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State

Changing Alcohol Norms (CAN): Florida's Initiative to Lower Youth Drinking - A White Paper(PDF)

Correlation of Prevention Curricula Criteria with Florida's Sunshine State Standards (PDF)

Evaluation Manual

FCAT Practice Materials Using Prevention Concepts

Florida Safe and Drug-Free Schools State Reports (PDF):

Florida School Indicators Report - Provides data on public elementary, middle, and high schools for each of Florida's 67 school districts.

Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey

Florida Youth Tobacco Survey - A school-based survey of more than 23,000 middle and high school students in 266 schools in Florida.

Planning Guide: Achieving Safe, Equitable, Healthy & Drug-Free Schools (PDF 323KB)

Program Inventory

Safe Schools Appropriation Reports

School Districts Identify a Variety of Ways to Improve Safety in Schools - The Florida Legislature. Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability

  1. School Staff Guide to Risk and Resiliency (PDF)
  2. Cover Pages (PDF)
  3. Section 6 (PDF)
  4. Forms (PDF)

SDFS Notes - Summer 1997 to current

Strategies Database

Tobacco Prevention and Control: Florida's Comprehensive Plan for Action 2000-2001

Trends in Discipline and the Decline in the Use of Corporal Punishment (PDF) - June 2005

Federal

Conflict Resolution/Peer Mediation (CR/PR) Research Project --This web site is the result of a four-year, federally funded research initiative funded by the Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education to study use of conflict resolution and peer mediation in middle schools.

Early Warning Timely Response (PDF 1.04MB) - A Guide to Safe Schools, August 1998.

Final Report & Findings of the Safe Schools Initiative: Implications for the prevention of school attacks in the United States (PDF 555KB) - This document details how the U.S. Dept. Of Education and the U.S. Secret Service studied school-based attacks and what they found. May 2002.

Guidance for State and Local Implementation of Programs (PDF 400KB)

Indicators of School Crime and Safety -- U.S. Ed National Center for Education Statistics
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse - Surveys a representative sample of the population on a variety of issues concerning both legal and illicit drugs.

Preventing School Violence National Institute of Justice Research Forum, May 2000.

Preventing Youth Hate Crime: A Manual for Schools and Communities - Provides schools and communities with programs and resources that can be used in preventing youth hate crime and hate-motivated behavior.

Progress in Prevention: Report on the National Study of Local Education Agency Activities under the Safe and Drug Free School and Communities Act (DOC) - The purpose of this study is to provide a more complete description of the ways in which districts nationally accomplish such tasks. The study also provides a baseline for gauging future progress.

Safeguarding Our Children (PDF) - The guide provides practical steps schools can take to design and implement school safety plans to reduce violence in schools and help children get access to the services they need.

Security Technologies in US Schools - This document provides basic guidelines to law enforcement agencies and school administrators and encourages their collaboration as they decide what, if any, security technologies should be considered as they develop safe school strategies.

Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates (PDF) - This document sets forth a process for identifying, assessing and managing students who may pose a threat of targeted violence in schools.

What You Need to Know About Drug Testing in Schools (PDF) - The question of whether to test students for drugs or alcohol involves myriad complex issues that must be fully understood and carefully weighed before testing begins. The Office of National Drug Control Policy has put together this document to shed light and offer perspective on this multifaceted and sometimes controversial topic.

Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Other

Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action - This CDC report describes strategies for successfully implementing proven or promising interventions to prevent youth violence.

Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2004 - The report provides detailed statistical information to inform the nation on the current nature of crime in schools, and is a companion document to the Annual Report on School Safety.

Monitoring the Future - An ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults.

Pathways to Tolerance: Student Diversity Pathways to Tolerance (PDF) - Student Diversity is a useful and informative guide for parents, educators, administrators, pupil services providers, and policy makers. The publication demonstrates how schools can meet the educational and psychological needs of America's increasingly diverse student population.

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