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A Guide to Safe Schools
This U.S. Department of Education website offers research-based practices designed to assist school communities identify these warning signs early and develop prevention, intervention, and crisis response plans.
American Academy of Pediatrics - Children, Terrorism and Disasters
This website offers resources on disaster preparedness to meet children's needs.
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence provides assistance to groups committed to understanding and preventing violence, particularly adolescent violence.
Children, Stress, and Natural Disasters
The University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service offers a set of resources for teachers and other childcare or youth workers that helps prepare them for working with children who have been through a disaster.
CyberSmart Curriculum
CyberSmart is a free K-8 curriculum that teaches children how to be safe online.
Emergency Planning - Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools
This U.S. Department of Education Office of Safe and Healthy Students website provides information on emergency planning for schools.
FBI Kids Page
This FBI website contains age appropriate information and resources for children from Kindergarten through 12th grade.
FEMA - Resources for Parents and Teachers
This website contains a list of links to resources to help children affected by disasters.
FEMA for Kids
This website teaches children how to be prepared for disasters and how they can prevent disaster damage.
Health, Mental Health and Safety Guidelines for Schools
These guidelines were developed by more than 300 health, education, and safety professionals from more than 30 different national organizations as well as by parents and other supporters.
NHTSA - School Bus Safety
This website contains information on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's(NHTSA's) school bus safety program.
National Alliance for Safe Schools
The National Alliance for Safe Schools provides training, technical assistance, and publications to districts and schools interested in reducing school-based crime and violence.
National Association of School Resource Officers
The National Association of School Resource Officers is a not-for-profit organization for school-based law enforcement officers, school administrators, and school security/safety professionals working as partners to protect students, school faculty and staff members and the schools they attend.



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