WHAT IS IT ?
A Guide to Safe Schools (PDF Document) provides a summary of the research on violence prevention and intervention in schools. This document offers research-based information on what a safe school looks like. Additionally it provides concrete steps to transform your school into a safe environment through the creation of violence prevention and response plans as well as the formation of a prevention and response teams.
HOW DO YOU USE IT ?
Use this guide to aid in the development of a plan of action that involves the entire learning community, including students, teachers, families and community-based professionals.
WHEN DO YOU USE IT?
Use this guide when you are creating or revising your School Safety Policy.
WHY DO YOU USE IT?
This guide is comprehensive and filled with practical suggestions for creating a safe school environment. The guide is based on large body of research.
WHO DO YOU INVOLVE?
Use this guide with the entire learning community, including teachers, students, families and community-based professionals. Together, you should use this guide as you create an action plan.
REFERENCES
URL
http://cecp.air.org/guide/guide.pdf
APA
Retrieved November 13, 2003, from the United States Department of Education Web site: http://cecp.air.org/guide/guide.pdf
CREDIBILITY
This guide was produced by the Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice of the American Institutes for Research in collaboration with the National Association of School Psychologists, under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Education. The guide was created in response to President Clinton's directive that the Department of Education create an early warning guide to help adults reach children in troubled situations before serious problems arise. The guide is written in an easy-to-read style that offers practical help for keeping students safe. The guidelines offered in the report are based on extensive research conducted by a variety of reputable agencies.