Do your students really feel safe in your school? What do they think of the climate of their school? What does safety look like in the eyes of your students? What more needs to be done to keep students feeling safer? All of these questions and more can be answered in this Ask Me Anything-style Read the Rest…
Many will want to attend this snapshot presentation of the newly-released safety planning and training program for individuals with Access and Functional Needs. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss the program and sign up to pilot it in their school or district.
In February 2018, Governor Hogan announced that Maryland will implement the Handle with Care program statewide. At his direction, the Governor’s Office of Crime Control & Prevention is implementing the Handle with Care model across the state to increase trauma-informed approaches and to address Adverse Childhood Experiences to prevent future victimization or criminality. If a Read the Rest…
During his presentation Thomas Rivalis will share how to draft and develop high quality school emergency operations plans. Rivalis is the project manager for the Grant-Funded School Emergency Management initiative jointly administered by the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE). He has been an EMS provider for 17 Read the Rest…
Ransomware is a significant and growing threat to the education sector, and Bryant Wu, a Senior Intelligence Analyst at the Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center (MCAC), where he started, and currently leads, the Cyber Threat Analysis Section (CTAS), is excited to shed more light on this important topic. Since its inception in 2019, Wu’s CTAS has Read the Rest…
Master Police Officer Thomas Kelley provides an overview of the National Gang Center’s Responding to Gangs in School Guide and highlights the importance of responding to gangs within a school setting using a collaborative approach between law enforcement and school administration. He’ll cover the following three broad topics: (1) Gang activity, identification, and assessment, (2) Read the Rest…
Personal and professional experience in the field of disability and law enforcement has afforded Jenn Lynn a very well-rounded perspective on how to encourage successful interactions that meet the needs of everyone. School Resource & Security officers encounter disabled and vulnerable population daily and some interactions can be difficult. Jenn Lynn will walk you through Read the Rest…
A strong, positive safety culture is a critical core value of many educational institutions and is also a reflection of the academic administrators, faculty, and students within an educational institution. When a culture of safety is promoted and actively practiced, it imparts a sense of confidence and caring for all employees as well as the Read the Rest…
Nonfatal strangulation is present in as many as sixty-eight percent of domestic violence cases. It is being identified in an increasing number of child abuse cases as well. Teens don’t understand that the choking game is also a form of strangulation and carries the same risks. Strangulation often leaves no visible injuries; therefore, presenter Rosalyn Read the Rest…
If there was a shooting at your school would you know how to preserve evidence? Would you know how to properly document the physical evidence? Evelyn Kim will help you examine close, intermediate, and distant ranges of fire. Depending on the distance a gun is fired will determine the characteristics of each injury. This information Read the Rest…
