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School Safety Resources - Crisis Management

CRISIS MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL
http://www.cmiatl.com/news_articles.html
This is a link to a library of articles pertaining to crisis management from the year 1999 to the present.  This organization also provides many crisis relief services, helps schools apply for the Emergency Response and Crisis Management Grant, and has a twenty-four hour crisis line. 

CHERI LOVRE, M.S. CRISIS MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
http://www.cmionline.org/
This website offers school crisis management plans, training, and school violence prevention.  There are video conferences and online learning options that include downloads, grants, and newsletters.

GELMAN LIBRARY
http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/guides/sciences/crisis.html#gov
This is a guide to web information resources for researchers working on topics in crisis and emergency management.  The information is organized into the topics of government information sources, non-government organizations, university research centers, commercial sites, specialized organizations, risk management and assessment, and business and industry crisis management/Organizational Continuity.

12 MANAGE
http://www.12manage.com/methods_crisis_management_advice.html
This site offers some generic help and hints on crisis management directed at businesses.

CRISIS MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE
http://www.cmi.fi/
Crisis Management Initiative is an independent, non-profit organization that innovatively promotes and works for sustainable security.  CMI works to strengthen the capacity of the international community in comprehensive crisis management and conflict resolution.  CMI’s work builds on wide stakeholder networks.  It combines analysis, action and advocacy.  Included on the site are speeches and articles, press releases, publications, a news archive, and access to an international advisory board.

JKM TRAINING
http://www.jkmtraining.com/
This organization offers safe crisis management that provides behavior management and intervention programs for education and social service professionals.  Training products, Safe Crisis Management certification, a survey, and specialty workshops are all offered.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/crisisplanning.html
This site, provided by the government, offers practical information on how to prepare your school for a crisis.  The topics covered are, mitigation and prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery.

“ALL HAZARDS” CRISIS MANAGEMENT PLANNING
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byauth/sikich/allhz.html
This article, written by Geary W. Sikich from Logical Management Systems Corporation, covers common weaknesses in crisis management planning and offers an outline of suggestions for crisis management planning.

MODEL SCHOOL CRISIS MANAGEMENT PLAN
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/model.html
This website provides The Model School Crisis Management Plan developed by the Virginia Department of Education in the year 2002.  The plan can be downloaded in .pdf format and has two new sections on terrorism and communications.  There is also a “Resource Guide for Crisis Management in Virginia Schools” that was also created in the year 2002 and is available as a free download from the site.

SCHOOLCRISIS.ORG
http://www.schoolcrisis.org/training.htm
This website offers various levels of crisis response training for schools by Dr. John Dudley.  There is also a free review of your school crisis plan.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/emergencyplan/index.html
This government-sponsored site offers a list of crisis planning resources and examples of promising practices in school emergency response.

SCHOOL CRISIS MANAGEMENT TEAMS
http://www.dodea.edu/instruction/crisis/resources/scmt.htm
This website offers a pdf DoDEA Crisis Management Guide that was written in 2007.  There is also a link to “Safeguarding Our Children: An Action Guide” that was created in 2000 by Dwyer and Osher.  A forum discussion guide: “Talking With Youth About Traumatic Events” is also provided.  There are also a variety of resources and links to specific topics like fear and anxiety, stress, resiliency, grief, and coping with crisis.

WHEN CRISIS HITS IN OUR SCHOOLS
http://www.osba.org/pubs/critiss/crisisci.pdf
This is a link to an article written in the summer of 1998.  Some highlights of the article include, prepare for the media swarm, building your plan, and the emotional impacts of violence.

OREGON SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION
http://www.osba.org/hotopics/crismgmt/index.htm
This site provides a list of resources that pertain to the planning and response in regards to crisis management.

NATIONAL SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY SERVICES
http://www.schoolsecurity.org/resources/crisis.html
This site offers school emergency plan evaluations, security assessments, crisis tabletop exercises, bus security and emergency training, gang training, terrorism training, proactive school security and crisis training, and post-crisis school safety support.

SCHOOL VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER
http://www.svrc.net/1a.asp
This website offers crisis response initiatives/plans, critical incident command, post-incident response, model programs, and community preparedness links.

KANSAS CITY KANSAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
http://www.kckps.org/crisis/
This website offers a link to a complete .pdf version of the Crisis Management Procedural Handbook and a school safety hotline.

AUSTEGA
http://austega.com/education/risk/guidelines.htm
This site provides guidelines for the professional management of risk and crises for the contemporary school.  It also provides a section of other useful and free resources.

SCHOOL CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE DEVELOPMENT GUIDE
http://www.vaemergency.com/prepare/schoolcrisisguide.pdf
This is a complete .pdf guide for exercises that can be used at schools to prepare for a crisis.

SAFETYINSTRUCTION.COM
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This is a complete crisis management plan written to follow OSHA standards that schools can purchase.