Emergency Management

Click on your state for Safety and Emergency Management Information

Disaster Distress Helpline– National crisis helpline

Disaster Preparedness and Response from National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans

Preparedness Guides

Building Youth Preparedness and School Safety Capacity by Integrating Educational Initiatives

Center for Safe Schools (CSS) Model Door Numbering System – storefront to buy decals

Fire Drills, School Security Drills, and School Bus Evacuations

Ready.gov– website for preparedness

Recovery From Large-Scale Crises: Guidelines for Crisis Teams and Administrators

Reunification Following School Evacuation: Guidelines for Administrators and Crisis Response Teams

Rocket Rules for PreK through 3rd – website with free program/videos

The Role Of Districts In Developing High-quality School Emergency Operation Plans: At a Glance

Safety Readiness Tool– survey for schools to discover their safety readiness

Research/Best Practices

Active Shooter Drills: Guide & Resource (April 2020)

Best Practice Considerations for Armed Assailant Drills in Schools – National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)

Family Reunification Guide– PDF of best practices for schools

Protecting Our Future: Partnering to Safeguard K–12 organizations from Cybersecurity Threats report – CISA

School Safety After the Bell Rings – PDF article by Joey Melvin published in the Winter 2023 of Pennsylvania Administrator

School Safety Drills and Exercises for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Tips and Resources for Educators

Summary of Resources for State, Local, Tribal, Territorial, and Campus Law Enforcement Partners– PDF from DHS

Training

CPR Programs for Schools– through the Red Cross

Emergency Evacuations: Planning For The Whole School Community – Recorded Webinar

FEMA Incident Command System 100-free training

FEMA Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for School– free training

REMS Technical Assistance Center – provides trainings on emergency management topics with certificates

Ten Minute Tabletop – website with ideas on different topics for tabletop themes for schools

Greenlights Grants Initiative

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD)

Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE)

School Safety Grant Finder

School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) – Federal, releases in spring

Center for Safe Schools (CSS) Critical Incident Signage – storefront

Free Service to help take down your online under 18 Sexually explicit photos

Helping School-Age Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers

Helping Students After a Disaster

Helping Youth after Community Trauma: Tips for Educators

Leadership Communication: ANTICIPATING AND RESPONDING TO STRESSFUL EVENTS

National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement

National Association of School Psychologists – School Safety and Crisis resources and podcasts

Sample letter temples for death notification

Talking to children about violence

Teacher Guidelines for Helping Students after Mass Violence

#Bethe1To – Safety Plan information

Family Digital Wellness – free resources to help families talk to their children about being a good digital citizen

Information on Teacher Mental Health – 2022 pdf with resources

Me & My Emotions – free lessons for 13+

Mental Health First Aid – training program

Mental Health kits – free kits for gamers that educators order for students or staff

National Maternal Mental Health Hotline Call or text 1-833-943-5746 (1-833-9-HELP4MOMS)

PROQOL– free Professional Quality of life tool to help rate burnout, available digital and printout

Practical Guide for Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach – Updated 2023 resource from SAMHSA

Providing Psychological First Aid: Teachers – training

Safe Spaces: Foundations of Trauma-Informed Practices for Educational and Care Settings – free training in English and Spanish

School Mental Health report card – 2025 report that looks at each state and compares policies

Surgeon General’s Advisory on Social Media and Youth Mental Health

Toolkit: Trauma-Informed Workplaces

Trauma ScreenTime – courses to learn how to screen children for trauma

Understanding Racial Trauma Among Asian Americans: Recorded Webinar

Vicarious trauma toolkit

We Are Not Invisible: Protecting Latina Mental Health in Schools: Recorded Webinar

Averted School Violence

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children – Different training options from in-person to online

National Crime Prevention Council

Safe and Sound Schools

Safe2Say Something -Pennsylvania reporting system

Safe Dates– Evidence-based Teen dating violence program

Safer Schools Clearinghouse Resource Library

SAVE Promise Club – Youth lead school clubs to create safer schools and communities

Start with Hello – Sandy Hook Promise Program

Talking with Your Child’s School About Preventing and Addressing School Violence

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)

Climate

CDC School Employee Wellness Resources

Center on PBIS – Resources on tier one intervention

Guiding Principles for Creating Safe, Inclusive, Supportive, and Fair School Climates – link to a pdf

NASP School Climate, Safety and CrisisReport on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2021

School Climate and Student Discipline Resources – US Department of Ed

SAVE Promise Club– Learn more about starting a club in your school

Start with Hello– Free program from Sandy Hook Promise

Thinking Differently About Time for K- grade 9 – thought-provoking whitepaper from the National Center on Education and the Economy

Thinking Differently About Time, Part 2: High School

Cyber and Online Safety

Center for Humane Technology– Youth toolkit for school districts and educators

CISA’s Secure Our World

Considerations for Social Media Monitoring and Response– examples of implementing social media monitoring systems

Cyber Safety Video Series– Tips on how to stay safe online

Digital Futures Initiatives-Resources for educators and parents on creating good digital citizens

FBI’s Safe Online Surfing Internet Challenge to Launch for 2023 – 2024 School Year

CSS’ National Bullying Prevention Month Toolkit with social media posts

Safety

Center for Safe Schools (CSS) Safety & Prevention – storefront

CISA School Safety Task Force

K-12 School Security Guide Companion for School-Based Law Enforcement and School Resource Officers

National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO)

National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments

Podcast: What is the Role of a School Resource Officer? Part 1

School Resource Officer Video Series

Smokeless Saturday -Vaping intervention program

Strengthening School-Parent Partnerships for Enhanced Safety – Podcast

CPSEL

I Can Problem Solve (ICPS)

Advancing Policy Initiatives That Promote Student Social, Emotional and Mental Well-being – webinar

AmazeWorks

CASEL

Class Meetings That Matter

Co-Regulation and Connection: The Crucial Role of Adults in Children’s Self-Regulation – webinar

Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging from PA Office of Safe Schools

Guiding Principles and Best Practices in School Discipline to Support Students’ Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Academic Needs

Motivating Youth and Building Skills for Life: Implementing SEL in Out-of-school Time – webinar

Virtual Be Well Space: self-care classroom resource

An exploration of K–12 school shooting threats in the United States – Sept 2023 study

Assessing and Responding to Anonymous Threats of Violence in the K-12 Environment – CISA webinar

CISA Vulnerability Scanning– cyber assessment

Essential Elements of School Threat Assessment webinar

Maryland Center for School Safety Tabletop Exercises (TTX)

National Threat Evaluation and Reporting (NTER) Office’s Behavioral Threat Assessment Integration

Overview of the Comprehensive Threat Assessment Guidelines – CSTAG

Pennsylvania Threat Assessment Guidelines

2^nd Edition of PCCD’s Model K-12 Threat Assessment Procedures & Guidelines (updated in 2022)

PCCD Threat Assessment Case Management Form (available as Word and PDF documents, and aligned with the model procedures/guidelines)

• Video Module – “Introduction to School-based Threat Assessment in PA”
• Guidance on Communication and Information on Confidentiality

Podcast: Recognizing Red Flags

“Swatting”

Threat Assessment Tool

Threats of Violence by Students in Special Education – journal article

School Targeted Violence Resouces

Download the final report from the Oxford High School Shooting incident – webpage to download pdf