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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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Department of Justice
This report provides school communities with a summary of the research on violence prevention and intervention and crisis response in schools.
Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Justice, December 2018
This report provides the foundation for SchoolSafety.gov. It outlines steps to prevent, protect, mitigate, respond to and recover from school violence.
Department of Education, 2015
This training program provides guidance for school administrators, law enforcement, and state officials on the importance of included plans about how to respond to school violence after an occurrence.
Department of Education, and Department of Homeland Security
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.
Department of Education, and Department of Homeland Security, May 2008
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.
Department of Justice, 2013
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.
Department of Justice, June 2018
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.
Department of Homeland Security, October 2018
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.
Department of Justice, August 2018
This virtual training program from the International Association of Chiefs of Police educates law enforcement on the prevention and response to school violence.
Department of Justice, March 2017
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.