A Guide to Safe Schools

Table of Contents

Organizations Supporting This Guide
Letter
Executive Summary
A Guide to Safe Schools

• About This Guide
  
• Using the Guide To Develop a Plan of Action

Characteristics of a School That Is Safe and Responsive to All Children

Early Warning Signs

• Principles for Identifying the Early Warning Signs of School Violence
  
• Early Warning Signs
  
• Identifying and Responding to Imminent Warning Signs
  
• Using the Early Warning Signs To Shape Intervention Practices

Intervention: Getting Help for Troubled Children

• Principles Underlying Intervention
  
• Intervening Early with Students Who Are at Risk for Behavioral Problems
  
• Providing Intensive, Individualized Interventions for Students with Severe Behavioral Problems
  
• Providing a Foundation To Prevent and Reduce Violent Behavior

Developing a Prevention and Response Plan

• Creating the Violence Prevention and Response Plan
  
• Forming the Prevention and Response Team

Responding to Crisis

• Principles Underlying Crisis Response
  
• Intervening During a Crisis To Ensure Safety
  
• Responding in the Aftermath of Crisis

Conclusion
Methodology, Contributors, and Research Support
Resources

Source: U.S. Department of Education

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