Engaging Youth in Violence Prevention (On Demand)

Self-paced
1 credit

Description

Learn how to effectively engage youth in leading violence prevention efforts with the National Center for School Safety and the Sandy Hook Promise National Youth Advisory Board. In this webinar, attendees will hear from youth leader representatives from the 4,000+ Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) Promise Clubs that are actively engaged in violence prevention efforts throughout the country.

Audience

Principals, teachers, parents, students, and others working in school safety or involved in the STOP School Violence program

Learning Objectives

Explain the importance of engaging youth in violence prevention efforts
Describe strategies to engage youth in school safety programming
Employ techniques that support and retain youth leaders

Presenters

Sandy Hook Promise National Youth Advisory Board Members

Joel Morales (NJ)
Jordyne Lewis (NC)
Medha Kishore (OH)

Trusted Adults

Tucker Farrar, Assistant Principal, California High School, CA
La-Shanda West, Ed.S., Cutler Bay Senior High School, FL

Panel Moderator

Gabrielle Allen-Destroismaisons, Manager, SAVE Promise Clubs

Continuing Education Credit

This webinar is offered for an NCSS certificate of completion.

Planning Committee

Carleen Wray; Terri Bennett; Gabrielle Allen-Destroismaisons; Emily Torres, MPH; Brent Miller, MA, PMP

Sponsor

This project was supported by Cooperative Agreement No. 2019-YS-BX-K001 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

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