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Columbine
Memorial Guestbook,
A place where you may send your
condolences and express your feelings for the families and community
of Columbine
SCHOOL VIOLENCE AND ITS
PREVENTION
- Protecting
Students from Harrassment and Hate Crime: A
Guide,
A US Department of Education
Page
- Expert:
Ending Violence Involves All of
Us,
Denver Post, 27 August
1999
- Killers'
Parents: We Didn't Teach
Hate,
Chicago Tribune article, 27
August 1999
- GROWW
Grief Recovery ONLINE for ALL
Bereaved, Includes Silenced
Angels2, a room created for the comfort and support of peers;
students, parents and teachers of violence victims, (no media
please).
- Cease
Fire,
Gun safety information, policy,
help for parents, facts, etc.
- America
Under the Gun,
N. Y. Times series with all kinds
of data about gun sales and availability in the US
- Experts
Urge Swift Action to Fight Depression and
Agression,
N.Y. Times article, 22 April 1999
(registration required)
- Prevention
Yellow Pages,
worldwide directory of programs,
research, references and resources dedicated to the prevention of
youth problems and the promotion of nurturing children
- Improving
School Violence Prevention Programs through Meaningful
Evaluation,
an ERIC resource
- National
Alliance for Safe Schools
- Early
Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe
Schools,
guide to safe schools, early warning signs of school violence,
getting help for troubled children, developing a response and
prevention plan and responding to crisis (book length
site)
- Violence
and Safety,
Education Week article with links
to other Prevention articles from their newspaper on the
topic.
- Trends
and Issues: School Safety and
Violence, ERIC article on
making schools safer, educators try to identify and assist likely
offenders, implement social-skills curricula, and weigh the need
for security devices
- Critical
Issue: Developing and Maintaining
SafeSchools,
NCREL site with links to other information and examples of
preventative measures taken in schools
- National
School Safety
Center,
providing information and resources and identifying strategies and
promising programs which support safe schools for school children
worldwide.
- CHECKLIST
OF CHARACTERISTICS OF YOUTH WHO HAVE CAUSED SCHOOL-ASSOCIATED
VIOLENT
DEATHS,
From National School Safety Center
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