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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.)

 

 


 

P revention Resources addressing Diverse Student Needs

R esources to guide educators and prevention coordinators in providing

substance abuse and violence prevention services and programs

 

in manners that are responsive to diverse student needs –

 


 

    

       Listed below are resources for school administrators, educators, prevention program coordinators, community members, and others in designing and delivering prevention-focused services in manners that are responsive to the needs of diverse student populations.


       

                  (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

     potential acts 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 theChild 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.)

 

                 Culturally Competent Approaches to Prevention

 

·         Culturally Competent Crisis Response Resources (National Association of School Psychologists, or NASP)

http://www.nasponline.org/culturalcompetence/cc_crisisresources.pdf

 

·         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

 

                  Delivering Prevention Services to Students with Disabilities

 

·         Substance Abuse Preventionand Intervention for Students with Disabilities:  A Call to Educators

      (ERIC Digests)

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

 

·         Beach Center on Disability (Federally funded research on Positive Behavioral Supports in the classroom). http://www.beachcenter.org/research/default.asp?strResource=&Type=General%20Topic&act=view&id=9

      

                  Delivering Prevention Services to Students served through Special Education Programs

 

·         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

 

·         The Good Behavior Game (Empirically validated 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; published by Intervention Central)

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

and

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

 

·         Oregon Social Learning Center (a privately funded research institute specializing in parent training and community violence and substance abuse intervention/prevention research with partners at Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas)

http://www.oslc.org/mission.html

 

·         Best Practices for Serving Court-Involved Youth with Learning, Attention, and Behavioral Disabilities (Katherine A. Larson, University of California at Santa Barbara, and K. David Turner, Davis County Schools, Farmington, Utah; funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice)

http://cecp.air.org/juvenilejustice/docs/Promising%20and%20Preferred%20Procedures.pdf

 

·         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

 

                  Delivering Prevention Services to Students who are At-Risk for Dropping Out of School

 

·         Identifying and Serving At-risk Students (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, or NCREL)

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/at0cont.htm

 

·         Materials, Resources, and Training Opportunities offered by the National At-Risk Education Network, or NAREN (The National At-Risk Education Network, a non-profit organization)

http://www.atriskeducation.net

 

·         KAN-DIS:  Kansas Discipline Incident Reporting System (Kansas State Department of Education,

      or KSDE)

      http://kandis.ksde.org

 


 

Pleasehelp ensure the implementation of prevention programs

and prevention-focused instruction in manners that are responsive

to the needs of diverse student populations .

 

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

drug-free, and informed!

 

Please let us know how we can assist in 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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