A Guide to Safe Schools

The Early Warning Guide

The Early Warning Guide is available in a variety of formats, most of which are in both English and Spanish:

• Browseable Online Version
  This version has been broken up into smaller sections for quicker loading.
• Portable Document Format (PDF) - (1074 KB)  
  This version is a printer-ready replication of the hard copy of the Early Warning Guide, which does not contain references. 
• Screenreader accessible text-only version - (135 KB)
  This version is accessible to screenreaders.  It does not contain references.
• Early Warning, Timely Response:A Guide to Safe Schools: The Referenced Edition (English only) - (249 KB)
  This version is screenreader-accessible, and also includes references. 
• Reference List - (92 KB)
• Versiónes en español
• Powerpoint 97 slides for presenting the Early Warning Guide
• President Clinton's Announcement of Early Warning, Timely Response (on ED's website)
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention announcement releasing the Early Warning Guide (on OJJDP's website). 

If you are not able to download a copy from the Internet, you can order a free hard copy (in English) of "Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools" from the Department of Education by e-mailing edpuborders@aspensys.com or by calling 1-877-4EDPUBS (433-7827).  Please note that 877 is a new toll-free code, and not all areas have access to it yet.  If you find you can't connect using that number, you may dial 1-800-872-5327.

Contributors

Many people contributed to the development and production of this Early Warning Guide:

• Expert Panel
• Federal Reviewers
• Stakeholder Reviewers
• National Endorsing Organizations
• National Association of School Psychologists
• Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice

Other Violence Prevention Resources

We are collecting resources on violence prevention - to suggest a resource, e-mail guide@air-dc.org:

• Annual Report on School Safety (U.S. Departments of Education and Justice) - read the press release and download the report (currently available in PDF only) (1722K). 
• Expert Online Discussion with Kevin Dwyer, Principal Investigator for the Early Warning, Timely Response project - Pose (or read) questions to Kevin Dwyer, who will address them himself or pass them on to other members of the Expert Panel. 
• Warning Signs: A Violence Prevention Guide for Youth from MTV and the American Psychological Association
• Other Federal Resources:
  • The CDC's Inventory of Federal Activities Addressing Violence in Schools
  • CMHS resources on School Violence Prevention:
    • A Preview of the New CMHS School Violence Prevention Program: Enhancing Resilience
    • Status of Research and Research-Based Programs
    • Examples of Exemplary/Promising Programs
    • Conference on Mental Health and School Violence, March 4-5, 1999
  • "Indicators of School Crime & Safety, 1999." Second annual report on school crime & safety from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) & the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
  • Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn't and What's Promising from the Justice Information Center. Read it online, download the research in brief (pdf) or download the entire document (large file 1.2 MB)  
  • White House Conference on School Safety:  Causes and Prevention of Youth Violence
  • Safe and Drug Free Schools Report, Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice (CECP)
  • Violence & Discipline Problems in U.S. Public Schools: 1996-97, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
  • Safe Futures: A Partnership to Reduce Youth Violence and Delinquency, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
  • The National Agenda for Achieving Better Results for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
  • La Agenda Nacional para Lograr Mejores Resultados Para los Niños y Jóvenes con Desordenes Emocionales Serios, Oficina de Educación Especial (OSEP) (en español)
  • The Safe and Drug Free Schools Act
• Web Sites related to School Safety and Violence Prevention