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The Safe School Initiative's final report details threat assessment techniques based on studies of previous violence. The report is for school administrators, law enforcement, and state officials.

This report summarizes the findings of a study that aimed to further the prevention of targeted school-based attacks by exploring how students with prior knowledge of attacks made decisions regarding what steps, if any, to take after learning the information.

This guidance is a training resource for professionals that teaches best practices in working with children who have experienced or witnessed serious violence. The courses describe the prevalence and characteristics of different forms of victimization, their psychological, behavioral, social and health consequences, and implications for practice.

This report, covering active shooter incidents in the United States between 2000 and 2013, examines specific behaviors that may precede an attack and that might be useful in identifying, assessing, and managing those who may be on a pathway to violence.

This guidance provides information for employers and employees on how to train staff for an active shooter situation, how to respond to active shooter threats within their workplace, how to recognize potential workplace violence and how to respond when law enforcement arrives.

This virtual training program from the International Association of Chiefs of Police educates law enforcement on the prevention and response to school violence.

This report includes practical advice gathered from experienced school resource officers (SROs) on how law enforcement, schools and school districts can work together to keep schools safe.

This report is designed to educate school personnel about at-risk behaviors and activities that assist students with reducing social/psychological commitment to violence as a method of resolving a grievance.

These reports summarize the outcomes of summits that bring together experts from a variety of disciplines, including law enforcement, academic education, social sciences, private security, and emergency management to develop cross-cutting prevention strategies and a framework for a prevention toolkit adaptable to individual communities.

This guidance provides tips to educators on creating school-wide violence prevention programs.