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Presents the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative (CSSI), a research-focused initiative that is invested in developing knowledge about the root causes of school violence, developing strategies for increasing school safety, and rigorously evaluating innovative school safety strategies through pilot programs.
Highlights promising practices for integrating nutrition and food access into school-based health center (SBHC) services to address social influencers of health, improve food security for families, and support student success and wellness.
Presents a framework to address the public health problem of social disconnection and strengthen social connection, including recommendations for schools and education departments.
Explains how connection plays a critical role in individual, community, and societal health as well as details the critical and actionable next steps that individuals, communities, organizations, and governments can take to foster social connection.
Provides an overview of trauma and retraumatization, discussed manifestations of trauma in students, explored a trauma-informed approach, and reviewed considerations for preparedness planning and how schools can address trauma in their emergency operations plans
Guides school teachers and staff, based on established best practices, by informing them about warning signs for mental health problems; whom to turn to with questions or concerns about a student's behavior; how to access crisis support and other mental health services; signs to look for in student behavior; ways they can support the mental health of all students in classrooms and schools; and steps to develop effective school mental health progr
Provides a roadmap for how to properly address challenges schools encounter with communicating to their communities what their SEL programs actually teach, designing social-emotional learning strategies that are tailored to the specific needs of their communities, and evaluating the effectiveness of those strategies
Provides tools, resources, and assistance to States, districts, and schools on how to implement best practices to advance educational equity and excellence for all students.
Presents a collection of practices that may be helpful at the beginning of the school year, including practicing mindfulness and building positive relationships