PREPaRE Workshop 1: Comprehensive School Safety Planning: Prevention Through Recovery

PREPaRE Workshop 1, Third Edition,

Comprehensive School Safety Planning: Prevention Through Recovery:

October 8th and 9th (Thursday and Friday) 9 am – 1:00 pm each day

In Workshop 1, participants will learn how to establish and sustain comprehensive school safety efforts that attend to both physical and psychological safety. The workshop addresses critical components needed to develop, exercise, and evaluate safety and crisis teams and plans and conduct building vulnerability assessments. The model also integrates school personnel and community provider roles in providing school-based crisis preparedness and response activities. Additional topics addressed also include media/social media, communication, reunification, students with special needs, culture, and memorials. After this workshop, participants will be better prepared to improve their school’s climate, student resilience, and crisis response capabilities of school personnel. With updated research and strategies, this workshop makes a clear connection between ongoing crisis prevention, mitigation, protection, and response.

· Provides a broad overview of the school crisis team's roles and responsibilities, with a special emphasis on crisis prevention and preparedness.

· Per participant materials fee: $45 

· You will receive information regarding pre-activities about 2 weeks prior to the event.