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Family Violence Prevention Fund
383 Rhode Island Street,Suite 304
San Francisco CA 94103-5133
Web Site: http://www.fvpf.org |
A newsletter called "Health
Alert:Strenghtening the Health Care System's Response to Domestic Violence" is
available from them. |
National Crime Prevention Council http://www.ncpc.org/10adu1.htm
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The National Crime Prevention Council provides some tips on how to prepare children for a
safe back-to-school experience. Other features related to education, such as making
schools safer and stopping school violence. |
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Center for the Prevention of School Violence
http://www.ncs.edu/cpsv/
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This site offers information, program assistance, and research on school violence
prevention. The "Safe Schools Pyramid" offers prevention programs such as
"School Resource Officers," "law-related education," and
"conflict management and peer mediation." Links to the center's publications
provide current information on center activities. |
Violence in the Schools http://education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/v2i3/v2i3toc.html
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This issue of "Teacher Talk" focuses on ways to manage student disruptions.
Under "Interventions," click on "Respect" and "Tips for Creating
a Peaceful Classroom" for simple steps educators can take to ensure a friendlier and
more productive relationship with all students.
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Making a Good Start
http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/edupdate/1997/1sep.html
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This article by Jamie Sawatzky (one of ASCD's Web Wonders contributors) surveys several
teachers on how to set up a positive classroom environment. Jamie also lists many ASCD
resources on classroom management and discipline, including two books: *The First Days of
School: How to Be an Effective Teacher,* by Harry K. Wong and Rosemary Tripi Wong (1997).
Stock no. 397224. Price: $29.95; and *As Tough As Necessary: Countering Violence,
Aggression, and Hostility in Our Schools,* by Richard Curwin and Allen Mendler (1997).
Stock no. 197017. Price: $12.95 (ASCD members); $15.95 (nonmembers). |
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VincentWeb
(Violence
and Injury Control through Education, Networking and Training)
http://www.sph.unc.edu/vincentweb
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Continuing education units are available from the UNC
School of Public Health and the Society for Public Health Education for a modest fee.
The course features materials presented during the June 1997 videoconference,
"Getting Started in Injury Control and Violence Prevention," in a web-based
format that expands upon and supplements the televised program. Contributors include Sue
Mallonee, Mark Rosenberg, Carol Runyan, Steve Teret, Janice Yuwiler, Jackie Moore, and Bob
Parker.
This course is intended to help local-level practitioners begin the process of developing
an injury prevention efforts. Though it is geared primarily to newcomers to the field,
there are many elements that would be useful to people with injury control experience.
Visit VincentWeb at:
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| The Canadian National
Clearinghouse on Family Violence. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/familyviolence/index.html |
For a listing of their
publications go to their web page and click on "order form". |
