Education

This set of revised guides provides information to help school mental health systems advance the quality of their services and supports. The Quality Guides contain action steps, best practices, and examples from the field for the following topics:  Teaming (PDF, 24 pages)  Needs assessment and resource mapping (PDF, 17 pages)  Screening (PDF, 25 ...

NCES’s Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates program (EDGE) makes postsecondary school location data available through these data tools and web services:  Geographic data homepage - This tool offers raw data files containing the coordinate points and other geospatial characteristics of postsecondary institutions.  Open Data Site - This service allows users to view ...

This fact sheet (PDF, 8 pages) provides information and strategies for addressing opioid overdoses at K-12 schools and institutions of higher education (IHEs) through emergency operations plans (EOPs) and other preparedness activities. Learn more. 

This training is a series of five interactive online modules that offer foundational learning on trauma-informed and victim-centered approaches to human trafficking. The modules are designed for first responders, government employees, staff at community and faith-based organizations, students, researchers, academics, and other members of the public. Training topics include:  Implementing trauma-informed ...

This webinar recording highlights the role of special educators in school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness. During this webinar, presenters discussed the role that special educators play in implementing the National Preparedness System mission areas before, during, and after an emergency. Presenters reinforced how special educators can enhance EOP ...

This webinar recording highlights the role of students in school safety, security, emergency management, and preparedness. During this webinar, presenters discussed the ways students can enhance the six-step planning process detailed in the Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans (PDF, 72 pages).  Presenters provided examples of how students ...

This infographic (PDF, 2 pages) highlights social media threats affecting school districts, provides mitigation and response measures for social media threats directed at school districts, and shares tools and resources to promote a culture of readiness and preparedness among school safety stakeholders. Learn more.  ...

This resource compendium (PDF, 24 pages) highlights all original one-pagers and infographics released on SchoolSafety.gov in 2023. This resource covers a range of school safety topics and provides actionable strategies, guidance, and resources that can help inform and enhance school safety programs and activities.  The 2023 SchoolSafety.gov Resource Package includes:  Back-to-School ...

This fact sheet (PDF, 6 pages) describes sextortion and its impacts on students. The infographic outlines how schools can protect youth from sextortion through the creation and modification of a Sextortion Annex in the school emergency operations plan (EOP). Learn more (PDF, 6 pages). 

This fact sheet (PDF, 6 pages) provides strategies that K-12 school district administrators, teachers, and staff can use to help form partnerships and communicate with families and guardians and include them in efforts to develop, enhance, and maintain high-quality school emergency operation plans (EOPs). Learn more (PDF, 6 pages).  ...