GASP-Violence Prevention Links

The following links* were compiled by the Violence Prevention Chair for your general information and use.

*Please note these site links will take you outside of the GASP website and may not necessarily reflect the views of GASP.

 

Bully Free World www.bullyfreeworld.com A British site with information on bullying.

Bully Virtual Library www.ericcas.uncg.edu Part of the ERIC/CASS website with information on bullying.

Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice cecp.air.org ; www.air.org/cecp
Materials on functional behavioral assessment, plus other valuable resources on school violence.

Center for Health and Health Care in Schools www.healthinschools.org
Links to resources on health and mental health in the schools.

Center for Mental Health in the Schools smhp.psych.ucla.edu/policy.htm Guidelines, models, resources and policy considerations.

Center for Mental Health Services www.mentalhealth.org

A comprehensive site of mental health information.

Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence www.cspv.org

"Creating Mentally Healthy Schools and Communities" Online Community-based Conference, October 29 - November 2, 2001. Sponsored by the Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice (CECP) with registration and resources available beginning Sept 20. Topics will include culturally competent, universal, early and targeted interventions to serve and support the social emotional development of all students. cecp.air.org/vc or 888-457-1551.

Don’t Laugh At Me Bully Program www.dontlaugh.org

Effective Family Program for Prevention of Delinquency www.strengtheningfamilies.org

Families and Advocates Partnership for Education www.fape.org

Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior www.ivdb.org

Keep Schools Safe Site www.keepschoolssafe.org
Sponsored by National School Boards and National Association of Attorneys General. Many good links too.

National Committee To Prevent Child Abuse www.childabuse.org

National Safe Schools Site www.nwrel.org Site for safe schools information.

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities www.nichcy.org

National School Safety Center www.nssc1.org

National Youth Development Education Center www.nydic.org

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center www.safeyouth.org

Oregon Social Learning Center www.oslc.org

Oregon Research Institute www.ori.org

Partnership Against Violence or PAVNET Online www.pavnet.org. A partnership of the U.S. Departments of Education, Agriculture, Justice, Defense, Health and Human Services (HHS), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Labor, this is a virtual library of information about violence and youth at risk, representing data these different federal agencies.

www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/youthviolence/default.htm
Featuring the new mental health report and great links.

www.dhhs.gov

www.doj.gov

www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

www.cdc.gov/ncipc For access to grant information, data and government publications focused on the prevention of violent and unintentional injuries. CDC funds a variety of initiatives relating to the demonstration and evaluation of effective violence prevention programs including the Community Demonstration Projects.

www.edc.org/HHS/csn The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCH) is involved a wide array of programs that benefit youth and contribute to community violence prevention, including the Children' s Safety Network.

Positive Behavior Supports and OSEP Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports www.pbis.org

Safe and Responsive Schools www.indiana.edu/~safeschl
Developed by Russ Skiba at Indiana University offers some good information and links.

Project Achieve www.coedu.usf.edu/projectachieve Whole-school reform process, positive school climate.

Shame Jimerson’s site www.education.ucsb.edu/_7Ejimerson/dp.html Shame Jimerson's University of California at Santa Barbara home page covers childhood developmental pathology and other interesting and up-to-date information about children's issues.

Talking With Kids www.talkingwithkids.org Information on tough topics that we need to talk about with kids.

Teasing Victims www.teasingvictims.com Developed by Izzy Kalmar, a school psychologist, has some interesting information on bullying.

Safe Schools Coalition www.ed.mtu.edu/safe

Secret Service Safe School Initiative www.air.org/cecp/download/ntac_ssi_report.pdf

Success in School/Skills for Life Online Resource Kit www.naspcenter.org/resourcekit Free online kit to promote youth mental health in your school and in communicating with parents. You can download facts sheets on a variety of topics including bullying and school dropout prevention onto your school’s website. Many are available in Spanish and English.