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I. Creating a Safe and Responsive Climate

After school programs and other community programs

• After school programs providing recreation and supervision
• Community recreation programs
• Various athletic/sports opportunities and leagues
• Various clubs, dance, music, arts and other supervised activities

Character Education

• Character Counts
• Developmental Assets
• Purple Hand Program
• School Values Statements

Conflict De-escalation and Resolution Programs

Improved classroom management, school discipline, and school / classroom rules

• Positive Behavioral Support in Schools
• Recognition, Awards and Honors
• Surface Management Techniques
• Creating and Using Classroom Rules

Other Security and Prevention Approaches

• Attending to Deteriorating School Facilities
• Safer Schools Through Environmental Design
• School Uniforms
• Other Security options

Parent involvement

Programs to Improve School & Classroom Climate

• Caring and Community in Schools
• Structure and teaching discipline
• Empathy, Motivation; Expectations for students
• Relationships, Community
• Good lesson design & delivery
• Anticipation & planning
• Cooperative Learning
• Improving teacher morale
• Classroom meetings
• Leadership in School Culture

School-Family-Community Linkages

• Service Learning

School-wide Screening & Early Identification Programs

• Systematic Screening for Behavioral Disorders (SSBD)
• First Step to Success

School Security Audits & Inspections

Smaller groupings for students/ More Connections

• Block Scheduling
• Multiage groups
• School within school programs
• Home base programs
• Looping
• Reducing school size

Violence Prevention and Conflict Resolution Curricula

• Resolving Conflict Creatively Program - The Peaceable School Program
• The Peacemakers Program

II. Early Identification and Intervention

Academic support programs

• School within school, alternative and “at-risk” programs
• Truancy, absences, tardiness and related Interventions
• Adult, Peer and Cross Age Tutoring

Anger Management

Assessing Dangerousness

• Using Early Warning Signs
• Risk Factors
• Profiling
• Threat Assessment

Bullying Prevention & Intervention

Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Programs

• Peace Patrol
• Interest-Based Negotiation/Mediation

Individual Counseling

Individual Behavior Plans and Behavior Supports

• Functional Behavioral Assessments and Individual Behavior Management Plans
• Positive Behavior Supports

Mentoring Programs

• Big Brothers and Big Sisters
• Team-mates
• “Foster grandparent” programs, etc.
• Other mentoring programs

Peer Mediation

School-wide Discipline Programs

• Positive Discipline
• Boys Town Intervention/Administrative Model
• Discipline with Dignity
• Others

Drug, Alcohol & Gang Prevention/Intervention Programs

• School Community
• D.A.R.E.
• G.R.E.A.T.

III. Effective Responses to Inappropriate Behavior

Appropriate use of Medication

Develop Educational Alternative Options

• Alternative Schools or Programs
• Residential or Hospital Treatment
• Alternative Settings

Discipline and Alternatives

• District Codes of Conduct
  • Increase Effectiveness of Discipline Procedures
  • Expand discipline alternatives
  • Alternatives to Zero Tolerance Policies
• Increase Effectiveness of Alternative Programs
  • In-school suspension
• Create more restrictive special education settings, etc.

Involving Students in Decision Making

• Teen Courts
• Student disciplinary boards

Obtaining/Managing Information & Coordinating Agencies

• Sharing Information/ Service Coordination
• School Community Resource Officers
• School Based Probation Officers
• Wraparound
• Family Group Conferencing or Restorative Conferencing
• Multi-stemic Therapy

Planning for Crisis and Emergencies

• Physical Restraint
• Emergency Preparation and Crisis Planning
• Crisis Response Following a Crisis

Teams and Problem Solving

• Behavior Support Teams
• Functional Behavior Assessment and Individual Behavior Plans (Also in Level 11)
• Problem Solving Strategies for Crime and Inappropriate Behavior

Technology for School Security

• Security cameras
• Metal detectors
• Identification and multifunction badges
• Communication radios, intercoms and telephones

IV. Process and Support Issues

Community Coalitions to Restructure Schools

Employing Surveys

• Creating and Using School Climate Surveys
• Creating and Using School Safety Surveys
• Scanning, Data Entry and Tabulating Options for Surveys
• Using Excel to Analyze Survey Data

Risk Management

Teams in Schools

• Creating Effective Teams
• Shared Decision Making
• Work Teams in Schools
  

Typical School Data

• Office Referral Data Systems and Uses
• Tardy and Attendance Data
• Academic Progress Data and Grades
• Data Driven School Improvement
• Behavior Rating Scales and Checklists
• Pre-referral Intervention Data
• Special Education Referral Data