Welcome to the NWESD School Safety Resource page. Do you know about a great resource we can share on this page? Please email your links to us!
- High Quality School Emergency Operations Plans
- Student Threat Assessment
- Attendance, Chronic Absenteeism (Truancy)
- School Discipline & Trauma-informed Practices
- Harassment, Intimidation, & Bullying
- Crisis Teams
- Homeless Students
High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans
- OSPI School Safety Center – This site is an excellent starting point for all things school safety in the State of Washington.
- REMS (Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools)
- REMS Home Page – US Department of Education school safety website.
- GUIDE FOR DEVELOPING HIGH-QUALITY SCHOOL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLANS – Gold standard for school safety Emergency Operations Planning.
- Colorado School Safety Resource Center – Great source of general information on school safety.
- Texas School Safety Center – another rich source of school safety information.
- Minnesota Comprehensive School Safety Guide
Student Threat Assessment
- The Mid-Valley Threat Assessment System (STAS) – formally called the Salem-Keizer Student Threat Assessment System.
- Student Threat Assessment Program – highly successful implementation (over a decade of service to Clark County) of the Mid-Valley Threat Assessment System.
- Community-based Violence/Threat Risk Assessment Protocol, A Collaborative Response to Student Threat Making Behaviours – the approach to Student Threat Assessment taken in Canada.
Attendance (Chronic Absenteeism and Truancy)
- OSPI: Attendance and Chronic Absenteeism – great resource, including access to data.
- OSPI: Truancy (Becca Bill) and Compulsory Attendance – learn more about truancy and community truancy boards.
- Attendance Works – this site is easily the best place to get information about and resources for your attendance campaign.
- Spokane County (WA) Toolkit for Community Truancy Board Replication – a great guide for those who want to start or improve a community truancy board in their district.
- Clark County and Cowlitz County Truancy Projects – ESD 112’s truancy projects are recognized nationwide as models for successfully combating truancy.
- PSESD Truancy Page – there are some great resources for community truancy board development on this page.
School Discipline and Trauma-informed Practices
- OSPI: Student Discipline – new legislation in 2016 is informing the way schools apply traditional discipline practices.
- Multipying Connections – a great place to start exploring trauma-informed practices and discipline.
- ACEs Too High – School Discipline Video – every educator should see this video.
- PBIS – national PBIS website.
- Northwest PBIS – home of the northwest regional PBIS organization.
- Compassionate Schools – Want to become a trauma-informed school? Check out the Compassionate Schools page on the OSPI website, then contact NWESD to find out how we can help.
Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying (HIB)
- OSPI: Bullying and Harassment (HIB) Toolkit – your main source of information concerning HIB in Washington schools.
- International Bullying Prevention Association (IBPA) – a great place to learn more about bullying prevention.
- OLWEUS Bullying Prevention Program– learn more about this internationally recognized, evidence based bullying prevention program. OLWEUS is a systemic approach that will transform the culture of your school. NWESD has certified trainers. Contact us for more information.
Crisis Team Training
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PREPaRE Training Curriculum – this excellent program is ideal for both regional and crisis team training. NWESD has certified trainers. Contact us for more information.