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School Safety - Training and Technical Assistance

The following training and technical assistance opportunities are a sample of those available through nationally recognized agencies and associations.

Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT)
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has partnered with Texas State University to fund its ALERRT initiative for campus, school, local, and tribal law enforcement nationwide. ALERRT Active Shooter Response training is specifically designed to provide law enforcement agencies with training to effectively and safely respond to active shooter events—and help save lives.

Center for School Mental Health Assistance (CSMHA)
CSMHA strives to support schools and communities in the development of school-based mental health programs that are effective, accessible, family-centered, culturally sensitive, and responsive to local needs. The Center offers a forum for training, the exchange of ideas, and promotion of coordinated systems of care that provide a full continuum of services to enhance mental health, development, and learning in youth.

Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV)
CSPV works from a multidisciplinary platform on the subject of violence and facilitates the building of bridges between the research community and practitioners and policymakers. As part of its mission, CSPV offers technical assistance for the evaluation and development of violence prevention programs.

Children's Safety Network Technical Assistance Resource Centers
The Children's Safety Network Technical Assistance Resource Centers offer training and technical assistance to assist States, schools, and communities to prevent child and adolescent injuries and violence.

Communities In Schools, Inc. (CIS)
CIS is the nation's largest dropout prevention organization. The mission of CIS is to champion the connection of needed community resources with schools to help young people successfully learn, stay in school and prepare for life.

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Emergency Response and Crisis Management (ERCM) Technical Assistance (TA) Center
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, the ERCM TA Center provides expert, focused assistance on various aspects of crisis planning, and maintains a network of experts in the field. All technical assistance is designed to improve the quality of Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) plans.

Fox Valley Technical College
Fox Valley Technical College coordinates training and technical assistance workshops for Missing and Exploited Children for prosecutors and professionals in law enforcement and social, health and family services.

Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.)
The G.R.E.A.T. program provides classroom instruction for school-aged children and a wide range of community-based activities that result in the necessary life skills and a sense of competency, usefulness, and personal empowerment that are needed to avoid involvement in youth violence and criminal activity.

International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
IACP offers training and technical assistance on juvenile justice issues for Federal, State, local and tribal law enforcement agencies that are funded through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Kansas Bullying Prevention Program
This project was funded or partially funded by the Governor's Discretionary Portion of the Federal Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Grant Program as administered by Kansas Attorney General Carla J. Stovall.

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National Center for Conflict Resolution Education
Operated by the Illinois State Bar Association, the National Center for Conflict Resolution Education offers training, technical assistance, and information to help schools, juvenile facilities, and youth-serving organizations select and implement quality programs for conflict resolution education.

National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth
The National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth is the Family and Youth Services Bureau's (FYSB's) central resource on youth and family policy and practice. The Bureau and the field designed and promoted a youth development approach to working with all young people that remains the cornerstone of FYSB's work today.

National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC)
NCPC, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance, offers several courses to help young people address social problems and institute significant community change. The courses address youth violence, provide assistance for adults working with youth, and offer guidance on developing community-based programs.

National School Safety and School Security Services
This web site is a Cleveland, Ohio-based, leading national consulting firm specializing in school security and crisis preparedness training, security assessments, and school safety consulting for K-12 schools and public safety providers.

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Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) National Training and Technical Assistance Center (NTTAC)
The mission of NTTAC is to promote the use of best practices and support the delivery of high quality training and technical assistance that reflect the diversity of populations within the United States. NTTAC accomplishes this mission by working with the juvenile justice field to facilitate access to training and technical assistance resources and by working with providers to build training and technical assistance capacity.

School Resource Officer Leadership Program
This Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention training program for school resource officers (SROs) demonstrates the importance of standards of excellence and best practices to the enhanced role of the SROs as leaders in planning and maintaining a safe school environment.

School Safety and Security Toolkit: A Guide for Parents, Schools, and Communities
This toolkit is an easy-to-use guide that will assist parents and administrators in implementing the Be Safe and Sound model in their schools. It includes a step-by-step procedure for assessing school safety and security, forming an action team, identifying the problems, holding a forum with stakeholders to brainstorm solutions, developing an action plan and building support for it, and evaluating the results.

Working Against Violence Everywhere (WAVE) 
The WAVE America Program combines a public awareness and educational campaign with a toll-free student tip line and an extensive Web site that supports student-led initiatives. WAVE America is centered on the leadership principles of "resolve," "respect," and "responsibility." The program's goal is to give students, teachers, parents/guardians, and other members of communities across America valuable tools to make their schools safer while promoting a positive message of personal and ethical responsibility.

The Justice Events calendar offers a comprehensive list of conferences, workshops, seminars, and other events.

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