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.
Walk Smart, Virginia! Toolkit for Schools and Communities: English and Spanish
Buckle Up Challenge Project
The Virginia Department of Health is proud to sponsor Buckle Up Challenge. Anytime is a perfect time to remind students about the importance of buckling up! The Buckle Up Challenge is a service learning project that engages students and "drives home" the importance of wearing seatbelts whiledriving or riding in a vehicle! It is our hope that with the help of the Buckle Up Challenge toolkit, your student leaders will succeed in increasingseatbelt usage at your school!
This student-led project consists of an observational baseline survey at the beginning of the week to determine seatbelt usage rates; an education campaign promoting seatbelt usage; and a second survey at the end of the week to determine if the seat belt usage rates increased. The students will then summarize and report the results to the Virginia Department of Health's Division of Injury and Violence Prevention. The school with a usage rate of 85% or higher will receive an award. The students working on the project will also receive a Leadership Award.
Student-Led Safety Fair Planning Kit
DIVP has developed a peer education tool, a safety fair kit, for elementary and middle school-age children. This safety fair kit is an innovative tool that enables groups of children to teach others about safety. It can be implemented by elementary to middle school aged children. The kit can also be used by service clubs and scout troops to earn merits.
With this tool, children will be safety educators for their peers and/or younger children by planning and holding a safety fair. The kit includes topical facts and tip sheets on a few safety issues to guide the children in their research and planning of their activities and safety booths.
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
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
