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Resource List
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Federal
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CDC's Division of Adolescent and
School Health:
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth |
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Biological and Chemical Terrorism:
CDC Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr4904a1.htm
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CDC Smallpox Outbreak Response
Plan and Guidelines:
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/smallpox/ |
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CDC's National Pharmaceutical
Stockpile Program:
http://cfaes.osu.edu/facultystaff/healthsafety/publications/Stockpile.htm |
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CDC's Emergency Health Services:
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/emergency/default.htm |
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CDC's Public Health Practice
Program web site, which includes both a state and a local
Emergency Preparedness and Response Inventory, tools for rapid
assessment of response capacity:
http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/
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CDC's Public Health Emergency
Preparedness and Response website, which includes information
about biological, chemical, and radiological terrorism and
related planning and response efforts:http://www.bt.cdc.gov
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US Department of Education's Safe
and Drug-Free Schools Program: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/
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US Secretary of Education Rod
Paige's letter to Chief State School Officers regarding
Department of Education activities in response to September 11th:
http://www.ed.gov/News/Letters/020211.html |
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US Department of Education and the
Harvard School Public Health teleconference The 3 R's to
Dealing with Trauma in Schools: Readiness, Response and
Recovery:
http://www.walcoff.com/prevention/ |
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Suggestions for Educators Meeting
the Needs of Students in the Aftermath of September 11th:
http://www.ed.gov/inits/september11/educators.html
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Early Warning, Timely
Response: A Guide to Safe Schools offers research-based
practices designed to assist school communities identify
warning signs early and develop prevention, intervention, and
crisis response plans:
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/Products/earlywrn.html
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US Department of Education and the
Secret Service are co-sponsoring training opportunities across
the nation this summer for school and law enforcement
personnel about preventing targeted violence, responding to
threats, and creating safe climates in schools. |
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Coming in Fall 2002, watch for an
interactive CD-ROM about bomb threat assessment being
developed by the US Department of Education and the ATF for
school administrators. Check back at
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/ in the fall for more
information. |
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The Federal Emergency Response
Plan establishes a process and structure for the systematic,
coordinated, and effective delivery of federal assistance to
address the consequences of any major disaster or emergency:
http://www.fema.gov/ |
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Federal Emergency Management
Agency: www.fema.gov/
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FEMA School Safety Training Programs:
http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/schoolsafety.htm.
Contact dawn.warehime@fema.gov
for information about FEMA's Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning
for Schools courses. |
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The FEMA for Kids website
http://www.fema.gov/kids/
includes information about disaster planning for schools, and
information for teachers about talking to kids about
terrorism. |
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The US Secret Service's National
Threat Assessment Center website includes information on the
Secret Service's Safe School Initiative:
http://www.treas.gov/usss/ntac.shtml |
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The Federal Bureau of
Investigation's website includes a "War on Terrorism" page and
an "Amerithrax" page about the Fall 2001 anthrax incidents:
http://www.fbi.gov |
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NGO
Resources |
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NEA Crisis Communications Guide
and Toolkit:
http://www.nea.org/crisis/ |
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American Red Cross' Recommended
Emergency Supplies for Schools fact sheet:
http://www.redcross.org/disaster/masters/supplies.html
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National Conference of State
Legislatures (NCSL) website about states considering terrorism
legislation:
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/cj/terror.htm |
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The National Governors
Association's (NGA's) Homeland Security web page provides
up-to-date information and advice for states on homeland
security and bioterrorism issues:
http://www.nga.org/center/security |
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The Council of Chief State School
Officers'(CCSSO) School Health Project:
http://www.ccsso.org |
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National Emergency Management
Association (NEMA): (859) 244-8000 or
http://www.nemaweb.org
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The Association of State and
Territorial Health Officials' (ASTHO's)ASTHO Responds to
Terrorism website:
http://www.astho.org/ |
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American Association of School
Administrators fact sheet The Central-Office Role in School
Emergencies:
http://www.aasa.org/publications/sa/1997_11/focmcelvoy.htm
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Health
Care Provider Organization Resources |
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American Academy of Pediatrics
offers advice on communicating with children about disasters:
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/disastercomm.htm
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American Academy of Pediatrics' (AAP's)
fact sheet The Youngest Victims: Disaster Preparedness to
Meet Children's Needs:
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/disaster_preparedness.htm
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AAP Family Readiness Kit:
Preparing to Handle Disasters:
http://www.aap.org/family/frk/frkit.htm |
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Mental
Health Resources |
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American Psychological
Association's (APA's) website includes material on managing
traumatic stress and provides guidelines tailored to school
children and youth at the elementary, middle/junior high, and
senior high school levels:
http://helping.apa.org/daily/traumaticstress.html |
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National Association of School
Psychologists (NASP):
http://www.nasponline.org/index2.html.
Includes tips for parents and teachers on talking with kids
about terrorism, as well as a new resource, Best Practices in
School Crisis Prevention and Intervention, which can be
ordered online. |
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The Center for the Study of Mental
Health in Schools web site provides crisis prevention and
response information:
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu |
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Curricula
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Beyond Blame: Reacting to the
Terrorist Attack curriculum for grades 6 through 12,
developed by the Education Development Center:
http://www.edc.org/spotlight/schools/beyondblame.htm
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Educators for Social
Responsibility:
http://www.esrnational.org
This website has over 50 lesson plans for teachers on topics
such as war, peace, anthrax, and hate crimes. The site also
includes guides for talking with youth about terrorism, and
action ideas for schools and students. |
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The American Red Cross Masters of
Disaster curriculum teaches students about disaster safety:
http://www.redcross.org/disaster/masters/intro.html
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The Disaster Preparedness and
Emergency Response Association, International (DERA)
Preparedness Primer: Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Terrorism:
http://ww.disasters.org/dera/library/Heyer%20WMD.pdf
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State
Resources |
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Alabama Department of Education's
Prevention and Support Services section, which includes
information about school safety:
http://www.alsde.edu/html/sections/section_detail.asp?section=70&footer=sections
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Arizona Division of Emergency
Management's Multi-Hazard School Program:
http://www.dem.state.az.us/pte/multihazardschool1.htm
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Georgia Emergency Management
Agency's (GEMA's) School Safety Zone: Emergency Management in
Georgia's Schools website:
http://www.gema.state.ga.us/ and click on "school safety"
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Indiana Department of Education's
web page about bioterrorism and responding to anthrax threats:
http://www.doe.state.in.us/isssa/anthrax.html |
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Kentucky for School Safety's
Preparing for, Responding to, and Recovering from Attacks
web page:
http://kysafeschools.org/clear/crisis.html |
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Los Angeles County Office of
Education's Safe Schools Center:
http://www.lacoe.edu/lacoeweb/orgs/158/index.cfm
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Minnesota's Division of Emergency
Management's Emergency/Disaster Preparedness: A Planning
Guide for Schools:
http://www.dem.state.mn.us/publications/schools/index.html
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Mississippi Department of
Education's model School Occupational Safety and Crisis
Response Plan:
http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/lead/osos/PLAN2.doc |
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October 2001 letter from New York
Commissioner of Education to district superintendents and
superintendents of public and nonpublic schools:
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/crisis/update/plans.htm
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List of State Epidemiologists by
state:
http://www.cste.org/members/state_and_territorial_epi.asp
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