On-Demand Webinar
Child sexual abuse is a crime and any observed, disclosed, or suspected abuse should be reported to designated authorities as prescribed by mandated reporting laws. However, there are nuances to consider in the district’s response to alleged abuse and organizational boundary violations.
In this webinar, author and sexual abuse prevention consultant Diane Cranley, addressed topics that school and district leaders must consider beyond the basics of mandated reporting, such as preserving evidence, juvenile offenders, internal reporting, internal investigations, organizational consequences, reporting to licensing agencies, public communication, victim, parent and reporter harassment, and post-incident reviews.
Webinar Topics
- Understanding the complexities of responding to alleged abuse and organizational boundary violations.
- Becoming familiar with key considerations for developing an internal response policy.
- Exploring how your response impacts victims, parents, authorities, staff, the district, and the broader community.
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About the Presenter – Diane Cranley
Diane Cranley is the author of 8 Ways to Create their Fate: Protecting the Sexual Innocence of Children in Youth-Serving Organizations and a child sexual abuse prevention consultant. She is also the Founder and President of TAALK (Talk About Abuse to Liberate Kids), a federally approved, nonprofit agency dedicated to breaking the silence that surrounds sexual abuse. Diane is working with insurers, risk pools, County Departments of Education, and districts to create a brighter and safer tomorrow for our children. Diane is also the author of the SafeSchools Training Child Sexual Abuse Prevention in Schools Courses.
On-Demand Webinar
Everyone wants to know how to provide a safe learning environment, especially as we attempt to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. How can you make sure your school is effectively addressing today’s areas of vulnerability?
In this free webinar Paul Timm, nationally recognized school security expert, addressed important school safety and security issues and solutions. Special focus was placed on collaboration, awareness, and student involvement.
School Safety & Security Webinar Topics
- Addressing current security issues
- Implementing site-specific strategies
- Accessing helpful resources
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About the Presenter
Paul Timm, PSP
Paul Timm, Vice President of Facility Engineering Associates, is a board-certified Physical Security Professional (PSP) and a nationally acclaimed expert in school security. He was named one of the Most Influential People in Security in 2020 by Security Magazine. In addition to conducting numerous vulnerability assessments and his frequent keynote addresses, Paul is an experienced School Crisis Assistance Team volunteer through the National Organization for Victims Assistance (NOVA).
He serves on the Campus Safety Conferences Advisory Board, the Advisory Council for the Partner Alliance for Safer Schools, the ASIS International School Safety and Security Council, and the Illinois Association of School Business Officials Risk Management Committee. He is certified in Vulnerability Assessment Methodology (VAM) through Sandia National Laboratories and the ALPHA™ vulnerability assessment methodology. Paul holds a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies from Moody Theological Seminary.
Paul is also the author of two SafeSchools Staff Training courses, including:
On-Demand Webinar
In this session, Dr. Myron Anderson and Dr. Kathryn Young, authors of Fix Your Climate: A Practical Guide to Reducing Microaggressions, Microbullying, and Bullying in the Academic Workplace, discussed strategies to get ahead of microaggressions and bullying on K-12 and college/university campuses to improve school climate.
We are pleased to bring you this on-demand webinar in collaboration with our Diversity & Inclusion partners at DiversityEdu.
Webinar Topics to Help Improve Schools Climate
- Learn to use the 4-way implementation model to address microaggression and bullying at your schools, districts, and campuses.
- Review your own examples of proactive strategies to improve school climate on their campuses.
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About the Presenters
Dr. Kathryn Young, Professor of Secondary Education, Metropolitan State University of Denver
- Kathryn has served as the Faculty Fellow with the Office of Institutional Diversity at the university. And, has worked as an educator for 20+ years with the past 12 years in higher education.
- Her research interests include Disability Studies in Education, Inclusive Education, Cultural Competence, Diversity in Higher Education, and Microaggressions in Education and in the Workplace. She has presented numerous times on the topic of microaggressions and workplace bullying.
- Earned a BA in French Education from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, a MA in Teaching from North Carolina Central University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Policy from University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Myron Anderson, Vice President for Inclusive Excellence, The University of Texas at San Antonio
- Myron is responsible for building a division and integrating the Inclusive Excellence ecosystem throughout the University.
- Using inclusive leadership as the framework paralleled with an active leadership strategy, listen, co-create, harvest, and implement, this serves as the framework to articulate a vision and implement the ecosystem designed to improve campus climate and advance Inclusive Excellence.
- He has worked collaboratively to develop a campus-wide Inclusive Excellence Advisory Board, an interactive web portal, a university cultural intelligence professional development strategy, and the re-engineering of the faculty recruitment process.
On-Demand Webinar with Diane Cranley
Nearly 10% of high school students surveyed said they were sexually abused at school at some point during their school career by either another student or a school representative. The impact on victims’ physical, mental, and emotional health can be devastating and lifelong, and districts are being held accountable resulting in significant financial settlements. This webinar will educate and empower district and insurance leaders to develop an effective child sexual abuse prevention strategy that will lower the risk of student sexual abuse, in both in-person and distance learning environments, and limit school liability in the unfortunate case that abuse does occur.
Topics covered in this webinar include:
• The prevalence of child sexual abuse and the impact on victims, districts, and the community.
• The risky behaviors that are often apparent before a child molester sexually abuses a student.
• Best practices and the proactive steps districts can take in the short-term to prevent student sexual abuse in and through their programs.
• Important steps to both mitigate risks of student sexual abuse and reduce liability in a distance learning environment.
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About the Presenter – Diane Cranley
Diane Cranley is the author of 8 Ways to Create their Fate: Protecting the Sexual Innocence of Children in Youth-Serving Organizations and a child sexual abuse prevention consultant. Diane guides district leaders to create an environment where child molesters virtually cannot succeed without being caught and therefore won’t want to work. She is also the Founder and President of TAALK (Talk About Abuse to Liberate Kids), a federally approved, nonprofit agency dedicated to breaking the silence that surrounds sexual abuse. Diane is working with insurers, risk pools, County Departments of Education, and districts to create a brighter and safer tomorrow for our children.
Diane is the author of the SafeSchools Training Child Sexual Abuse Prevention in Schools Series of online micro-learning courses for K-12 school staff.
On-Demand Webinar with Dr. Kellie Gray-Smith
Self-care strategies have always been important tools in educators’ toolboxes as they manage and meet the expanding needs of their students, often with constricting budgets. With the mandated closing of in-person learning for most school districts around the country due to COVID-19 threats, the social emotional needs of students and teachers have become top priorities. Self-care has become even more important as educators manage their own families’ needs while providing remote learning to their students and responding to parents’ questions and concerns. Given that most states are re-opening with ongoing concerns and questions about staying as safe as possible amid COVID-19 threats, school districts are preparing to re-open as well when school begins.
This webinar presented important self-care considerations and trauma-informed strategies for educators as they prepare to address their own and their students’ emotional and physical needs upon returning to school, whether virtual, in person, or a blend of these two options.
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About the Presenter – Dr. Kellie Gray-Smith
Dr. Kellie Gray-Smith is a licensed psychologist and a licensed specialist in school psychology and has practiced for 18 years in large, diverse, urban and suburban public school district settings. She also maintains an active private counseling practice in which she treats emotional-behavioral disorders that include anxiety, mood disorders, ADHD, oppositional defiant and conduct disorders, and other conditions that have an onset during childhood and adolescence. In both school-based and clinical settings, Dr. Gray-Smith works with students and staff who have experienced various forms of trauma, suicidal thoughts and/or attempts, along with other life stressors and has helped students and staff acquire effective self-care and coping skills to manage their life stressors. Dr. Gray-Smith is also the author of several courses in our Exceptional Child special education-related course library.
On-Demand Webinar with Megan C. Farrell
The New Rules under Title IX were released by the Department of Education on May 6, 2020, with a requirement implementation date of August 14, 2020. K-12 schools face significant changes to what matters they need to investigate under Title IX, how they must conduct those investigations, and who needs to be trained at the school districts before this fast-approaching implementation date. This on-demand webinar provides an overview of the most significant changes in these New Rules for K-12 schools and strategies on how best to incorporate these changes before the school year begins.
Title IX for K-12 Schools Webinar Topics
- Review of implementation challenges school districts face as they work to implement the New Title IX Rules by the deadline.
- Highlight of 15 significant changes to Title IX that have impact to your policies, procedures, and practices.
- Learn what next steps are recommended for Title IX Coordinators and district administrators to implement the new rules.
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About the Presenter – Megan C. Farrell, JD MBA
Megan is an advisor and consultant to educational institutions with a focus on Title IX compliance. Megan’s background includes working as Title IX Coordinator at Palo Alto School District and Notre Dame of Maryland University. She has also served as in-house counsel, faculty member, and graduate program director. Megan also has provided risk and litigation management counseling to institutions, developed internal policies and procedures for education clients, and designed customized training programs for educational institutions across the country. Megan is also the author of our SafeSchools Staff Training course, Title IX Compliance Overview.
On-Demand Webinar with Dr. Scott Poland
It is essential that that school and community personnel know the incidence of school violence and be up to date on the best safety and prevention practices. This webinar will review recommendations from numerous state and national initiatives and foundations that have focused on school safety. The important role that students play in school safety and prevention will also be emphasized. The presenter has a wealth of practical experience responding to school shootings, and participants will learn lessons from school tragedies and practical strategies to prevent future school violence.
School Violence Prevention Webinar Topics
- Learn the actual incidence of school shootings and what is known about school shooters and their motivation.
- Analyze school shootings and identify the lessons for prevention and response to future school violence.
- Learn how to evaluate a threat of school violence and determine the actions to take to increase the safety of all concerned.
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About the Presenter – Dr. Scott Poland
Dr. Poland is a Professor at CPS and the Co-Director of the Suicide and Violence Prevention Office at Nova Southeastern University. He is an internationally recognized expert on school crisis and youth suicide and has authored five books on the subject. He previously directed psychological services for a large Texas district for 24 years and is a past President of the National Association of School Psychologists and a past Prevention Division Director for the American Association of Suicidology. He recently authored the Suicide Safer School Plan for Texas and the Crisis Action School Toolkit on Suicide for Montana. He was a founding member of the National Emergency Assistance Team and has assisted schools/communities after tragedies such as school shootings, suicides, and acts of terrorism. He has received the Houston Wage Peace Award and the Parkland Helping the Community Heal Award. Dr. Poland is the author of SafeSchools Training Staff and Student Courses on bullying, suicide, threat assessment, and managing the aftermath of tragedy.
On-Demand Webinar with Dr. Scott Poland
Suicide is now the second leading cause of death for teens in the U.S., and suicide rates have doubled for middle school aged girls in the last decade. The 2017 YRBS results from the CDC found that 7.4% of high school students surveyed admitted to making a suicide attempt in the last 12 months, and the few states that surveyed middle school students found that 10% made a suicide attempt in the last 12 months. This webinar outlines a comprehensive youth suicide prevention plan for schools, and will help school personnel understand how to support suicidal or grieving students if a suicide has tragically occurred in their school community in order to reduce suicide contagion.
Youth Suicide Webinar Topics
- Protective factors and primary prevention programs to prevent youth suicide.
- Key myths about suicide.
- Designing a comprehensive best practices model for suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention in the schools.
- The relationship between self-injury and suicide.
- Best practices in suicide postvention.
- Lessons from a number of legal cases where schools were sued following a youth suicide.
- Understanding the complex relationship between bullying and suicide.
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About the Presenter – Dr. Scott Poland
Dr. Poland is a Professor at CPS and the Co-Director of the Suicide and Violence Prevention Office at Nova Southeastern University. He is an internationally recognized expert on school crisis and youth suicide and has authored five books on the subject. He previously directed psychological services for a large Texas district for 24 years and is a past President of the National Association of School Psychologists and a past Prevention Division Director for the American Association of Suicidology. He recently authored the Suicide Safer School Plan for Texas and the Crisis Action School Toolkit on Suicide for Montana. He was a founding member of the National Emergency Assistance Team and has assisted schools/communities after tragedies such as school shootings, suicides, and acts of terrorism. He has received the Houston Wage Peace Award and the Parkland Helping the Community Heal Award. Dr. Poland is the author of SafeSchools Training Staff and Student Courses on bullying, suicide, threat assessment, and managing the aftermath of tragedy.
