Be Safe

•  www.safetyzone.org
  • The Safetyzone is a clearinghouse for information and material related to school safety.

School Violence

• Aggression
  • The Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center provides a detailed description of aggression, what you can do and helpful links.
  • Managing Anger
• Bullying
  • Bullying Fact sheet for kids provide by the Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
• School Violence
  • Facts about preventing School Violence
• Adults that Bully (powerpoint)
• Youth Violence Prevention
  • National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center-Resources for professionals, parents and youth working to prevent violence committed by and against young people
• Anti-Bullying Toolkit
• OSPI's School Safety Portal
• Websites related to violence prevention
  • The Center for Effective Collaboration provided a long list of Web Sites Related to School Safety and Violence Prevention.
• Lessons plans for "No Name Calling Week"
  • an Anti-bullying campaign

Current Laws/Policies:

• Washington State Laws
  • OSPI has compiled state laws and school policies in regards to school violence and bullying
• Safe School Choice
  • OSPI Unsafe School Choice Policy Bulletin No. 43-03
• WA State Attorney Generals site on School Safety
  • A Very comprehensive site that gives examples, samples, instructions and guides for school safety planning.  It includes information about Harassment, Violence and Emergency Management. 

Best Practices:

• Best Practices
  • Several links provided by OSPI related to best practices in regards to school violence.  Currently though the links are working, although the list of links gives you an idea of those programs available. 
• Blueprints for Violence Prevention
  • In 1996, the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, with funding from the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice and the Centers for Disease Control (and later from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency), initiated a project to identify ten violence prevention programs that met a very high scientific standard of program effectiveness—programs that could provide an initial nucleus for a national violence prevention initiative. 
    
    
    
     

Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities
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Laws, Rules and Legislation
 

Drugs and Alcohol

• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• American Council for Drug Education (ACDE)
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
• Partnership for a Drug-Free America
• 2004 Healthy Youth Survey
  • a statewide survey of teen behaviors and attitudes. Public and private agencies, in collaboration with participating schools and districts, will use the survey results in their efforts to improve the health and safety of children across the state.
• Addressing Adolescent Substance Abuse:
  • A pdf report on the  Evaluation of Washington’s Prevention and Intervention Services Program.
• Safe and Drug Free Schools
  • A list of links provided by OSPI (some links do not work).
• Guide to Safe Schools-Early warning signs
  • The Center for Effective and Collaboration and Practice compiled this web site that will assist with

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    A Guide to Safe Schools

• Drug and Alcohol sites 

  • The Child and Family Web Guide provided a list of sites for teenage drug use.

• SAMHSA
  • The United States Department of Health and Human Services: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has resources, referrals and links to all kids of information about the treatment of substance abuse and mental health. 

  Current Laws/policies

• RCW
  • Revised Codes of Washington

• Best Practices

• Research Based Effective Programs
  • SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) for Mental Health and Substance Abuse programs. 

Tobacco

• Washington Department of Health Tobacco Campaign
  Tobacco Program Home Page - WA State Dept_ of Health.htm
  • The campaign includes three major elements: Educating kids about the dangers of tobacco use School-based programs Youth media campaign UnfilteredTV.com, Washington's Web site for youth O2 Magazine, an online anti-tobacco publication written for youth by youth Making it difficult to get tobacco Reducing youth access to tobacco   Changing society’s acceptance of youth tobacco use Empowering youth to fight against tobacco Public awareness and education How youth can get involved Teens Against Tobacco Use Program Teens Against Tobacco Use (T.A.T.U.) is a peer education program sponsored by the American Lung Association in which high school students are trained to teach about the hazards of tobacco use to middle and elementary school students.  Find a T.A.T.U. group in your community. Links to external sites of interest* American Legacy Foundation, youth tobacco prevention program Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, a comprehensive site describing tobacco industry targeting of youth. Tips for Kids, the Centers for Disease Control's youth Web site Guidelines for school health programs to prevent tobacco use and addiction from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention PBS Teacher Source  Public Broadcast System health and fitness lesson plans, materials, and resource guide for topics including tobacco use.  Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program, U.S. Department of Education.  The Federal government's primary program for reducing tobacco use and other forms of abuse through education and prevention activities in schools. Tobacco.org a very thorough and frequently updated site that presents news on the national, international and even local Washington levels. T.R.A.S.H. Central-A site provided by the State of Maryland for teenagers to bring awareness of the dangers of tobacco. Laws and Policies Prohibition on use of tobacco products on school property RCW 28A.210.310

Gangs

• Gangs
  • Gang Fact sheet provided by www.safeyouth.org.
  • National Youth Gang Survey
• National Youth Gang Center

Sex

Laws

• www.crimebusters.org
  • Crime Stoppers

Emergency and Disaster Preparedness

• http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/beprepared/hsas/schools.pdf
• http://www.ready.gov/
• http://access.wa.gov/emergency/index.aspx
  • information specific to Washington State Safety.
• Current Status of School Threat Assessment, Notification and Mangaement (powerpoint)
• Crisis Response In Our Schools: An Overview from The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, Inc.
• Developing Good Crisis Plans
• Links on the U.S. Department of Education's Web site
  
   

COPS School Safety and Youth Violence Publications
Government Publications
School Safety Related Documents and Resources