Welcome Educators! to resources that may help you teach children and teens the importance of injury prevention.

The Division collaborates with the Virginia Department of Education and other organizations to provide educators with information, training, project ideas, curricula and other resources to provide safe school environments, develop safety skills among Virginia’s youth and to get youth involved in community injury prevention. The Division supports the Health Smart! Virginia Website,
a Department of Education resource for teachers on health and safety activities and curricula, and works to assist schools in meeting national injury and violence prevention standards (i.e. Safe Schools and Safe Students in Virginia).

"Promoting healthy and safe behaviors among students is an important part of the fundamental mission of schools, which is to provide young people with the knowledge and skills they need to become healthy and productive adults."

--Center for Disease Control (February 2004)

What's New

• 2008 Buckle Up Challenge Project for High School Students
  The Buckle Up Challenge project is a service learning project that engages students and “drives home” the importance of wearing seatbelts while driving or riding in a vehicle!
  
  
• 2007 School-Based Injury Prevention Program Annual Report.
  This report highlights the school-based activities led by the Division of Injury and Violence Prevention in 2007.
  
  
• Check out the improved Health Smart Virginia Web Site. The site has been updated with new lesson plans and the recent changes to the Health Education SOL.
  
  
• New Fact Sheet! Injuries Among School-Age Children in Virginia, 2006
  
  
• Educators, Did you know that DIVP offers a variety of FREE injury and violence prevention resources for schools? Check out the updated order form to see what is offered.
  
  
• Inhalant Abuse Prevention: Staff Education and Student Curriculum
  
  
• ProjectSafetyNetVA: Contest to create a PSA on youth internet safety.
  Learn more at http://www.oag.state.va.us/ProjectSafetyNetVA/
  
  
• Resources for Schools to Prevent and Respond to Violence
  
  
• Safe Schools and Safe Students in Virginia:
  Guidelines and Resources to Improve the Safety of Students in Virginia - Learn more and order free copies
  
  

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The Injury Free Schools VA List Server is a forum for educators and injury prevention professionals to share information on injury prevention trainings, project ideas, curricula and other resources to provide safe school environments, develop safety skills among Virginia’s youth and to get youth involved in community injury prevention. Learn how to join!