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Parent Involvement Key in Preventing Teen Driving Deaths
Keep students safe on the roads by following these guidelines.
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Unique Response to School Violence
Find out about a national initiative that is keeping weapons out of schools.
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Students from Across the Country Unite to Prevent Violence at the 11th Annual SAVE Youth Summit
Find out what happened when students from across the country came together to address the issue of youth violence.
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Discussing Diversity
Check out these activity ideas you can use for Promote Respect and Tolerance Day during National Youth Violence Prevention Week.
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VIOLENCE PREVENTION 07.02 Conflict Management 101
Share these tips with students to help them manage their conflicts more effectively.
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Survival Tips for Middle School
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How To Help Diminish the Effects Of Bullying
Find out how you can help students to recover after they`ve been victims of bullyin.
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Help! My Student Is Being Bullied (From the Tips for Parents Series)
Find out what parents can do if they believe their children are being bullied.
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How Hate Takes Hold
Dr. Jody Roy defines hate, describes its relationship to fear, examines its role in provoking violence, and identifies steps parents and educators can take to prevent hatred from taking hold in their children.
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Just For Parents (Part III): Five Things Role Models Should Do In Front Of Kids
Follow these tips for modeling respectful and peaceful behavior in front of children.
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Just For Parents (Part II): Five Things Role Models SHOULD Not Do In Front of Students
Help your students resist hatred and avoid violence by avoiding making these common mistakes with kids.
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Just For Parents (Part 1): Modeling Respect
Consider how you might be able to make small changes in your life to be an even better role model of self-respect and respect for others.
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Students from Across the Country Unite to Prevent Violence at the 10th Annual SAVE Youth Summit
Discover how this event brought together thousands of students and school staff to celebrate their violence prevention efforts and to learn how to expand and improve their efforts.
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What YOU Can Do During National Youth Violence Prevention Week
Find out about the different ways schools across the country celebrate National Youth Violence Prevention Week.
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Joining Forces Through National Youth Violence Prevention Week
Discover how this national event is providing a unique opportunity for people of all ages and walks of life to join forces to address youth violence.
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A Fundamental Approach To Preventing Hatred and Violence: The Cure
Consider why education is the key to preventing hatred and violence.
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Just For Educators: Hallmarks of Respectful Schools
Cultivate these traits among your students and colleagues to raise the level of respect for all people in your school.
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Just for Educators: Warning Signs of At-Risk Schools -- Does Your School Show Risk Signs for Hatred and Violence?
Identify signals that a school is nurturing a culture that elevates the risk for harassment of some students and various forms of violence.
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Welcoming Hurricane Evacuees Into Our Schools
Share these tips with students so they can make your school feel like home for those who lost their homes to Katrina.
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A Gift Just For Educators
Recognize your power as an educator to influence the behavior of your students by reflecting on how your past teachers impacted you.
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Tips For Teens (Part III): Talking Points
Help kids learn how they talk with their parents about big issues like violence, bullying, or racism that may be affecting them or some of their friends.
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Tips For Teens (Part II): Making A Bigger Impact
Review these tips for teens on how they can make their clubs and organizations even more effective in creating worthwhile change in their schools and communities.
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Tips For Teens (Part I) : How Do You Relate?
Use this activity for teens to help them avoid and prevent violence by improving their interpersonal skills.
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Looking for the Latest Research on Issues Related to Violence in Schools?
Find out about journal that can bring you the latest news and research on school violence.
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Internet Safety Tips
Learn how parents can help kids to practice safety when surfing online.
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What Are YOU Doing For National Youth Violence Prevention Week?
Find activity ideas and resources for National Youth Violence Prevention Week.
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Don`t Just Be A Character...Have Some Character!
Use these activity ideas to promote character education during the month of February and throughout the year!
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Over 40 Leading National Organizations Begin Gearing Up For National Youth Violence Prevention Week
Find out how a national campaign is engaging experts from a variety of fields in an initiative to work together to reduce youth violence.
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Taking Action: Activities To Promote Inclusion
Use these activities in your schools to teach students the value of diversity and price of prejudice.
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Creating A Climate Of Respect
Create a safer school by increasing student awareness about the importance of inclusion and equity.
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Fall Festivities Focusing On Safety
Check out these activity ideas on how to keep your school and community safe during the Halloween holiday, football season, and throughout the fall!
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Students Speaking Out
Check out these ideas on how to get your student-led violence prevention activities rolling this September.
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Focus On Back To School
Start the year off right by encouraging students to participate in these violence prevention activities.
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Safer Youth, Safer Communities
Learn how the National Crime Prevention Council has helped kids realize that they can play a vital role in reducing violence in their schools and communities.
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Preventing Substance Abuse Prevents Violence
Recognize the connection between substance abuse and violence, and check out activities that can prevent drug and alcohol abuse in your school.
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Five Years After Columbine: Students Take The Lead To Stop School Violence
Find out about how students across the country participated in a national campaign to stop violence.
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Hand In Hand: Relationship Violence Prevention
Check out these activity ideas to teach students how to prevent and respond to relationship violence.
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Empowering Students
Share these ideas with your students to help them discover how they can make their schools and communities safer.
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Schools And Communities Join Forces To Prevent Youth Violence
Find out how you can support the National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign
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National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign Gaining Momentum
Check out how the National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign is expanding its reach and find out how you can get involved in this important initiative.
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Reaching Out Through Service
Learn how service projects not only helps those who are served, but also helps to keep the young people who are involved in the projects safe from violence.
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Focus On Weapons Safety
Review and reinforce your school's weapons policy using these awareness and educational activities.
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Stop Youth Violence Before It Starts!
Learn how the National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center can help you to prevent youth violence.
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The Hamilton Fish Institute: Working To Make Schools Safer For Learning
Learn more about this national resource for the research and development of school violence prevention strategies.
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Nation's School-Based Police Officers Prepare Schools For Terrorism
Find out about initiatives school resource officers are taking to protect and prepare schools for attacks by terrorists.
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Violence Prevention Programs Building Citizenship
Find out how violence prevention initiatives can help to nurture citizenship in youth.
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Youth Courts: Raising Awareness
Learn about a new public awareness campaign coordinated through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the National Youth Court Center (NYCC).
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Beauty And The Beast Of Bullying
Get the details on Miss America's efforts to end bullying in our schools.
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Dating Violence: What Teens Need To Know
Get the facts on dating violence and share them with your students so they can protect themselves and help others in abusive relationships.
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Preparations Continue For National Youth Violence Prevention Week
Check out these activity suggestions for National Youth Violence Prevention Week, April 7-11, 2003.
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Preparation Underway For National Youth Violence Prevention Week
Check out these tips for planning for National Youth Violence Prevention Week and find out how you can get free resources for the event!
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An Invitation To Participate In The National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign
Find out how you can participate in a national campaign to prevent youth violence!
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A Gift Of Service For The Holidays
Find out how you can initiate a holiday service project that will benefit your students and your community.
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Learning How To Lend A Helping Hand
Examine the potential benefits of service projects and review important variables you need to consider in order to make your holiday service projects successful.
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Suggested Activities For National Safe Schools Week
Access activity ideas that will teach your students and staff ways that they can make your school safer.
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Back To School Safety Tips That Parents Can Really Use!
Find out how you can help your child have a more pleasant and safer experience throughout the school year.
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Youth Voices...Grown-Up Choices! Violence Prevention Tips For Students
Share these violence prevention tips with your students and encourage them to make a commitment to stop violence by signing the attached pledges.
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Dealing With Bullies Without Making Things Worse
Find out the best ways to cope with bullying so you won't escalate the situation.
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S.A.V.E./Chevrolet School Violence Survey Key Findings And Fact Sheet
Review the results from the S.A.V.E./Chevrolet Youth Survey which reveal teens' perceptions of what has changed in schools since Columbine occurred and how they respond to potential school threats.
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Uniforms And Dress-Code Policies
Find out why some schools are changing their dress-code policies, examine issues raised by proponents and opponents, explore the legal considerations, review the research findings, and consider some suggestions from students about other ways to promote safety in schools.
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Zero Tolerance Policies
Learn about the origins of zero-tolerance policies, review evidence on their effectiveness, examine critiques of them, and discover strategies to make the policies more useful.
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Communication: A Key Component for Preventing Violence In Our Nation's Schools
Learn why anonymous reporting systems are an effective tool for students to alert school officials of potential safety risks.
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Preventing Student Sexual Harassment
Review effective anti-harassment strategies currently employed by schools.
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Violence In Audio-Visual Media: How Educators Can Respond
Examine how violence in TV programs, movies, and video games impacts on the behavior of youngsters and find out what educators can do about it.
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Profiling Students For Violence
Review the various issues raised by profiling students for violence, and discover additional strategies for reducing the risk of violence in schools.
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Youth Aggression and Violence: Risk, Resiliency, and Prevention
Find out what developmental pathways may lead to antisocial and delinquent behavior and learn how resiliency and prevention can guide youth towards appropriate behaviors instead of aggressive and violent ones.
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Preventing Violence In Elementary School Children
Review effective antiviolence strategies for use with elementary school children that educators can integrate into their schools and classrooms.
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Early Childhood Violence Prevention
Review steps parents, teachers and caregivers can take reduce the damaging effects of violence on children.
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Secret Service Study Explores Early Detection In School Shootings
Find out what the Secret Service has learned about school shootings and review specific steps you can take to prevent violence in your school.
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Why Conduct Program Evaluations?
Learn how the right type of evaluation can help you make your violence prevention program more effective.
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Anger Through The Ages
Learn the best ways to prevent anger from escalating to violence by recognizing how anger affects young people differently depending on their age.
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Staying Safe From Gun Violence
Explore ways you can help protect children from the dangers of guns.
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Reducing Conflict In The Classroom
Find out ways you can help your students manage their anger and resolve conflicts before they escalate into violent confrontations.
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The Causes of Violent Behavior
Gain a better understanding of the causes of violence so you can find ways to prevent such behavior from happening.
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Protecting Young Women From Sexual Violence
Review steps you can teach young women to help them protect themselves from sexual violence.
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The Bully Factor
Learn practical advice you can share with students on how to handle bullies and avoid getting into fights.
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The Hard Facts Of Violence
Discover simple steps you can take to reduce violence in your school and community.
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Identifying Children With Anger Management Problems
Find out the signs that indicate a young person may have difficulty managing their anger.
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The Effects of Domestic Violence on Children
Become able to recognize and help children living with domestic violence.
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Dating Violence: Breaking the Cycle
There are many conditions which keep a person in a destructive relationship. Learn ways to help someone escape a violent relationship safely.
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Hard Facts on Gun Violence
Dispel myths about guns with the hard facts.
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Conflict is a Natural Occurrence
Conflicts generally feel uncomfortable, negative and unpleasant, but when they are understood, they can become a learning experience - even a positive one. Understanding the nature of conflict can help change your feelings about it.
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