The section on each topic begins with an overview of the topic and general guidelines for school administrators, teachers, and others to consider in establishing a program. Each program profile begins with the program's name, sponsoring organization, address, and telephone number. It also includes one or more paragraphs summarizing the program's nature and content, the target audience, the topic areas covered, the skills presented, and the availability of follow-up support. Programs include training programs for professionals, training programs that bring adults and students together, curriculum materials that teachers can include in their lesson plans, alternative school programs, interagency collaborations, assessment programs, and others. List of organizations that provide violence prevention resources
School Safety Work Book: What Works: Promising Violence Prevention Programs
NCJ Number
165427
Date Published
1995
Length
200 pages
Annotation
This volume profiles promising programs for preventing problem behaviors among juveniles; the programs focus on conflict resolution, gang prevention, social responsibility, drug prevention, truancy reduction, violence prevention, and weapons prevention.
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