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This guide offers advice on how to talk to children about tragic events that they are likely to hear about at school and/or on the news.

This program certifies federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial partners in the instruction of Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management best practices and techniques. It is designed to prepare partners to train their local communities and provides organizations with tools to help mitigate threats and prevent acts of terrorism and targeted violence.

This online training educates the public on threatening or potentially concerning behaviors and where to report them, providing an opportunity for intervention to prevent targeted violence from occurring.

This annual report examines the state of school crime and safety. It covers topics such as active shooter incidents, criminal victimization, bullying, safety and security measures, and criminal incidents at postsecondary institutions.

This brief shares considerations for organizing a state-level response to support schools and districts in recovery from school-based gun violence. It provides considerations for organizing coordination and response teams, planning and implementing the response, and reviewing the response for areas of improvement and providing ongoing support.

This resource is a compilation of practice profiles highlighting considerations for improving physical safety for schools and classrooms in the context of school-based gun violence. It describes considerations for implementation within a larger multi-tiered system of supports framework and provides specific practice profiles for classroom practices, outdoor and entrance practices, and communication protocols.

This video explores six key domains of comprehensive school safety and insights on how school safety leaders can approach prevention, protection, and intervention in digital and physical spaces.

This website provides resources and tools to help individuals prepare for and prevent acts of targeted violence and terrorism. Resources include community support; grant funding opportunities; information-sharing platforms; evidence-based research; bullying, depression, domestic violence, and mental health support; gun safety best practices; and training opportunities.

This resource provides guidance to help communities, families, and individuals understand and cope with violent images, videos, and other disturbing content after an act of targeted violence or terrorism.