Webinars

Sensible Steps to Healthier School Environments Webinar Series

• In today’s challenging financial climate, the ability to identify and take simple, affordable steps to protect the health of students and staff in our schools has never been more important. This webinar series, hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will outline sensible, low- or no-cost steps that school communities can take to create healthier environments in their buildings. Each webinar will feature school district personnel from across the country presenting their real-life examples and solutions.
• Designed for: facility managers, custodial staff, district administrators, principals, school nurses, teachers, support staff, school board memebers.
• The Role of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in Creating Healthy Learning Environments
  • June 18, 2013, 3:00 pm ET
  • Discover why IAQ is an essential component of green and healthy schools and healthy learning environments. Learn how robust IAQ management plans promote academic achievement. Gain in-depth knowledge on how the IAQ Tools for Schools guidance provides simple, low-and no-cost resources, such as the IAQ Tools for Schools Action Kit, to create healthy learning environments. Hear examples of how school districts have successfully implemented and institutionalized comprehensive IAQ management programs in their districts.
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM): Protecting Children in Schools from Pests and Pesticides
  • July 23, 2013, 3:00 pm ET
  • Understand what IPM is. Learn the benefits of IPM. Discover sensible steps for implementing or enhancing school IPM programs. See how to integrate IPM into a comprehensive Healthy School Program.
• Current Issues in Chemical Management, Best Practices for Schools and Districts
  • August 20, 2013, 3:00 pm ET
  • Get up to date information about best chemical management practices in schools. Learn sensible steps to ensure your chemical management program applies to educational art, and science supplies as well as to chemicals commonly used in facility maintenance and operation. Discover measures one district took to educate students and staff, improve its chemical management practices, prevent accidents, and reduce health risks associated with use and disposal of chemicals in its facilities.
• Cleaning and Maintenance, Sensible Steps for Creating Healthier School Environments
  • September 25, 2013, 3:00 pm ET
  • Gain insights on the most current trends in green cleaning for schools. Learn steps other schools have taken to assess and improve cleaning, maintenance and waste management practices. Discover how to create and sustain a clean, green and healthy cleaning and maintenance program in your school or district.
• Sensible Steps for Energy Efficiency and Waste Reduction in Schools
  • October 22, 2013, 3:00 pm ET
  • Learn guidelines for energy management and waste reduction that your school can follow to improve energy and financial performance. See how to evaluate your school’s energy performance with ENERGY STAR’S new and improved Portfolio Manager. Discover sensible steps that one award winning district took to enhance energy efficiency, reduce waste and realize sustainable operational savings.
• Sensible Steps for Mold and Moisture Control In Schools
  • November 19, 2013, 3:00 pm ET
  • Get current information about the health effects of mold and its impacts on schools. Learn sensible steps you can take to solve moisture and condensation problems before they become mold problems. Get the most up-to-date information about effectively addressing indoor mold growth and contamination when it occurs.
• Renovate Right: EPA’s Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Program at Schools
  • December 17, 2013, 3:00 pm ET
  • Get up-to-date information about the serious health effects of lead on children. Learn how federal law applies to K-12 schools. Discover sensible steps that administrators, facilities managers, school nurses and early childhood learning professionals can take to protect their students from lead poisoning.

Enhancing Multidisciplinary Responses to Polyvictimization: Complex Trauma Speaker Series

• This series is co-sponsored by the Complex Trauma Workgroup and Complex Trauma Treatment network of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN).
• Free and open to the public. Eligible participants may earn 1.5 CE credits per presentation at no cost.
• Polyvictimization Considerations in the Judicial System
  • June 27, 2013, 1:00 pm MT
• To Register:
  • Step 1: First create an account (free): http://learn.nctsn.org/login/signup.php
  • Step 2: Check your email and confirm your account (click on link)
  • Step 3: Return to http://learn.nctsn.org, and enroll in this Speaker Series
  • Step 4: On the day of presentation, login and return to the Speaker Series homepage For technical assistance email help@nctsn.org

Understanding Evidence for Suicide Prevention: CDC's Interactive Tool to Support Evidence-Based Decision Making

• July 11, 2013, 3:00pm ET
• Hosted by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)
• Understanding Evidence (http://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/evidence/#&panel1-1) is a new, interactive web resource developed by CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention that supports public health practitioners in making evidence-informed decisions. The goal of evidence-based decision making is to bring a high standard of research evidence into the decision-making process while taking into account the contextual and experiential factors that influence decisions.   This webinar will illustrate how the Understanding Evidence web resource can be used by practitioners, coalitions, and evaluators to strengthen practice and evaluation of suicide prevention strategies.

Advancing Injury Prevention Through Policy Webinar Series

• Bullying Prevention Legislation: Focus on LGBT Youth
• The Children's Safety Network (CSN) and the Network for Public Health Law (NPHL) jointly announce the launch of a new webinar series titled "Advancing Injury Prevention through Policy." A total of four webinars will be held from November 2012 through May 2013. Each session will feature one injury topic and when appropriate, will include an update on which states currently have laws or policies related to that topic, state experience in gaining passage and implementing the law, and the experience of evaluating the effectiveness of the law.

 

Online Trainings

The ABCs of Bullying: Addressing, Blocking, and Curbing School Aggression

• Hosted on the Prevention Management Reporting & Training System, a service of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

• This course, for professionals, examines the causes and effects of bullying, prevention techniques and programs, screening, treatment options, and legal/ethical issues surrounding bullying. The information is relevant to educators, health and mental health practitioners, parents, and anyone else who works with children.

• Quizzes at the end of course modules allow course participants to gauge their learning against course objectives.

NEW Applying the Strategic Prevention Framework to Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention

• Created by the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) 
• Addresses prescription (Rx) and over-the-counter (OTC) medicine misuse, abuse and addiction. Although safe when taken as prescribed and often truly life-saving, Rx and OTC medicines also present a major problem—as they are easily accessible and many perceive these drugs to be less harmful than illicit drugs.
• This course, consisting of 10 modules, applies the “problem statement” of youth prescription drug abuse to the major competencies of the Strategic Prevention Framework. Users should have a working knowledge of the SPF and have identified Rx abuse/misuse as a problem in order to gain significant knowledge and build basic skills to tackle the problem by taking this course.

Bereavement at Schools Online Training

• Created by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (REMS TA Center) 2010

• Recovering from the death of a school community member can be difficult and painful, but as part of a comprehensive emergency management program, school officials can provide critical support to the school community as it moves through the bereavement process. This course will first address how young people commonly react to a loss and the implications of these reactions for schools in supporting bereaved students. The course then presents action steps schools can take both before and after the loss occurs. Finally, the course addresses seven particularly sensitive bereavement-related issues that often arise following a tragic death.

• Course Completion Time: 2 hours

Bullying and Harassment: Thin Line...Thin Ice

• See the FREE online course!

• This is open to the public and especially designed for administrators and Title IX Coordinators.

• Centennial BOCES is proud to partner with the University of Colorado Bueno Center Equity Assistance Center, the Education Compliance Group, Down to Earth Media, and eNetColorado in this education opportunity for administrators and coordinators in districts across the state to address the issues of bullying and harassment.  This project was partially funded by a grant through the Colorado Department of Public Safety, School Safety Resource Center.

• Select the course link and register yourself for the course http://moodle.enetcolorado.org

NEW Colorado Association of School Executives (CASE) eLearning Programs

• Recorded webinars to be viewed on demand, provided by the Colorado Association of School Executives.
• Topics include:
  • Is Your School Safe?
  • School Budget and Finance Series
  • Technology in Education
  • Legal Insight Series
  • Virtual BookCASE
  • How to Interpret ACT's EXPLORE and PLAN Reports

NEW Community Action Planning training modules | en Español

• From StopBullying.Gov, the Bullying Prevention Training Module Materials are research-based resources that can help you lead bullying prevention efforts in your community.

• Training Module with Speaker Notes  | en Español

• Training Module in PowerPoint  | en Español

• Community Action Toolkit  | en Español

Conducting Compliance Check Operations, Distance Learning Course

• Presented by OJJDP, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE) and Fox Valley Technical College, WI

• This FREE four-hour online training course provides basic guidelines and operational information on reducing sales of alcohol to underage purchasers through compliance investigations of alcohol retailers. The course presents rationales for carrying out these investigations and emphasizes the importance of reducing youth access to alcohol thereby reducing youth related crime in the community and improving the quality of life.

• Designed primarily for law enforcement personnel who will be involved in the planning and/or implementation of alcohol compliance checks. This course is also suitable for law enforcement supervisors and administrators, criminal justice partners, state and local coalition members, and other members of the community as a tool to develop a greater awareness of the benefits and requirements associated with conducting alcohol compliance checks.

NEW Conducting Security Assessments: A Guide for Schools and Houses of Worship

• Recorded on May 1, 2013 by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
• This webinar will help participants learn the importance of conducting a security assessment of their facility, how to find the right support in conducting that assessment, applicable security measures, and how to create a security culture that engages and involves all the members of their respective academic or faith community.

Crisis Management for School-Based Incidents: Partnering Rural Law Enforcement and the Local School Systems (AWR-148) 

• Developed and delivered by the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (RDPC)

• This self-paced, Web-based course will educate rural law enforcement personnel as well as school administrators, teachers and staff to effectively respond to an emergency in a K-12 environment. The training will provide representatives of rural law enforcement departments and school systems with a foundation of knowledge and skills that will enable them to progressively establish a school-based emergency response plan and crisis management team through information-sharing and training.

Developing a School Emergency Management Plan Online Training

• Created by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (REMS TA Center) 2010

• A comprehensive emergency management plan is critical in an effective school emergency management program. In this course, we cover the process of developing a plan and the components of a good plan. You will learn about principles of effective emergency management planning such as addressing all four phases of emergency management (Prevention-Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery), taking an “all-hazards” approach in planning, and taking a collaborative approach by including community partners in the planning process. The course also covers how to conduct a risk assessment as part of the planning process. Finally, the course presents ideas for adopting, distributing, and communicating the plan to a full range of stakeholders.

• Course Completion Time: 1.5 hours

Emergency Management 101 - An Overview of the Four Phases of Emergency Management for Schools

• Created by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (REMS TA Center) 2009

• This 3 1/2 hour overview of the four phases of emergency management: Prevention-Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery. It will provide school districts and emergency management teams with a basic understanding of the key components of an emergency management plan, and the elements central to school emergency preparedness through an all-hazards approach. The training's purpose is to expand and enhance emergency management planning efforts throughout districts and schools.

• Training offered by request.

Emergency Management Considerations for Students and Staff with Disabilities Online Training

• Created by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (REMS TA Center) 2010

• This course will review a full range of disabilities that individuals in the school community may have along critical considerations various types of disabilities generate in emergency situations. The course will describe an assessment process in support of meeting the needs of everyone in an emergency, including persons with disabilities, followed by a comprehensive list of action steps you can take to integrate the needs of students, staff, and visitors with disabilities and special needs.

• Course Completion Time: 1.5 hours

Emergency Management Institute

• The Emergency Management Institute was created to support the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA’s goals by improving the competencies of the U.S. officials in Emergency Management at all levels of government to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the potential effects of all types of disasters and emergencies on the American people.
• Contains access to several online and distance learning courses.
• Disaster Response Operations and Management

Improving Children's Health through Federal Collaboration Webinar Series

• 2nd Thursday of every month from 2:00-3:30 pm MST

• The Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8, and the Health Resources and Services Administration, Region VIII, have organized, in collaboration with other Federal partners, a one-year-long webinar series.

• The purpose of this webinar series is to encourage coordination, collaboration and information sharing across government agencies and organizations, health care providers, educators, and the general public in addressing children's health issues.

NEW International Association of Chiefs of Police School Safety Online Trainings 

• The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), a program of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, have launched a series of four introductory-level online school safety trainings. The trainings provide guidance on creating or enhancing school safety and crisis response plans. The self-paced courses target law enforcement, school officials and allied stakeholders and can be taken separately, if desired.
  • Assessing School Safety 
  • Forming Your Safe School Planning Team 
  • Preparing for a School Crisis 
  • Responding to a School Crisis 

NEW Large Events Emergency Management at Schools (K-12 population)

• Provided by the US Department of Education Office of Safe and Healthy Students (OSHS) Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance (TA) Center.

• The objective of this course is to expand and enhance emergency management planning efforts throughout districts and schools.

•  Provides guidelines, checklists, and specific action items for school officials to consider. The course also includes case study scenarios on emergency incidents at schools, giving learners an opportunity to practice their emergency management decision-making skills.

National Incident Management System (NIMS) Training for Schools

• Independent Study Program training from Emergency Management Institute

• IS-100.SC Introduction to the Incident Command System, I-100, for Schools

• The Emergency Management Institute developed this Introduction to ICS for Schools (IS-100.SCa for Schools) interactive web-based course in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Education. The course is designed primarily for kindergarten through high)

Pandemic Flu Preparedness in School Emergency Management Online Training

• Created by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (REMS TA Center) 2010

• n this course, you will be provided with information on the flu and pandemics as well as
  information for building or improving your district's or school's capacity to support the school community in the event of a pandemic. The course starts by covering general considerations for incorporating infectious disease and a potential pandemic into school emergency planning efforts, including prevention and mitigation activities. The course then addresses how you can prepare for, respond to, and recover from a pandemic flu event.

• Course Completion Time: 1.5 hours

NEW School Climate Webinar Series

• Presented by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Safe and Healthy Students National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments.
• Addressing Risk Behavior through Positive Youth Development Strategies
  • This session highlighted features of strength-based strategies to enhance the positive development of students at various developmental stages. Evidence was shared on how these strategies both enhance thriving behaviors in students (e.g. exhibiting leadership, valuing diversity) and reduce health-compromising risky behaviors (e.g. alcohol and other drug use, acts of violence). Practical every day strategies for integration of the strategies into the school environment were featured.
• Building Meaningful Relationships Between Parents/Families and Schools
  • This webinar reviewed the importance of engaging parents with schools; specifically, the webinar highlighted effective strategies for increasing parental engagement (at the elementary, middle, and high school levels).  The webinar also reviewed strategies for engaging parents and families both when students are doing well and when they are struggling, and it addressed the common barriers to involving hard-to-reach parents and families. Accompanying the webinar content were real-world perspectives from school administrators and/or staff who are currently in the field, including their challenges, successes, and lessons learned regarding parent/family engagement.
• Bullying Prevention
  • This session focused on strategies for preventing bullying, with a focus on enhancing overall school climate to minimize bullying behavior. In addition, participants explored practical approaches for recognizing the signs of potential bullying onset, risk analysis, support and interventions when such behavior does occur. Best practice guidelines for a comprehensive approach to addressing this issue were also explored.
• Effective Strategies for Assessing Bullying, Violence, and Substance Abuse
  • In this webinar participants will learn strategies to design and conduct surveys to measure bullying, violence, and substance abuse. Links to appropriate resources and examples of such assessments will be provided.
• Enhancing Peer-to-Peer Relationships to Strengthen School Climate
  • Positive relationships are central to a safe and supportive school climate. In this Webinar useed the latest information to focus on the power of student-to-student relationships; how these relationships impact school climate; and the role of school adults in nurturing healthy, respectful relationships among students in the classroom, hallway, cafeteria, school bus, and school grounds before and after school. Participants received detailed strategies and best practice principles that will inform efforts to strengthen student relationships. Presenters offer “real world,” practical solutions for strengthening student relationships in our nation’s schools.
• Establishing Supportive Relationships between Teachers, Staff, Students, and Families
  • During this Webinar, Clay Roberts, senior trainer from Vision Training Associates, presented on how to promote a more supportive school community; build strong, more caring relationships between and among everyone in the school; and intentionally build the developmental strengths of students. This session asserted that establishing a positive climate and enhancing relationships sets the foundation for minimizing conflict. It also moved beyond “zero tolerance” to strategies and skills that increase the school’s effectiveness in managing conflict.
• Making the Case for the Importance of School Climate and Its Measurement in Turnaround Schools
  • A growing body of evidence has demonstrated how school climate is important to making schools work, especially in turnaround schools. When collecting data on school turnaround progress, measures of school climate are often leading indicators for progress!
• School Based Climate Teams (Part 1)
  • This session provided detailed guidance for management and design of structures of support to address school climate. Based on the latest evidence in the field, participants explored all aspects of promoting healthy school climate, such as a three tiered model of promotion, prevention, and intervention. Content included establishing internal structure for referrals, triage, support systems and interventions (individual and group) and routine review of student progress. Particular attention was paid to how such efforts positively impact student achievement and behavioral outcomes.
• School Based Climate Teams (Part 2)
  • This session builds on the information presented in the May 2011 webinar “School Based Climate Teams (Part 1)”. In this session, participants deepened their knowledge and skills to strengthen a school climate team. Practical strategies to sustain the effort were shared, with the overall goal being to improve overall school climate and student academic results.
• Student Engagement
  • This session provided practical strategies and proven principles for enhancing student engagement. Student academic performance and socially appropriate behavior increase as they are meaningfully engaged in the educational setting. This session explored specific ways to assess their programs, increase opportunities for engagement and bolster efforts to connect with students, including those typically disenfranchised with educational settings.
• Substance Abuse Prevention
  • This session explored the latest information on effective practice in the field of substance abuse prevention. It provided detailed guidance for the management and design of an alcohol and other drug prevention and intervention effort. The content focused on strategies that improve overall school climate and, as a result, student academic results.
• The Relationship Between Bullying and Other Forms of Youth Violence and Substance Use
  • The issue of bullying is of growing concern in schools across the United States. Recent research highlights the overlap between bullying and other forms of youth violence, including gang involvement, as well as behavioral health risks, such as substance use. Bullying not only creates a poor school climate for students, but also negatively affects the work environment for school staff. In this Webinar we will review recent research linking bullying involvement, as both a target and a perpetrator, with other forms of youth violence and substance use. We will discuss different sources of data that may be informative in assessing bullying and related behavioral and mental health risks in schools. We will also summarize different research-based strategies and resources that schools can use to address the inter-related concerns of bullying, youth violence, and substance use.
• Violence Prevention
  • This session provided detailed guidance for the management and design of an education system’s violence prevention strategy. While exploring best practice in the field, the session also featured specific, practical strategies for implementing and sustaining a school’s violence prevention efforts. The impact of positive school climate and relational strength on student violence was explored.

NEW Secondary Traumatic Stress Speaker Series

• Archived presentations by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) in 2012.
• Flyer with more information 
• Courses are free to access after creating a free account.

NEW SUDDEN DEATH: Psychiatric and Suicide Risks Among Student Athletes - Keeping Your Players Safe: Coaches' Call to Action

• Archived webinar presented by Well Aware on May 8, 2013.  Supported by the Wyoming Department of Health and Prevention Management Organization.
• This webinar addresses emerging issues in sports psychology and youth suicide prevention among student athletes and the athletic community.
• Features: Chris Carr, PhD, HSPP; Aaron Taylor, NFL; Blair Wagner, MS, CSCS

NEW Supportive School Discipline Webinar Series

• Continuing the efforts of the Federal Supportive School Discipline Initiative, the U.S. Departments of Justice, Education, and Health and Human Services are pleased to announce the Supportive School Discipline (SSD) Webinar Series. The Series is designed to increase awareness and understanding of school disciplinary practices that push youth out of school and many times into the justice system, and provide practical examples of alternative approaches that maintain school safety while ensuring academic engagement and success for all students.
• Addressing Truancy: Innovative Approaches to Systematically Increasing Attendance and Reducing Chronic Truancy
  • After years of study, the research is clear: (1) The impact of truancy on students, schools, communities and society is profound and (2) It is critical to take a multi-faceted approach to prevent and reduce truancy. This webinar will feature positive and collaborative approaches to addressing truancy. Specifically, it will showcase characteristics of effective truancy prevention and intervention programs that have encouraged students to attend school consistently and take increased ownership in their education.
• Alternatives to Traditional School Discipline: The Multi-Tiered Behavioral Health Prevention Framework
  • This archived webinar will focus on how the use of discretionary discipline practices focused on prevention and early intervention can transform schools into supportive learning environments for all students. Presenters will describe the multi-tiered behavioral health prevention framework and share community examples of how schools and secure care facilities are applying the framework to create more supportive discipline policies and practices.
• At the Intersection of School Safety and Supportive Discipline: Navigating the Roles and Responsibilities of School Resource Officers
  • Leading up to the most recent school tragedy and the subsequent call for increasing the number of school resource officers (SROs), growing evidence indicates the need for (1) improved school climate and (2) supportive school discipline policies and practices. It is critical, then, that we take what the field has learned and apply it to the development of high quality partnerships between SROs and America’s schools via thoughtful planning, training and practice.
• Making the Case for Positive Approaches to Discipline
  • This archived webinar will examine the impact of punitive and exclusionary school discipline approaches and identify traditional school discipline practices that are known to be ineffective. It will also showcase community examples of positive alternatives to school discipline that reduce student alienation, increase student engagement, and decrease justice system involvement.
• Stemming the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Applying Restorative Justice Principles to School Discipline Practices 
  • This Webinar provided the knowledge that school, district, residential facility, and court staff; law enforcement and legal personnel; youth; families; and other community stakeholders need to better understand how restorative justice principles, when applied to school discipline practices, can stem the school-to-prison pipeline. With the potential of teaching conflict resolution skills, fostering understanding and empathy, and building stronger relationships in schools and communities, restorative justice has proven to be an effective alternative to punitive and exclusionary responses to problem student behavior.
• Using Youth Courts as a Supportive School Discipline Practice
  • The webinar will provide the knowledge participants need to better understand how the use of youth courts in schools can ensure offender accountability while offering fair and restorative consequences for discipline infractions. By directing lower level cases away from the formal justice system, youth courts can be an integral part of a school’s supportive disciplinary process, serving as an alternative to traditional disciplinary measures such as suspension and detention.

Truancy and Dropout: Mending the Cracks in the Graduation Pipeline

• National Center for School Engagement online course focusing on truancy and dropout reduction.

• To learn more about truancy, visit www.schoolenagement.org.

NEW Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center Past National Electronic Seminars/Webinars

• An office of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s (OJJDP), the Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center will mail hard copies of previous trainings regarding youth alcohol use.  Request copies here.

NEW Understanding and Planning for School Bomb Incidents (UPSBI)

• Online course for emergency responders and school staff that addresses the issues involved in formulating safe and effective response plans for school bomb incidents.
• Developed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Domestic Preparedness in conjunction with the Energetic Material Research and Testing Center at the University of New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.  Because the course is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, it is offered at no charge.
• This is a four-hour online course consisting of five modules - participants may start and stop the course at their convenience.
• Course methodology includes study text, multimedia participant activities, and end-of-module assessments.
   

Youth Suicide Prevention Community of Practice: Special Populations in Youth Suicide Prevention: Rural and LGBTQ Youth

• Created by the Children's Safety Network in March, 2012
• The guest speakers presented about two populations at increased risk for youth suicide and shared strategies to reduce these risks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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