National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement
The National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement was established in December 2005 with funding from the September 11th Children's Fund and the National Philanthropic Trust. The Center is located at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
Goals of the Center
The Center was created to:
Promote an appreciation of the role schools can serve to support students, staff and families at times of crisis and loss
Enhance the training of individuals in school-related professional education programs in the areas of crisis and loss
Link efforts to provide trauma-related and bereavement support services within school settings
Collaborate with professional organizations, governmental and non-governmental agencies and community groups to further help students, staff and families at times of crisis and loss
Serve as a resource for information, training materials, consultation and technical assistance for school systems, professional training programs, professional organizations, governmental and non-governmental agencies, communities, children's groups and projects in the areas of crisis and loss
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Toward Safe and Orderly Schools: The National Study of Delinquency Prevention in Schools
What are schools doing to prevent delinquency and promote school safety? This NIJ Research in Brief (NCJ 205005) presents findings from a national survey of elementary, middle, and secondary schools. Problem behavior is widespread and most common in urban areas and middle schools. Schools have adopted a large and diverse array of activities, curricular programs, and security measures, but many of these are unproven or poorly implemented. Key characteristics of successful programs and how schools can improve program quality and implementation are identified.
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Adolescent Violence: A View from the Street (January 1998)
National Institute of Justice survey data and report on street violence
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Youth After School Programs and Law Enforcement (August 1997)
National Institute of Justice Research Preview summarizing survey results of national crime prevention programs' use of law enforcement resources during implementation of programs.
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Creating Safe Schools: A Comprehensive Approach
[Juvenile Justice - School Violence June 2001 Volume VIII · Number 1]
Schools that understand the complexity of youth violence and the activities needed to prevent it are developing comprehensive safe school plans that require collaboration with the community. Schools that engage in such planning and implement their plans effectively are more likely to foster safe environments for their students and teachers.
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Higher Education Center for Alcohol and other Drug Prevention
The purpose of the US Department of Education, Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention is to help college and community leaders develop, implement, and evaluate programs and policies to reduce strudent problems related to alcohol and other drug use and interpersonal violence.
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Manual on School Uniforms
U.S. Department of Education Safe and Drug Free Schools office's Manual on Safe School Uniforms.
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National Study of Delinquency Prevention in Schools
Large-scale study of problem behavior and what schools do to prevent or reduce problem behavior and promote safe and orderly environments prepared by Gottfredson Associates, Inc.
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Research - Hamilton Fish Institute
Contains various resources information related to schools such as: publications, statistics, prevention programs, etc.
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Keys To Safer Schools.com (Conflict Resolution)
They are one of the Internet's most comprehensive sites for the detection and prevention of school violence. Their Conflict Resolution program relies upon nationally researched methods of prevention and intervention of school violence.
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Keys To Safer Schools.com (Planning)
A comprehensive site for detection and prevention of school violence. They rely upon nationally recognized methods which enable participants to identify apply behavioral modification planning to identify underlying causes of behavior disorders and develop plans to affect behavioral changes.
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CMH - School Violence Prevention
Center for Mental Health's school violence prevention program.
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School Violence Prevention Model Programs
This site lists several model programs dealing with school violence issues.
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National Center for Children Exposed to Violence
Website of Child Study Center
Website of Yale University School of Medicine organization providing resources dedicated to the prevention of child violence.
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Keys To Safer Schools.com (Prof Services)
They are one of the Internet's most comprehensive sites for the detection and prevention of school violence. They rely upon nationally researched methods of prevention and intervention of school violence.
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Increasing School Safety Through Juvenile Accounting Programs
This OJJDP Bulletin provides information to facilitate the development of constructive, well-conceived "accountability-based programs that work with juvenile offenders who are referred by law enforcement agencies, or which are designed, in cooperation with law enforcement officials, to protect students and school personnel from drug, gang, and
youth violence."
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Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program Homepage
The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program page which includes information on model programs, grants, etc.
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Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General
Surgeon General's report on youth violence statistics, issues, and model programs
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Preventing Violence, Homicide and Suicide
Editorials and information provided to promote discussion and to raise issues that may or may not have been brought to light by the media. This editorial forum and the articles on this site are sponsored by Mentor Research Institute. Topics include risk assessment, intervention, prevention, and selected mental health handouts.
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Community Oriented Policing, Laredo, Texas
This article discusses the role a COPS program plays in the curbing of school violence in Laredo, Texas.
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City Design and Funding of School Social Services
This article discusses a program implemented in Seattle, Washington that provides school-based social services. The highlights of the city-funded school-based system are family support workers in elementary schools, teen health clinics in high schools, after-school programs for middle school students, peer mediation training for staff and students at both middle and high schools, and volunteer coordination assistance in most schools.
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City/School/Police Partnerships
This article discusses the plan implemented in Plano, Texas concerning partnerships to help remedy school violence.
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Model Program Evaluations
Fact Sheet - compilation of program evaluators and their resulting program recommendations.
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Preventing Crime
Report on crime prevention programs detailing those programs that work, those that do not work, some that are promising, and those that have not been tested properly.
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Law Enforcement Referral of At-Risk Youth: The Shield Program
City of Westminster (CA) police department implementation of a model referral program for at-risk youth.
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