Active Shooter Drills: Guide & Resource (April 2020)

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

Building Youth Preparedness and School Safety Capacity by Integrating Educational Initiatives

CPR Programs for Schools– through the Red Cross

Disaster Distress Helpline– National crisis helpline

Family Reunification Guide– PDF of best practices for schools

Fire Drills, School Security Drills, and School Bus Evacuations

FEMA Incident Command System 100-free training

FEMA Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for School– free training

Helping Students Cope With the Preparation and Aftermath of Natural Disasters (9.11.20)– PDF resource

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

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

NEW! 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

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

Highmark Foundation

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD)

Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE)

Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV)

School Safety Grant Finder

8 tips for Restoring a Child’s Sense of Safety After School Shootings

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

Talking to children about violence

Teacher Guidelines for Helping Students after Mass Violence

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

Me & My Emotions – free lessons for 13+

Mental Health First Aid

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)

Providing Psychological First Aid: Teachers

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

Averted School Violence

National Crime Prevention Council

Safe and Sound Schools

Safe2Say Something -PA reporting system

Youth.gov Safe Dates– Teen dating violence program

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)– 2021 data now available

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

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

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

NASP School Climate, Safety and Crisis

National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO)

National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments

PCCD School Safety and Security Assessment Criteria Toolkit – Learn more about Act 44 assessments guidelines

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

Smokeless Saturday -Vaping intervention program

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

Start with Hello– Free program from Sandy Hook Promise

CPSEL

I Can Problem Solve (ICPS)

AmazeWorks

CASEL

Class Meetings That Matter

Creating Equitable School Systems

Virtual Chill Room

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

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

“Swatting”

Threat Assessment Tool