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SchoolSafety.gov provides resources, like guidance, training, and fact sheets, to help schools create and maintain a safe learning environment. 

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Guidance
School Climate
Reimagining School Safety: A Guide for Schools and Communities

Third Party, 2022

This guide aims to help education professionals reimagine and redefine school safety such that safety is not the absence of a negative but rather the existence of positive elements like interconnection, belonging, voice, and agency. It pulls from different frameworks and concepts, including complex adaptive systems, restorative justice, co-designing, and design thinking, to provide educators, school leaders, and district administrators with mindsets, strategies, and grounded examples of what is possible by reimagining school safety.
Webpage
Emergency Planning
School Preparedness

Department of Health and Human Services

This resource provides information for K-12 school administrators and staff related to emergencies affecting multiple people at the school. It includes information on why school preparedness matters, the impact of emergencies, and what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is doing to help schools.
Report
Mental Health
Social Media and Youth Mental Health - The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory

Department of Health and Human Services, 2023

This advisory describes the current evidence on the impacts of social media on the mental health of children and adolescents. It states that we cannot conclude social media is sufficiently safe for children and adolescents and outlines immediate steps to mitigate the risk of harm to children and adolescents.
Fact Sheet
School Climate
Restorative Practices at a Glance

Department of Justice, 2023

This resource provides an overview of restorative practices and outlines facts and common misunderstandings.
Fact Sheet
Infectious Diseases and Public Health
Tips for Teens: The Truth About HIV

Department of Health and Human Services, 2020

This fact sheet for teens provides facts about HIV. It includes information about how the virus is spread and how to prevent transmission and answers common questions. It can be used by prevention professionals, educators, healthcare providers, and others who come in contact with teens.
Fact Sheet
Mental Health
Tips for Teens: The Truth About Opioids

Department of Health and Human Services, 2019

This fact sheet for teens provides facts about opioids. It describes short- and long-term effects, lists signs of opioid use, and helps dispel common myths about opioids.
Fact Sheet
Mental Health
Underage Drinking: Myths vs. Facts

Department of Health and Human Services, 2023

This fact sheet compares the myths with the facts about alcohol use among youth and the effects of alcohol use. It was written specifically for preteens and teens, but can help parents and prevention professionals start conversations about underage drinking and alcohol misuse.
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