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SCHOOL SAFETY and CHILD ABUSE REPORTING
Hotlines
:

  Call the School Safety Hotline at
1-877-626-8203
to anonymously report any potential acts of violence.

  Call the Child Abuse Reporting Hotline at
1-800-922-5330
if you suspect child abuse.   (Kansas law requires citizens to report all suspected cases of child abuse.)

 

                            

 


 

Prevention Resources for the Classroom

R esources for teachers to utilize in incorporating

  substance abuse and violence prevention topics in classroom instruction–

 


 

    

        Listed below are resources for teachers to utilize in incorporating prevention-focused topics in lesson plans (applicable to multiple content areas), as well as in building prevention-focused curricula, addressing classroom management issues, incorporating culturally-sensitive approaches in prevention lessons, identifying and serving at-risk students, preventing and addressing bullying behaviors, and conducting parent conferences.


       

                  (Please Note – The Child Safety HOTLINES in Kansas are provided in the first two

                   items below.)

 

·         Kansas School Safety Hotline Students, teachers, staff, and others are asked to call

      the Kansas School Safety Hotline at 1-877-626-8203 to ANONYMOUSLY report any

      potentialacts of violence.

http://www.ksde.org/hotline.html

 

·         Child Abuse Reporting HotlineIf you suspect child abuse, Kansas law requires you

      to report this. Please call the Child Abuse Reporting Hotline at 1-800-922-5330.  

     (This hotline is a service of the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.)

http://www.srskansas.org/CFS/Child%20Abuse%20Reprting%20Guide.pdf

 

(Note: You may also call the CHILDHELP USA“National Child Abuse Reporting Hotline”

at 1-800-4-A-Child.)

 

·         Blueprints Promising Programs:  The Good Behavior Game (Empirically validated strategy

      to reduce violence and disruptive behavior in the classroom; a Colorado University review

      of the program is provided, along with step-by-step implementation guidelines; Blueprints

     for Violence Prevention, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, University of

     Colorado at Boulder; published by Intervention Central)

http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints/promising/programs/BPP06.html

and

http://www.interventioncentral.org/htmdocs/interventions/gbg.shtml

 

·         Crisis-related Resources on Multiple Topics (National Association of School Psychologists,

      or NASP)

http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/crisismain.html

 

·         Crisis Resources in Spanish (National Association of School Psychologists, or NASP)

http://www.nasponline.org/crisisresources/resources_spanish.html

 

·          Facts for Educators: Drug Prevention Lesson Plans (American Council for Drug Education,

       or ACDE)

http://www.acde.org/educate/lessons.htm

 

·         Substance Abuse Prevention Curriculum Guide (Nova Research Company)

http://www.preventioncurriculum.com/default.cfm

 

·          SMHP (School Mental Health Project) Resource Clearinghouse (University of California

     at Los Angeles, or UCLA)

http://www.smhp.psych.ucla.edu/selection.html

 

·         Safety and Substance Abuse Prevention Lesson Plans (The Educator’s Reference Desk)

http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Health

 

·         Strategies for Bullying Prevention (Health Resources Services Administration, or HRSA,

      U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/?src=overture

 

·         Youth Suicide Prevention School-Based Guide (University of South Florida)

http://theguide.fmhi.usf.edu

 

·         Positive Parent Conferencing (Center for Learning and Development, or CLD)

http://www.cldtx.org/HTML-products/positive.html

 

·         List of Topics Related to Youth Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention (developed

      and periodically updated by the Kansas State Department of Education, or KSDE, Planning

     and Research)

KKS_list_topics.aspx

 

·         Addressing Prevention Topics through Culturally-Sensitive Approaches (Substance Abuse

      and Mental Health Services Administration, or SAMHSA, National Clearinghouse for Alcohol

      and Drug Information, or NCADI)

http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/features/multicultural

 

·         Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention for Students with Disabilities:  A Call

      to Educators (ERIC Digests)

http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-3/abuse.htm

 

·          Resources available through the Beach Center on Disability at The University of Kansas

     Department of Education (evidence-based resources and strategies for Positive Behavioral

       Supports in the classroom).

http://www.beachcenter.org/research/default.asp?strResource=&Type=General%20Topic&act=view&id=9

 

·          Preventing Substance Abuse in Special Education Students (Oregon Center for Applied

       Science, Inc.; distributed by HealthComm Interactive Inc.)

http://www.hcimarketplace.com/products/description.html?index=27

 

·         Multiple Resources for Educators pertaining to Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention                        (National School Safety Center)

http://www.nssc1.org

 

·         Resources on Classroom Management (The Educator’s Reference Desk)

http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi/Resources/Teaching/Classroom_Management.html

 

·         TeachersGuide : Strategies and Curriculum Guides for Incorporating Drug Prevention

     Messages into Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities (Parents – The Anti-Drug, developed

      by the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, White House Office of National Drug

     Control Policy)

http://www.theantidrug.com/teachersguide

 

·         Materials and Information Provided through the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

      (Parents – The Anti-Drug, developed by the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign,

     White House Office of National Drug Control Policy)

http://www.mediacampaign.com

 

·         PBS Series: Close to Home – [Bill] Moyers on Addiction (PBS Home Programs)

     http://www.pbs.org/wnet/closetohome/home.html

 

·         “FREEVIBE” - Helping Youth Understand the Dangers of Substance Abuse and Make

      Responsible Decisions (Developed by Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment, the National

       Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, or NCADI, Substance Abuse and Mental

      Health Services Administration, or SAMHSA, U.S. Department of Education, and the National

      Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign)

  http://www.freevibe.com

 

·         Resources and Curriculum Guides for ATOD (Alcohol, Tobacco, and other Drugs) Prevention

      Instruction in the Classroom (Channing Bete Company)

http://www.channing-bete.com/education/atod.html

 

·         Fair and Effective Discipline for All Students: Best Practice Strategies for Educators

      (National Association of School Psychologists, or NASP)

http://www.naspcenter.org/factsheets/effdiscip_fs.html

 

·         Grade-Specific, Standards-Aligned, Prevention-Focused Lesson Plans in Specific Curricular Areas

      (available through the Kansas Education Resource Center, or KERC, lesson plans/resources

      Web -pages; currently being developed by KSDE – Coming in 2006!)

http://www.kerc-ks.org

 

·         The Cool Spot:  Information on Alcohol and Peer Pressure Resistance for Young Teens

     (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, or NIH,

     U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

                        http://www.thecoolspot.gov/index.asp

 


 

Please incorporate prevention topics in your classroom instruction.

 

W orking together, we can help Kansas kids be safe,

drug-free , and informed!

 

Please let us know how we can assistin your efforts

to promote the well-being, health, and safety of children and youth in Kansas.

 

Contact us at:

 

prevention@ksde.org


 

Disclaimer:  This list presents links to school, community, and parent resources for youth substance abuse and

violence prevention but is not exhaustive and needs to be updated frequently to reflect contemporary issues, research

and practice. The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) does not endorse the website links and information and

materials accessed through these links which appear here in the Kansas Education Resource Center (KERC), other than

links to the KSDE website; nor does KSDE endorse the contents, opinions, or views of the external websites’ sponsoring

organizations .

 

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