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Are Schools Safe?
School should be a safe haven, free of crime and violence. But parents who think of school as a place where a child's ...
Source: Education.com
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Monitoring Playground Safety
Each year in the United States, more than 200,000 children go to hospital emergency rooms with injuries that happened ...
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Violence Prevention in Our Schools: Promoting a Sense of Belonging
The issue of school safety and school violence has received attention for a number of years. Certainly the tragedy at ...
Source: Dr. Robert Brooks
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School Violence: What You Need to Know
While anxiety over school violence is understandable, media reportage of such incidents can exacerbate the problem, ...
Source: Education.com
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Zero-Tolerance Policies
IntroductionNot that long ago, students would be sent to the principal's office as the ultimate penalty for breaking a ...
Source: NYU Child Study Center
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School Safety and Security: A Concern for Parents
Your child’s school hasn’t had a crisis that warrants national news coverage, but you’ve become ...
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Helping Children Cope with Violence
Media-reported violence often intrudes on the daily lives of young children both in their homes and in out-of-home ...
Source: National Association for the Education of Young Children
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A Dozen Things Parents Can do to Stop School Violence
Recognize that keeping firearms in your home may put you at legal risk as well as expose you and your family to ...
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Questions Related to Specific Safety Problems
Under what circumstances should an aggressive or disruptive student be evaluated for a possible behavior disorder?A day ...
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School Violence
Students enjoy more physical safety inside the doors of their schools than they do elsewhere (Devoe et al., 2002; ...
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Questions Related to General School Safety Issues
Is it possible to transform an unsafe school into a safe school?Most schools in the United States are reasonably safe ...
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Parents Be a Role Model for Your Child
Here is what we can all do to help keep our children “violence-free”Parents and caregivers are vital to the ...
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The Choking Game
Young people need to understand that the Choking Game is not a game and that it is very dangerous. You may remember ...
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Talking To Teens About Violence
What’s It All About? Violence affects the lives of many Washington youth and may even result in death. Youth ...
Source: Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
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Consequences of Peer Rejection
Unfortunately, the negative social experiences some children face in their early years can continue as they get older....
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Do Afterschool Programs Give Students a Boost?
Recent studies suggest that afterschool programs do more than just keep kids occupied during the afternoon. Just what...
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The Reality of Gangs
What’s the Deal With Gangs? Gangs are neither just a big city or inner city problem, nor are they a problem of a...
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School Safety: Three Steps To Keep The Peace
The recent tragic school shooting reminds us of the important role each child and each adult has in maintaining the...
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Violence in the Media: What You Need to Know
Research that shows that even some G-rated movies are inappropriate and potentially harmful to young children's health.
Source: Education.com
