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This tip sheet provides information on what sextortion is, how offenders gain access, and what parents can do.

This guidance offers recommended steps for the first month of recovery following a mass casualty crisis event.

This report outlines a framework for supporting state school safety centers based on four promising practice categories: vision and mission, structure and staffing, supports and services, and audience and outreach. It also covers factors unrelated to awareness, use, and perceptions of state school safety centers, as well as ways for stakeholders to approach future research studies.

This report explores the perceived impacts and outcomes associated with state school safety centers from the perspectives of a variety of key partners who engage with their states’ school safety centers' services.

This brief provides information on the general landscape of state school safety centers, how they operate, and the services they provide.

This guide provides actionable steps that schools can take to develop comprehensive targeted violence prevention plans and create processes and procedures for conducting threat assessments.

This video describes accessibility features that should be considered to ensure that public schools are accessible to students with disabilities as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act.  The video describes key accessibility features needed by students with disabilities to get to school, participate in classes and get around school buildings and facilities, use playground equipment, and participate in other school activities.

This resource outlines common threatening or concerning behaviors identified across a wide variety of completed and averted acts of terrorism and mass violence (i.e., behaviors that may indicate an individual is on a pathway to violence).

This guide is designed to provide schools and law enforcement with sound practices and collaborative techniques to identify, assess, and address gang activity in the school setting.

These products provide information and guidance on recognizing, assessing, de-escalating, and reporting behaviors that raise concern. They include details on activities and behaviors that may be concerning or indicative of impending violence.