School Safety/Child Safety

Bullying: K-12 TLC Guide

Child Advocacy: K-12 TLC Guide Child Health Care: K-12 TLC Guide Child Labor: K-12 TLC Guide

Community and Human Services: K-12 TLC Guide Gun Control: K-12 TLC Guide Law & Legal Resources: K-12 TLC Guide Outdoor Survival Skills: K-12 TLC Guide Parents & Parenting: K-12 TLC Guide

Automotive Safety, Aviation Safety
Disease Prevention & Control, Fire Prevention & Safety
International Day for Disaster Reduction
(2nd Wednesday of each October)
Food Safety, Halloween, Internet Safety, Playground Safety, Toy Safety
Bullying, Gangs, Gun Control, Lasers Substance Abuse, Uniforms, School Violence
Science Safety

Organizations, Associations & Agencies

School Safety/ Child Safety
School Safety/ Child Safety	Yale, Linus: K-12 TLC Guide. K-12 TLC Guide to Gun Control. American Association of School Administrators. As Safe As Possible Campaign: Preventing Childhood Injury. Assault Prevention Information Network, University of Texas. Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice, American Institutes for Research. Children's Rights Network, Amnesty International. Children's Safety, The Family Corner. Children's Safety Network, Education Development Center. Crayons and Asbestos: K-12 TLC Guide. Disaster Resources, University of Illinois. FEMA for Kids, Federal Emergency Management Administration. A Guide to Safe Schools, U.S. Department of Education. Healthy Child Care America Campaign, National Child Care Information Center. Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 1998, National Center for Education Statistics. Keep Schools Safe, National Association of Attorneys General, National School Boards Association. NASA Public Safety Spinoffs, The Ultimate Space Place. National Centers for Disease Control: ABCs of Safe and Healthy Child Care. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. National Public Radio: 5 Worries Parents Should Drop, and 5 They Shouldn't. Child Safety Group Fights for Facebook 'Panic Button'. Culture of Fear (audio: 47:00). Facing Backward: Keeping Kids Safe in Cars. Rights of the Fetus (audio: 5:05). Home Contractors Brace for Lead Paint Rules. Injuries to Kids From Swallowed Disc Batteries Are No Joke. Safer, More Efficient Stoves Spread In Latin America. Should Babies Co-Sleep with Their Parents? Walking And Cell Phones Don't Mix. National Safe Boating Campaign. National Safety Council: Child Fact Sheets. Community Safety Fact Sheets. First Aid Institute. Kids' Corner. National Education Center for Agricultural Safety. Youth Activities Division. National School Safety Center. OSHWEB, Tampere University of Technology. Missouri Safe Schools HomePage, University of Missouri-Kansas City. Safe and Caring Schools Initiative Project, The Alberta Teachers' Association. Safe Schools Coalition, Inc.. Safe Schools Design Guidelines, University of South Florida. Safety Problems & Issues, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Safety Smart, Riley Children's Hospital. School Safety Websites, University of Virginia. School Safety: What's Being Done & Where Is It Going? University of North Carolina. Schools as Safe Places, Australian Secondary Principals' Association. Security On Campus, Inc. Southwest Educational Development Laboratory. Today's Weather: K-12 TLC Guide. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Admin. (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor.
School Safety/ Child Safety Indiana	Indiana Department of Education: School Emergency Preparedness. School Traffic Safety and Emergency Planning. School Violence Prevention. Indiana Prevention Resource Center. State Of Indiana's Public Safety Information Network.
School Safety/ Child Safety Disease Prevention & Control	K-12 TLC Guide to Diseases, Illnesses & Disorders. Lice: The American Head Lice Information Center. Head Lice Fact and Fiction, WebMD. Human Lice, Michigan State University. The National Pediculosis Association. National Association of School Nurses. National Public Radio (audio): Kids and Pesticides: 5/16/00 (6:00). Physicians for Social Responsibility.
School Safety/ Child Safety Fire Prevention & Safety	Prairie Fires: K-12 TLC Guide. Wildfires/Forest Fires: K-12 TLC Guide. 09/02/1666: The Great Fire of London: K-12 TLC Guide. 10/08/1871The Great Chicago Fire: K-12 TLC Guide. 10/08/1871: Peshtigo, WI Fire: K-12 TLC Guide. 03/25/1911: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. 05/11/1985: 52 Soccer Fans Die When Fire Sweeps England's Bradford Stadium, BBC. National Public Radio: Arson Forensics Sets Old Fire Myths Ablaze. Eight Catastrophes That Changed America. Florida Schools and Fire Inspections (audio: 5:16). Fire Curriculum for Students, Federal Emergency Management Administration. On-This-Day: *01/09/1972: The Queen Elizabeth* Is Destroyed by Fire**.
School Safety/ Child Safety Fire Prevention & Safety	K-12 TLC Teachable Moments 10/08/1871: Comparing the Peshtigo, WI Fire and the Great Chicago Fire.
School Safety/ Child Safety International Day for Disaster Reduction Second Wednesday Each October	Earthquakes: K-12 TLC Guide. Flooding: K-12 TLC Guide. Hurricanes, Cyclones and Typhoons: K-12 TLC Guide. Tornados: K-12 TLC Guide. BOND. International Red Cross. International Strategy for Disaster Reductions. United Nations.
School Safety/ Child Safety Gangs	Graffiti: K-12 TLC Guide. Anti-Graffiti Web Page. Arlington, Virginia Police. California Gang Investigator's Association. The Coroner's Report. Fairfax County, Virginia. Gang Home Page, Illinois State Police. Gang Prevention, Will County, Illinois. Gang Resistance Education And Training Program, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Gangs and Violence, Teacher/Pathfinder. National Youth Gang Center, Institute for Intergovernmental Research. National Public Radio (audio): Chinatown Gangs in San Francisco: 2/21/00 (4:00). Priest Fights Gangs with 'Boundless Compassion'. Rural Gangs 10/18/00 (4:57). Online Guide to Gang Signs and Graffiti. Stockton, California.
School Safety/ Child Safety Organizations, Associations & Agencies	Crime Prevention Coalition of America. National Association of School Resource Officers. The National Center for Education Statistics: Violence, Crime And Discipline In U.S. Schools. Violence & Discipline Problems in Public Schools. National School Safety Center. Operation: Child-Safe. Physicians for Social Responsibility. Safe Schools Coalition, Inc., Michigan Technological University. U.S. Department of Education: Creating Safe and Drug-Free Schools. Drug and Violence Prevention Grants. Guide to Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act. Injuries In The School Environment. Manual to Combat Truancy. Manual on School Uniforms. Safe & Drug Free Schools Program. Sexual Harassment: It's Not Academic.
School Safety/ Child Safety Playground Safety	National Playground Safety Week (Third Week in April). Church Business. Oklahoma Department of Labor. Virginia Department of Health.
School Safety/ Child Safety Toy Safety	CBS News: Phthalates: Are They Safe? Consumer Product Safety Commission. National Safe Toys and Gifts Month (December). Purdue University. University of California, San Diego. Toy Industry Foundation. World Against Toys Causing Harm.
School Safety/ Child Safety Uniforms	Family.com. Do Uniforms Affect Behavior?. Dressed For Success. PBS.
School Safety/ Child Safety School Violence	K-12 TLC Guide to Columbine HS Student Shootings. K-12 TLC Guide to Gun Control. K-12 TLC Guide: Marketing Media Violence to Teens. K-12 TLC Guide to Violence and Video Games. American Academy of Pediatrics: Violence Prevention Resources. Center For The Prevention Of School Violence, North Carolina State University. Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, University of Colorado. The Critical State of Violence Prevention, American Association of School Administrators. Facts About Violence Among Youth: Violence in Schools, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Gangs and Violence, Teacher/Pathfinder. Handgun Control Inc. History Channel: 12/12/1997: Three Die in Paducah, KY School Shooting. Join Together Online. The National Center for Education Statistics: Violence, Crime And Discipline In U.S. Schools. Violence & Discipline Problems in Public Schools. National Public Radio: Aggressive Teens: 11/16/99 (5:00). Children and Responsibility: 3/3/00 (8:59). Hate Group Recruitment: 12/16/99 (7:00). In Ohio Town, A School Tragedy Averted. Predicting School Violence: 3/3/00 (8:30). Schools Still Safest Place: 4/21/00 (4:31). Youth Violence: 9/27/00 (3:00). 12/16/99: White Power Music (5:00). 02/15/00: Two Students Murdered at Game (3:30). 2/28/00: First Grade Shooting : 03/01/00 (3:30). *03/02/00: Morning Edition* (5:00). 03/02/00 All Things Considered (5:00). 03/03/00: Adult Charged (5:15). 04/25/00: Washington, D.C. Zoo Shootings (3:28) National School Safety Center: Checklist Of Characteristics Of Youth Who Have Caused School-Associated Violent Deaths. School Associated Violent Deaths (SAVD) Report. School Crisis Prevention and Response. Preventing School Violence, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. "The School Shooter: A Threat Assessment Perspective": The Federal Bureau of Investigation (pdf). National Public Radio: 9/6/00 (4:00). School Violence, National Conference of State Legislatures. School Violence and the News, Kids Health. School Violence Prevention, Knowledge Exchange Network. Student Pledge Against Gun Violence. Warning Signs of Teen Violence, American Psychological Association. What Do You Know About School Violence?, MSNBC. Why Violence? School Shootings-Secret Service Findings*, CNN. Youth&Violence.com*.
School Safety/ Child Safety	Child Safety, St. Charles Public Library, IL. Primary: *Red, Yellow, Green: What Do Signs Mean?, Joan Holub. Adult: A Child Called 'It', Dave Pelzer. Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent...., James Garbarino. Slow Death by Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things, Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie: National Public Radio. Amazon.com*.
	K-12 TLC Teachable Moments 09/21: Hurricanes. 10/08/1871: Comparing the Peshtigo, WI Fire and the Great Chicago Fire.
	Other: Constitutional Rights Foundation: The Challenge of School Violence. Creating Alternatives to Violence. Fire Curriculum for Students, Federal Emergency Management Administration. Teaching Children About Living in a Violent World, Scholastic.

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This guide last edited 11/20/2011
This guide last revised 03/18/2009