Back to School Resources
The Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention offers resources for families and caregivers, schools, law enforcement professionals, and mental health professionals as communities begin the 2023-24 academic year. The below list is organized by primary audiences for each resource. Click on the audience below to go directly to that section.
Webinar: School-based Prevention Programming
Webinar: Fostering Family Engagement in School
Policy Brief: Creating Safe Schools
Policy Brief: Secure Firearms and Child Access Prevention Laws
This policy brief shares information on secure storage and child access prevention policies that may decrease risks for unintentional firearm injury, suicide, carriage of a firearm to school by youth, and school/mass shootings.
Podcast: What is School Safety
Guide: Behavioral Threat Assessment & Management (BTAM) at a Glance
Guide: Restorative Practices at a Glance
Guide: Social Emotional Learning at a Glance
Guide: Parents' Guide to Home Firearm Safety
Webinar: School-based Prevention Programming
Webinar: Essential Elements of School Threat Assessment
Webinar: Collaboration and Information Sharing
Policy Brief: Creating Safe Schools
Podcast: Evidence-Based Strategies for School Safety
Podcast: How Anonymous Reporting Systems in Schools Can Reduce Violence
Guide: School Safety Communications Planning
Guide: Intro to Restorative Practices
Guide: Considerations for Social Media Monitoring and Response
Self-Paced Training: Empowering Youth
Self-Paced Training: School and Law Enforcement Partnerships
Self-Paced Training: Lockdown Drills
Toolkit: Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Schools
Toolkit: K-12 Bystander Reporting
Video: School Climate and Student Fear: The Roles of Students and Teachers
Video: Systematic Review: Anonymous Reporting Systems for School-Based Violence Prevention
Program: Michigan School Safety Initiative
Chart: A Positive Youth Development Approach to School Safety
Webinar: Essential Elements of School Threat Assessment
Policy Brief: Creating Safe Schools
Policy Brief: Secure Firearms and Child Access Prevention Laws
This policy brief shares information on secure storage and child access prevention policies that may decrease risks for unintentional firearm injury, suicide, carriage of a firearm to school by youth, and school/mass shootings.