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 Educational
Materials from DIVP
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- Complete the order form to receive free school-based injury prevention materials. To submit your request, complete the interactive order form, print it, then fax to 804-864-7743. You may also complete the online order form and email it to shannon.wright@vdh.virginia.gov. Please allow 2-3 weeks to process and ship your order.
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- A
Fact Sheet on Preventable Injuries to School-aged Children
- Safe
Schools and Safe Students in Virginia: Guidelines and
Resources to Improve the Safety of Students in Virginia is a resource for administrators, guidance counselors,
teachers, school nurses, coaches, and all other school
personnel who influence the safety of students and school
staff. This resource guide addresses eight components
of school and student safety. It provides recommendations
for keeping students safe while they are in school, on
school grounds, on their way to or from school, and involved
in school-sponsored activities. It also provides information
on helpful Virginia and national resources to assist schools
in achieving these safety goals.
- Download the U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission's Handbook
for Public Playground Safety (.pdf document, requires Acrobat Reader), Public
Playground Safety Checklist and other Playground
Safety Publications
- Walk Smart, Virginia! Toolkit for Schools and Communities: English and Spanish
- Injury
& Violence Prevention Tip Cards
Materials from Other Organizations
- School Injury Fact Sheet: Safe Kids USA
An estimated 2.2 million children ages 14 and under sustain school-related injuries each year. Read More
- The New National Consortium of School
Violence Prevention Researchers and Practitioners has just issued a position statement on school shootings. This position statement has been endorsed by a large number
of national organizations and will be widely publicized
in the news media in the coming weeks. The statement is
brief and can be downloaded from the website.www.ncsvprp.org
- SAMHSA'S Bullying Prevention Information
For Educators, Administrators, and Guidance Counselors
Links to specially selected tools to help educators and other school personnel reduce and prevent bullying behavior among schoolchildren and to improve peer relations at school. Includes printed public service announcements, pamphlets, posters, resource guides, and related online referrals.
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/15plus/educate/
- Stop Bullying Now
The Take a Stand, Lend a Hand, Stop Bullying Now! web site is an initiative of the Health Resource and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/index.asp
- Bullying is Not a Fact of Life:
What Schools Can Do
http://download.ncadi.samhsa.gov/ken/pdf/SVP-0052/SVP-0052.pdf
- School Safety: Lessons Learned
http://www.dps.state.mn.us/ojp/publications/schoolbrochure.pdf
- The Virginia Child Protection Newsletter is sponsored
by the Virginia Department of Social Services and edited by
Joann Grayson at James Madison University. Below are some
of the school-related issues. Visit http://psychweb.cisat.jmu.edu/graysojh/backissues.htm to view them.
- Bullying in Schools - Volume 75, Winter 2005
- Sexual Abuse by Educators and School Staff - Volume 76,
Spring 2006
- Teen Dating Violence How Schools Can Help - Volume 78,
Fall 2006
- Free CDC Tool Kit on Concussion
for High School Coaches!
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with
the support of partners and experts in the field, has developed
a tool kit for coaches titled, Heads Up: Concussion in
High School Sports. This kit contains practical, easy-to-use
information including a video and DVD featuring a young athlete
disabled by concussion, a wallet card and clip board sticker
for coaches, posters, fact sheets for parents and athletes
in English and Spanish, and a CD-ROM with downloadable kit
materials and additional concussion-related resources. http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/tbi/Coaches_Tool_Kit.htm
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