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2. Time is Short For Training Plans

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Factors impacting on accuracy include the process of self reporting and the fact that these numbers will be used to identify "persistently dangerous schools" under the No Child Left Behind Program. More alarming that these questions are the numbers that show more serious incidents, such as Aggravated Assault, actually rose by 10% as did the incident of staff being the victims. School staff as victims accounted for 24% of these crimes.

New Jersey is being cited here only because this report was in the news today. The reality is that anything that happens at any school can happen at your school. The most dangerous school in the world is the one that holds to the tenet: "It could never happen here." The purpose here is to point out that:

1. Any reporting system that relies on self-incrimination is seriously and philosophically flawed. Whenever reports can cost money, work or image problems, they should be contracted to disinterested third parties who can provide consistency across the entire sample. Keys can help. Ask those who have used our services.
2. Violence is not going away on its own. Buying canned programs will not work. Programs cannot change People. Only People can change People. Let Keys To Safer Schools.com train your staff to become the force of change on your school campus. Look at the training available.

In response to current events and your requests, a special  presentation on Homeland Security Codes and how to translate them into practical actions for schools to implement has been added to the 3rd Annual Conference on School Violence, for June, 16-17, 2003 . This topic is also available to be presented in your school or region as a detailed examination of what actions can and should be implemented in your specific school should the United States go to Orange or Red Alert status.

Send one or two representative to the Conference to determine if this program is not exactly what you have been looking for with the increase of international terrorism. Or contact Keys today to schedule this training in your school before the next school year gets underway.

 The Conference will be at the Ramada Resort Maingate (just outside a popular theme park that features a large Mouse) . Plan your vacation/family travel time now. Bullying will be the central theme this year.  This training will include Trainers in the Bullying Stops When Respect Begins and the Assessing the Potentially Dangerous Student Training, previously trained by Keys Staff and more... 

Trainers will include:

Lori Cimino, a native of Miami, Florida who works as a Behavioral Program Specialist in both the academic and residential departments at the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind with students K - 12th grade.  She is certified as a trainer in a variety of programs including CHAMPs: A Proactive Approach to Classroom Management, Crisis Prevention Institute, and Assessing the Potentially Dangerous Student.  She will present Assessing the Potentially Dangerous Student and the role that Bullying has played in acts of violence within schools.  

Frank Green, LPC is a 20+ Retired Military Officer. He was a contributing author for Military Field and Training Manuals on Rear Area Combat Operations, Counter Terrorism Procedures, Order of Battle and others that deal with gaining knowledge about and countering the activities of insurgents and terrorists. He gained expertise in identification, methods of employing and functioning of explosive devices while serving in these positions. In assignments around the world and in the United States, Frank was responsible for Risk Assessment, Threat Analysis and Security for exercises and the dignitaries (at the highest government levels) who attended.

Mike Nelson, MS, LPC, NCC a native of Miami, Florida and Director of Keys To Safer Schools.com, is a Mental Health Therapist and past military Combat Controller/Air Traffic Controller.  He is a memeber of NASRO.  As a former Director of Program Development for a Tri-County Community Mental Health Center and Assistant Director of Youth Services for a Tri-County Community Mental Health Center, he provided Clinical work with serious offender juveniles and families. He has worked with parents of school shooting victims, law enforcement officers (ex. Officer who shot student in El Cajon, California, at Granite Hills High School.) , Superintendents at Schools involved in School Shootings (ex. Superintendent of Schools in Pearl, Mississippi) teachers, students, and more.

This conference will provide two days of dynamic information that can be used in your schools immediately. This is an excellent opportunity to combine a family vacation with CEU credits and a Business Expense Trip. The Ramada Resort has proven to be an super host in past years and we look forward to another great time. Mark your calendars now for this summer's conference. Keys@keystosaferschools.com or https://keystosaferschools.com/Orlando_2003.htm

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Check the date of your Certification to Assess using the Keys Assessment Instrument. Your certificate and your school's License to Duplicate may expire if you do receive refresher trainer within 2 years. There are three options open if this is your situation:

1. Have Keys come to your school or region for a refresher training
2. Send at least one person to the Train-the-Trainer in Houston, TX who can return and present the refresher training in-house to your Assessors.
3. Terminate your program for Assessing the Early Warning Signs in the Potentially Dangerous Student.

While President Bush has asked congress for an $11Billion increase in education, he plans to cut $47Million from the Safe and Drug Free Program. This is bad news for many who have come to depend on these funds for making the schools safer places for students and teachers. There are two things that most of our schools should do immediately:

1) Call and write your representatives to let them know how important these funds are to the safety of our students and

2) begin to search elsewhere for funding sources.

Be proactive and do not wait for someone to tell you where to find the funds, start searching now. Visit the Federal Register and the home pages of government agencies connected to schools. Don't overlook private sources, such as, Wal-Mart, Target and a number of others who readily support student safety projects.

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