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This page contains Resources for Health, Safety, and Miscellaneous items that include but are not limited to Special Education, Section 504, State Mandates, Dear Colleague Letters, Etc.

Health and Safety Resources

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​​​​​​​​​Valuable School Violence and Threat Assessment Resources
-Behavior Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM): Best Practice Considerations for K-12 Schools, Full Guidance 17-page guidance with detailed components, considerations, and reminders but not a substitute for actual BTAM training
–Behavior Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM): Best Practice Considerations for K-12 Schools, Brief Overview 4-page summary of key points and considerations
​-Upholding Student Civil Rights and Preventing Disproportionality in Behavior Threat Assessment and Management
​–Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers
–School Violence Prevention
–Best Practice Considerations for Schools in Active Shooter and Other Armed Assailant Drills
–School Safety Drills and Exercises for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Tips and
Resources for Educators
–Threat Assessment at School
–Bullying Prevention
–Recovery From Large-Scale Crises: Guidelines for Crisis Teams and Administrators
–Responding to a Mass Casualty Event at a School: General Guidance for the First Stage of Recovery
–Mitigating Psychological Effects of Lockdowns
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Resources for Responding After Incidents of School Violence
-Principal Recovery Network,  a guide to help principals should they face gun violence in their schools.
-From NASP:
Responding to a Mass Casualty Event at a School: General Guidance for the First Stage of Recovery at https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/responding-to-a-mass-casualty-event-at-a-school-general-guidance-for-the-first-stage-of-recovery
Responding to School Violence: Tips for Administrators at: https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/school-violence-prevention/responding-to-school-violence-tips-for-administrators
Helping Youth after Community Trauma: Tips for Educators at: https://www.nctsn.org/resources/helping-youth-after-community-trauma-tips-educators
Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers at: https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/talking-to-children-about-violence-tips-for-parents-and-teachers
From San Diego County Office of Education:
Resources for Educators, Families to Discuss School Shootings at: https://www.sdcoe.net/about-sdcoe/news/post/~board/news/post/resources-to-discuss-school-shootings
-From the UCLA Center:
Responding to a Crisis at:  http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/crisisresp.htm
Review and improve Crisis Response and Prevention Plans. What are good follow‑up plans for schools after a crisis event?
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/mhpractitioner/practitioner(7-17-19).pdf
“Crises Assistance and Prevention” (Chapter 17 in Embedding Mental Health as Schools Change) http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/mh20a.pdf
Move on to plan improvements in the system of student/learning supports for the district and its schools: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/newinitiative.html​

Miscellaneous Resources

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