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This documentary focuses on best practices after school shooting tragedies, including family reunification, dealing with accompanying trauma, and crisis planning.

This podcast episode discusses the integration of Opioid Overdose Prevention Annexes into school emergency operations plans. It describes school-based prevention and intervention methods and provides an overview of the presence of opioids in schools.

This webpage provides tips and resources about caring for and protecting children in a disaster, with a particular focus on helping students cope following an emergency situation.

This information sheet addresses suicide prevention among youth in foster care. It is written for professionals and volunteers who interact with foster children or work with their caregivers.

This webpage explains and lists protective and risk factors that youth may encounter as they reach their developmental competencies.

This fact sheet illustrates ways to improve communication and collaboration between schools and families to support students’ needs.

This fact sheet discusses actions educators and school-based staff can take to support and respond to students’ social, emotional, and behavioral needs in classrooms or other instructional settings. It highlights several key evidence-based practices staff can implement to make immediate, impactful changes and provides supporting tools and resources.

This webpage lists signs that may indicate a young person has an addiction or problem with drugs.

This fact sheet discusses approaches to create effective, evidence-based school discipline policies with a focus on responsive rather than punishment-based discipline practices. The fact sheet includes steps and resources to help school administrators and leaders examine the rationale driving existing discipline policies and to include students and community members in the conversation to develop revised approaches.

This fact sheet lists the ten most frequently asked questions from teenagers during National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week® and provides answers to help parents start a conversation about drugs and health.