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Participants will learn how to establish and sustain comprehensive school safety efforts that attend to both physical and psychological safety. The workshop addresses critical components needed to develop, exercise, and evaluate safety and crisis teams and plans and conduct building vulnerability assessments. The model also integrates school personnel and community provider roles in providing school-based crisis preparedness and response activities. Additional topics addressed also include media/social media, communication, reunification, students with special needs, culture, and memorials. After this workshop, participants will be better prepared to improve their school’s climate, student resilience, and crisis response capabilities of school personnel. With updated research and strategies, this workshop makes a clear connection between ongoing crisis prevention, mitigation, protection, response, and recovery.

WS1 LEARNER OBJECTIVES:

This workshop will help participants:

1. Report reduced anxiety and fear associated with school safety planning.

2. Report increased knowledge and confidence associated with emergency operations planning and multi-tiered crisis response.

3. Identify the importance of balanced, comprehensive approach to crisis preparedness to include the five mission areas.

4. Understand how the Incident Command System is utilized to respond to multiple emergencies.

5. Identify the key components of effective school emergency operations plans (EOPs).

6. Discuss guidelines for exercising and evaluating EOPs.

PLEASE NOTE: There is an additional $55 fee for materials for all workshop attendees, regardless of membership status.

Cost:

SLS Members $0

Non SLS Members $150

CPD CREDITS

This 1-day workshop offers 7 credit hours of document NASP- Approved CPD. The time required to watch the mandatory pre-workshop video is included in the CPD hours.

Workshop Location:

Greenbush Campus in Lawrence

1104 E 1000 Rd

Lawrence, KS 66047