Description
Book SynopsisThis book was written as a guide to practitioners, with input and strategies from police authorities, mental health professional and educators. School safety is an issue for school communities across the country. Collaboration with all stakeholders provide comprehensive strategies that can be applied to all schools and districts.
Trade ReviewThis book and its contents are extremely relevant for schools in the United States, and comprehensive in its approach to the problem of school violence and shootings. Can We Ensure Safe Schools?: A Collaborative Guide on Focused Strategies for School Safety is a quick read and user friendly. I highly recommend it. -- Carl Pabon, principal, Ellenville High School, NY
There is a need for such a book as Can We Ensure Safe Schools?: A Collaborative Guide on Focused Strategies for School Safety. Law enforcement must be willing to look at the way service is delivered and to examine the possibility that new models of service delivery could be viable. -- Jeffery Harrington, Chief Deputy, Pasco County Sheriff Department, Florida
This book is valuable to all stakeholders. It addresses a way for educators and families to be informed about school violence and be prepared to be proactive in prevention activities. -- Felicia Shinella, M. Ed., Assistant Director of Special Education, Mount Vernon Schools, NY
There is a great need for this book, in that it identifies many specific strategies to deal with proactive ways to deal with members of school communities to minimize issues contributing to acts of violence and school safety. -- Delrita G. Meisner, M.Ed., Executive Director –Be Free Lake, INc., FL
Table of ContentsForward Edward Escobar Chapter 1 School Safety Needs Fern Aefsky Chapter 2 Securing Our Schools Karin May & Robert Diemer Chapter 3 Addressing School Violence Through Interdisciplinary Systems Change Susan Kinsella & Nancy Wood Chapter 4 Practitioner’s View of School Safety: A Walk in My Shoes Toni Zetzsche, Fern Aefsky & Jodi Lamb Chapter 5 Mental Health Considerations and Options for Schools Courtney Wiest & Cindy Lee Chapter 6 How Can We Develop an Infrastructure of Safe Schools? Veronika Ospina-Kammerer Chapter 7 Animal Support Therapies Rhondda Waddell & Debra Mims Chapter 8 School Safety Policies, Politics and Advocacy Fern Aefsky About the Editor About the Contributors
