Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, this authoritative resource provides a complete toolkit for designing and implementing an evidence-based school safety plan. Foremost experts guide practitioners to understand and prevent violence, bullying, and peer harassment in grades K-12. Best practices are reviewed for creating a positive school climate and establishing effective security and crisis response procedures. The authors describe ways to identify and support behaviorally at-risk students across multiple tiers of intervention, beginning with universal screening... New to This Edition *Reflects over 15 years of research advances, new initiatives, and the growth of universal prevention models. *Grounded in current positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) practices; also incorporates restorative discipline, social-emotional learning, and trauma-informed practices. *State-of-the-art behavioral screening and threat assessment methods are integrated throughout. *Discussions of timely topics, including cyberbullying, the role and limitations of policing in schools, and racial/ethnic disparities in discipline.

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Cover -- Half Title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- About the Authors -- Contents -- 1. History and Overview of Approaches to Safety, School Discipline and Mental Health Support in Schools -- Chapter Objectives -- What Is School Safety? -- Background and Contents of This Book -- Background and History of School Safety -- Preventing and Responding to Youth Violence and Mass School Shootings -- Implementing Universal Prevention Initiatives in Schools -- Adoption and Integration of Mental Health Supports in Schools -- Reducing or Eliminating Out-of-School Suspension and Expulsion -- Conceptualizing School Safety -- Dimensions of School Safety -- Sources of Vulnerability to School Safety -- School Safety Intervention Strategies -- A Three-Tiered Model of School Safety Strategies -- The Goal of This Book -- About the Authors -- 2. Assessing and Planning for School Safety: Developing a School Safety and Crisis-Response Plan -- Chapter Objectives -- The Public Health Approach to School Safety Planning -- Implementation of the Public Health Approach -- Components of a Comprehensive School Safety Plan -- Developing a Comprehensive School Safety and Prevention Plan -- Create a School and Community Profile: Assessing Risk and Protective Factors -- Secure the School Building Using Principles of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) -- Implement Methods for Behavioral Risk Screening and Threat Assessment -- Define the Role of Police and Security Measures in Schools -- Creating a School Violence Response Plan and Following Up after a Crisis -- Conclusion -- 3. Proactive Screening, Identifying Behaviorally At-Risk Students and Threat Assessment: Purposes, Approaches, Outcomes, and Cautions -- Chapter Objectives -- Overview of Traditional School Practices in Screening and Identification. Risk Factors and the Warning Signs of Potential Violence -- Risk Factors -- Warning Signs -- Tools for Use in Screening and Identification of At-Risk Students -- Teacher Nominations -- Teacher Ratings -- Behavioral Observations -- Archival School Records -- Recommended Approaches to the Screening and Identification of At-Risk Students -- Using Prevention-Based Interventions as a Means of Identifying Behaviorally At-Risk Students -- Universal Screening to Proactively Identify Students at Risk -- Applying Threat Assessment Procedures within School Settings -- Conclusion -- 4. Improving School Climate, Safety, and Student Health via Prevention Approaches -- Chapter Objectives -- The Importance of School Climate -- What Do We Know? -- Features of a Positive School Climate -- Promising Approaches and How They Work -- School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports -- Restorative Discipline Practices -- Social-Emotional Learning -- Trauma-Informed Care -- How Do We Assess Our Needs? -- The Tiered Fidelity Inventory -- The TFI-RP -- SEL and TIC Fidelity and Planning Guides -- How Do We Implement the Practices? -- Prioritize Improving Discipline -- Promote Administrative Leadership -- Encourage Commitment to Participate -- Train and Support a Representative School Team -- Set and Promote Schoolwide Expectations -- Plan to Teach Expected Behavior and Actively Supervise Students -- Define and Effectively Correct Problem Behaviors and Their Consequences for Students and Staff Members -- Report and Use Data for Decision Making and Feedback to and from Staff -- Conclusion -- 5. Bullying and Peer Harassment in Schools: The Current Landscape, Influencing Factors, and Screening-Identification Methods -- Chapter Objectives -- The Current Landscape of Bullying and Harassment in Schools -- Definition and Types of Bullying and Harassment. The Personal Experience of Bullying and Harassment -- Critical Features of Bullying in Today's Schools -- Bullying and Harassment and Their Relationship to Aggressive, Antisocial Behavior and Interpersonal Violence -- Interpersonal Violence as a Correlate of Severe Bullying -- The Social Dynamics of Bullying and Peer Harassment -- The Role of Influencing Factors in Bullying and Harassment -- Influence of the Family Situation and Associated Parenting Practices -- Views of Bullying and Harassment by Victims and Their Peers -- Personal Qualities as Determinants of Peer Victimization -- The Influence of Social Context upon Bullying Dynamics -- Screening and Identifying Students Who Bully and Their Victims within the Context of Schooling -- Some Key Takeaway Lessons Regarding Bullying and Harassment in Schools -- 6. Solutions for Bullying and Peer Harassment in the School Setting -- Chapter Objectives -- What We Have Learned from the Experience of Researchers and Educators about Planning a Schoolwide Anti-Bullying Intervention Program -- Recommended Steps in Designing and Implementing a Schoolwide Anti-Bullying Program -- The Role of Laws and Regulation by Federal and State Entities -- Active Supervision as a Prevention Strategy for Bullying and Peer Harassment -- What Is Active Supervision? -- How Does Active Supervision Work? -- The Elements of Active Supervision -- Recommended Structural Frameworks for Addressing Bullying and Peer Harassment in Schools -- Social Ecology -- Multi-Tiered Intervention Approaches -- Interventions for School Bullying and Harassment -- Profiles of Model Programs for Bullying and Harassment -- Multicomponent Intervention Approaches That May Impact Bullying and Peer Harassment -- Considerations in Adopting and Implementing a Program to Address Bullying and Harassment -- 7. Supporting Antisocial and Potentially Violent Youth. Chapter Objectives -- What Do We Know? -- Risk and Protective Factors for Antisocial Behavior and Violence -- Deriving Information on Risks from School Records -- Gender Differences in the Expression of Antisocial Behavior -- Traditional Practices for Supporting Students with Antisocial Behavior -- Challenges in Instructing and Managing Students with Antisocial Behavior -- How Effective Is Exclusionary Discipline versus Suspension Alternatives? -- Critical Features of Successful Interventions and Services -- Program Structure and Behavioral Interventions -- Social Skills and Academic Instruction -- Behavioral Interventions That Reduce Antisocial Behavior -- Mentoring and Individualized Case Management -- Multicomponent School Programs -- Programs That Address Bias and Disciplinary Exclusion -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.