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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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Guidance

School Safety at a Glance

Department of Justice, 2023

This guide discusses creating safe schools using a comprehensive and layered approach, organizing school safety strategies by the strength of their evidence base and where they fall on the prevention timeline. It also provides links to resources for implementing various school safety strategies.

Video

Systematic Review: Perceptions of School Resource Officers

Department of Justice, 2022

This systematic review evaluates various perspectives on School Resource Officers in the school community, as well as how these perceptions may affect long-term student outcomes and policy decisions.

Guidance

Keeping Youth Drug Free

Department of Health and Human Services, 2020

This guide offers advice for parents on how to prevent youth substance use. It includes facts about substances and tips for establishing and maintaining good communication with children and adolescents.

Webpage

Respond to Bullying: Stop Bullying on the Spot

Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of Justice

This webpage outlines steps adults can take to quickly and consistently respond to bullying behavior.

Webpage

What You Can Do

Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of Justice

This webpage offers tips for parents, educators, and other members of the community on what they can do to help prevent and respond to bullying.

Fact Sheet

Bullying Prevention and Preparedness Modelling

Department of Justice, 2023

This document outlines key takeaways, additional resources, and discussion questions from a recorded webinar on upstream practices that help schools reduce instances of bullying.

Fact Sheet

Anonymous Reporting Systems Response Skill Building

Department of Justice, 2023

This document outlines key takeaways, additional resources, and discussion questions from a recorded webinar about coordinated approaches to tip reporting scenarios and the interface between threat assessment teams and triaging tips.

Webinar

Lessons from the Field - Supporting Transgender and Nonbinary Students in K-12 Schools

Department of Education, 2022

This recorded webinar describes challenges faced by many transgender and nonbinary students and offers actionable strategies for providing support.

Guidance

Enhancing Family-School Collaboration with Diverse Families

Department of Education, 2021

This brief informs school leaders about how intentional collaboration with diverse families can be created through environments in which educators work alongside families on behalf of the students they serve. It includes recommendations for action.

Fact Sheet

Talking to Children about Hate Crimes and Antisemitism

Department of Health and Human Services, 2018

This fact sheet provides information on how to talk to children about hate crimes. It includes information on how to discuss antisemitism, common reactions children may have after mass violence, and how to support and empower children and adolescents during these conversations.