and Responding to School Violence www.theiacp.org/ Recommendations on how to prevent and respond to school violence.MedlinePlus: Bullying http://www.nimh.nih.gov Listing of articles, research, resources, and reports on bullying written by federal agencies Mix-It-Up www.mixitup.org A program of the Southern Poverty Law Center.Tolerance .Org Offers ideas and programs to break down barriers that divide in a school setting to create a more positive inclusive culture. Ideas for administrators, teachers, students, and parents on this website. Mix-it-up days and Dialogue Group guides are available for downloading. Mothers Against Violence in America [Students Against Violence in America]www.mavia.org National organizations to promote safe schools. Lots of resources and links to other resources. National Alliance for Safe Schools www.safeschools.org NFP that provides technical assistance, training and research for school districts to reduce school violence National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign www.violencepreventionweek.org National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere [S.A.V.E.]. Purpose is to encourage awareness, and promote education, and methods to reduce and prevent youth violence National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center www.safeyouth.org Prevention and intervention programs, research, publications on violence committed against children and teens. Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative www.sshs.samhsa.gov Federal Grants designed to prevent violence and abuse among youth, schools and communities. Information included on current grantees and application process for future grants. S.A.V.E. www.emsc.nysed.gov/sss/SAVE One stop “shopping” for everything you wanted to know about SAVE. Includes VADIR report forms and directions, training opportunities, Q and A section, and SAVE legislation including Child Reporting. School Violence Watch Network Watch www.cyberenforcement.com Web based communication system designed to assist teachers, administrators, and law enforcement officials to prevent violence The Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative: Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the United States www.edpubs.org Collaborative effort of US Department of Education and Secret Service. Exhaustive Study on profiles of school shootings. The Laramie Project – HBO Movie and Play Script available through www.amazon.com Movie and Play are powerful docudrama of the impact on the participants and townspeople in Laramie, Wyoming surrounding the brutal murder of Matt Shepard, a gay college student. Issues of hate, homosexuality, compassion, and forgiveness are explored. Excellent for classroom or school wide exploration of the issues presented. Graphic language is used and the playwright does not allow changing the language to accommodate. Time Magazine provides both student and teacher discussion guides for download at www.time.com/time/classroom/laramie. Additional background information available at www.matthewshepardfoundation.org The Power of Words www.teachingtolerance.org/words Lesson plans for all grade levels on how the use of words can have powerful negative or positive influences on others The School Safety Profiler www.rippleeffects.com/needs/ Tool to measure perceive safety at schools US Safe Schools www.ussafeschools.org – Information, resources, and strategies for school administrators and parents. Crises management, safety plans, behavior modification, current event information Writing for Change www.tolerance.org/teach/web/wfc Lesson plans for all grade levels on how to use creative writing as a powerful tool for developing tolerance Yellow Ribbon International www.yellowribbon.org excellent suicide prevention program for schools. Founded by parents of a high school boy who committed suicide the premise of this program is based on awareness of the factors that lead to suicide and the philosophy that if an individual can have the courage to ask another to be physically with them in time of crises suicide can be prevented. Training guides for students, parents, and teachers are available as well as presentations and on-site training. Suggested Books on School Safety Related topicso Bullying and Harassment – A Legal Guide for Educators – Kathleen Conn – ISBN 1-4166-0151-1 – ASCD
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