School-Associated Violent Deaths The National School Safety Center offers the following checklist derived from tracking school-associated violent deaths in the United States from July 1992 to the present. Follow this link to the School Associated Violent Deaths Report. After studying common characteristics of youngsters who have caused such deaths, NSSC has identified the following behaviors,… Read more »
What to Look For Many of us are wondering what we can do as parents, educators, and students to ensure school safety in the wake of the Columbine High School shooting. The first step is to know what questions to ask about safety at your school. Here is a school violence prevention checklist from the… Read more »
1. When circumstances are beyond our control 2. When people are unchangeable 3. When problems are unexplainable – Rick Warren
Policy Enhancement by Student Empowerment Does student empowerment in complex policy making develop greater student compliance? Absolutely! Let me tell you why! My 8th grade Law students told me they wanted to develop a public policy on the topic of teen violence. This need and desire came from the recent rise in violent crimes that… Read more »
* Make a list of the various forms of violence * Provide small group discussions about the personal impact of violence on you. * Conduct weekly research on current TV , Movie viewing and Electronic Board Game participation by charting results. *Identify the various levels of anger and explore the causes of angry outburst in… Read more »
Violence at home is a major crisis in our society. It covers a broad range of crimes. From child abuse to spousal beatings, from sexual assaults to murder. Family abuse can happen to anyone. It knows no economic, geographic, cultural or gender boundaries. A woman who remains in an abusive home is one of the… Read more »
Our teen violence made us realize how we created this world of rage filled eyes By guns and knives we’ve been hypnotized We’re quick to holler To talk it out we don’t bother The violence must stop from son to father Help the peace Violence has made a permanent crease Now the killing must cease… Read more »
“My prayer for you is that your love may more and more abound Both in wisdom and wealth of experience so with a clear conscience and blameless conduct you will learn to value the things that really matter!” – Author Unknown
Teachers Perspective The challenges teachers face in trying to pay more attention to their students’ behavior are myriad. During the course of any day, public high school teachers may instruct upwards of 100 students. The range of normal behavior they observe spans from outgoing and boisterous to quiet and bookish. And even when disturbing behavior… Read more »
Recently, I received word that a friend of mine was going through a pretty rough time. His father passed away after a 10-year battle with cancer. My friend, Dan, often talked to me about his dad, usually in terms of pride and heroism. Dan is very proud of his dad for several reasons. One he… Read more »
