Safe Schools
The Division of Educational Research and Service (DERS) at The University of Montana, believes in promoting the social and academic achievement of all learners by designing, evaluating, and disseminating programs that support the well-being of students and communities. Their primary focus areas of research and service delivery are safety, health, and early intervention. http://www.dersum.org 
Safety and Security Resources for teachers, parents, and students at Keep Schools Safe.
http://www.keepschoolssafe.org/
The role of the Safe School’s Coalition is to reduce bias-based bullying and violence in schools and to help schools better meet the needs of sexual minority youth and children by providing information and resources.
http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/
The government site for the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs/index.html?src=mr
The Safetyzone is a clearinghouse for information and material related to school safety. We are a project of the Comprehensive Center, Region X of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. They offer eight school safety technical assistance guides.
http://www.safetyzone.org/
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado
http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/safeschools/index.html
The Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) Initiative is a comprehensive approach to youth violence prevention. The SS/HS Initiative is a unique Federal grant-making program designed to prevent violence and substance abuse among our Nation's youth, schools, and communities.
http://www.sshs.samhsa.gov/
Information on protecting school occupants, buildings, and grounds.
http://www.edfacilities.org/safeschools/index.cfm and disaster preparedness
http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/disaster.cfm
From the NWREL critical issue series: Critical Issue: Developing and Maintaining Safe Schools.
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/drugfree/sa200.htm
The Canadian Safe Schools Network with resources for students, parents and teachers.
http://www.canadiansafeschools.com/home.htm
The Missouri Center for Safe Schools contains a newsletter archive and resources to download on a variety of topics ranging from pest management to conflict resolution.
http://education.umkc.edu/safe-school/
Florida Department of Education: Office of Safe and Healthy Schools website has links to information on Emergency Management, Coordinated School Health, Safe and Drug Free Schools, School wide Discipline and Climate, and Best Practices in Safety and Security.
http://www.firn.edu/doe/besss/safehome.htm
Emergency plans from the U.S. Department of Education.
http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/emergencyplan/index.html
The School Violence Resource Center aids in the effort to reduce violence and violence related behavior in our schools by researching and evaluating school violence related information, making available pertinent school violence information, and by delivering a school violence educational curriculum.
http://www.svrc.net/
Research report from the National Institute of Justice on the use of security technologies in schools.
http://www.ncjrs.gov/school/home.html
Threat Assessment in Schools from the Department of Education and the Secret Service. PDF document.
http://www.treas.gov/usss/ntac/ssi_guide.pdf
Final Report and Findings of the Safe Schools Initiative. PDF format.
http://www.treas.gov/usss/ntac/ssi_final_report.pdf
The Bomb Threat CD-ROM was developed by the U.S. Department of Justice and Education. It is a FREE interactive planning tool for schools that included staff training presentation and implementation resources.
http://www.threatplan.org/
CDC & U.S. Department of Education collaborate to help schools prepare for possible terrorism and disaster planning.
http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/PHTN/schools/resource.asp
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/planning/index.asp
Crisis Communication Guide & Toolkit from NEA has downloads available on the following topics: Before a Crisis | During a Crisis | Moving Beyond Crisis | Tools for Educators | Resources.
http://www.nea.org/crisis/index.html
This web site is intended for emergency personnel and for building operators. It contains current advice for dealing with a biological or chemical release in a building.
http://securebuildings.lbl.gov/
Information on crisis planning and school safety from EBased Prevention.
http://www.ebasedprevention.org/school_safety_planning.asp?id=288&key=School%20Safety%20Planning
Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) is a student driven organization. Students learn about alternatives to violence and practice what they learn through school and community service projects. As they participate in SAVE activities, students learn crime prevention and conflict management skills and the virtues of good citizenship, civility, and nonviolence.
http://www.nationalsave.org/
Online version of Early Warning/Timely Response Guide.
http://cecp.air.org/guide/earlywarning.asp
The Student Pledge Against Gun Violence is a national program that honors the role that young people, through their own decisions, can play in reducing gun violence.
http://www.pledge.org/
Students Against Destructive Decisions (Formerly Students Against Drunk Driving) SADD has become a peer leadership organization dedicated to preventing destructive decisions, particularly underage drinking, other drug use, impaired driving, teen violence and teen depression and suicide.
http://www.sadd.org/
The Center for the Prevention of School Violence serves as a resource center and "think tank" for efforts that promote safer schools and foster positive youth development.
http://www.ncdjjdp.org/cpsv/
Montana’s website for Emergency and Disaster Services.
http://dma.mt.gov/des/
The Transportation Security Administration provides a free training program for School Districts on transportation safety. This training program is designed to make key personnel within the American educational infrastructure aware of the security vulnerabilities inherent in the transportation of schoolchildren and provide an action plan which will prevent or minimize casualties.
http://www.stsatrain.com/
State Safety Centers
The information on the Teach Safe Schools will help you bridge the gap between research findings and the practices and procedures for violence prevention that are needed in your school.
http://www.teachsafeschools.org/
The National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline is a resource for students
http://loveisrespect.org/
Bombings: Injury Patterns and Care
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/masscasualties/bombings_injurycare.asp
Clearinghouse on Educational Policy and Management / Trends & Issues: School Safety
http://cepm.uoregon.edu/trends_issues/safety/
Managing Threats: Safety Lessons Learned from School Shootings
http://www.nctsnet.org/nctsn_assets/pdfs/UrbanED_Managing_Threats_MWongPhD.pdf
Preventing School Shootings: A Summary of a U.S. Secret Service Safe School Initiative Report
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/jr000248c.pdf
PREVENTING FUTURE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS: Tips to Schools, Parents & America’s Kids
http://www.kidspeace.org/SchoolShootingPreventionTips.htm
Check out Helpful Hints for School Emergency Management, Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2007 for more emergency planning tips and information.
For Schools
A Dozen Things - Principals Can Do To Stop School Violence
A Dozen Things Teachers Can Do to Stop School Violence
For Parents
A Dozen Things Parents Can Do To Stop School Violence
Making Schools Safer: Ten Things Caregivers Can Do
For Students
A Dozen Things Students Can Do To Stop School Violence
Stand Up and Start a School Crime Watch Today
Tips for Working Together to Create Safer Schools
School Safety Tools
The Central Texas School Safety Consortium provides teachers with a
School Emergency Guide, Drills, Lesson Plans, & an Emergency Go Kit
The Texas School Safety Center Campus Safety and Security Audit Toolkit
This toolkit contains step-by-step instructions and recommendations for
conducting school safety audits, as well as a comprehensive Audit
Checklist.
Assessing Whether a Student Might Commit a Violent Act
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/shootings.pdf
Playground Safety Resources has a template for students to use in assessing playground safety.
http://www.kidchecker.org/files/pgcheck.pdf
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