School Safety in America

Gang Awareness Training

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• Student Aggression & Violence
• Sexual Issues
• Emergency Response
• Staff Aggression
• Sub Cultural Groups
• Liability Reduction
• Stress Resolution
• Absenteeism and Lateness

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SCHOOL SAFETY MANAGEMENT TRAINING - HOW TO IDENTIFY AND CONTROL BULLYING, HARASSMENT AND STALKING IN YOUR SCHOOL

SERAPH is a Security Consulting and Training firm, which has provided School Security Training and Consulting since 1989. The School Safety Management Training program teaches participants to think differently about negative human behavior by introducing them to a usable form of criminal psychology. The program model is based on prevention and assessment techniques.

The School Safety Management Training program uses two types of research, the first being U.S. Department of Justice peer reviewed studies on School Safety and internal research conducted on a monthly basis by the SERAPH Research Team.
Our research has been noted in various publications including the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin and the Texas Attorney Generals' report on School Safety. The program is in use in various school districts throughout the United States and is the official psychological assessment program for the Pennsylvania Juvenile Probation Officers [Center for Juvenile Justice Training & Research].

We offer several forms of the School Safety Management Training program.
Bully, Harassment and Stalking [half day / full day]. Participants are trained in new tactics to assess and prevent the following problems.

• STUDENT AND TEACHER ASSAULTS
• UNDERSTANDING THE MIND OF DISRUPTIVE AND AGGRESSIVE STUDENTS
• ELIMINATING AGGRESSIVE AND DISRUPTIVE CLIQUES OR GROUPS
• WORKING WITH STUDENTS WHO DO NOT RESPOND TO PEER MEDIATION
• HOW TO CONTROL AGGRESSIVE PARENTS
• HOW TO CONTROL ABSENTEEISM AND AFTER HOURS ILLEGAL ACTIVITY
• THREAT PROFILING TO IDENTIFY CHILDREN WITH VIOLENT TENDENCIES - IMPROVING INTERVENTION WITH HIGH RISK CHILDREN
• SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT - IS IT HAPPENING AND HOW CAN IT BE CONTROLLED
• WEAPONS USE AND POSSESSION - ASSESSMENT AND ELIMINATION
• HOW TO SECURE THE SUPPORT OF PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY

SCHOOL SECURITY AUDIT - A COMPLETE ASSESSMENT OF ALL SECURITY SYSTEMS AND POLICIES WITHIN SCHOOLS OR DISTRICTS

In 1989 SERAPH developed and executed the first school security audit in the United States. The SERAPH propriety system is a unique way to completely assess the needs of a school or district as they relate to safety and security issues.

• Exterior access to each building
• Interior security procedures for each building
• Sub cultural group aggression
• Vendor process
• Liability assessment
• Computer access
• Internal theft
• Management procedures
• Construction issues
• Law Enforcement / Emergency Response Integration
• Phase 1 - Research and preliminary assessment of crime, social issues and population growth
• Phase 2 - On site physical assessment and interviews
• Phase 3 - Report design and live report review for school board or safety committees

SERAPH STUDENT EQUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

Equality among students is a key element of any educational institution. The SERAPH Student Equality Management Program provides key information to staff and administrators on this important issue.
This staff development program addresses equality issues as they relate to students in three areas:

• Daily Interaction
• Classroom Management
• Discipline

The program deals with equality issues from a management perspective so that schools can effectively solve problems related to gender and socioeconomic's as it applies to student achievement.

• Human Nature and Prejudice
• Educator Personality and its affect on Teaching and Student Interaction
• Gender and Socialization
• Socioeconomic's and Socialization
• Action Points [Interactive portion]
• Classroom management
• Discipline
• One to one interaction

TEACHER SAFETY SEMINAR

This seminar provides much needed information about violent behavior and how to manage a classroom threat. The seminar takes the teacher through a scientific curriculum of tested actions to handle and resolve any violent encounter that may occur.

• Preparing the mind for conflict
• Understanding violent behavior and how to identify it before it happens.
• Threat Profiling - Learning how to predict violent behavior patterns. Understanding how various age groups and genders react to violence or use violence.
• Managing a violent crisis in the classroom.
• Calming Techniques - How to keep your temper and heart rate down so that you can manage aggressive situations.
• How to manage threats with weapons in the classroom
• Verbal Techniques - How to use verbal commands to calm an aggressive person.
• Concepts to survive a violent encounter.
• Action Tactics - How to resolve violent situations with control tactics. How to resolve fights and weapons issues.

CLAS [Controlling Lateness / Absenteeism in Schools]

• How to identify and resolve problems with lateness and absenteeism with students and staff.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING - SSEP [School Safety Emergency Preparedness]
Many schools have incomplete Emergency Plans. SSEP provides specific training to address two key issues:

• How to Predict and Prevent Emergencies
• How to control Fear and Panic in adults and children during emergencies

SSR [School Stress Reduction]

SSR is specifically designed to address the unique stress of educators. In half or full day programs participants learn:

• Sub conscience triggers to stress
• How personality traits trigger stress
• Lowering the risk of stress during the work day
• Techniques of interaction with adults and children to reduce stress
• Managing personal issues.

Gang Awareness Training

Title:  KNOW THE SIGNS

1. Purpose
   Provide law enforcement with the tools necessary to recognize and identify gang presence in the community.  Participants will learn how to recognize and identify gang tattoos, graffiti, colors and hand signs.  Participants will understand the value of identifying gang members through documentation of tattoos, graffiti, interviews and understanding gang culture.
   
   
2. End Users
   
   Federal, State and Local Law Enforcement, to include Corrections and Probation and Parole.  Especially useful for those agencies who have recently initiated a gang unit.
   
   
3. What Type Of Problems Does It Solve
   
   Will assist staff that are usually unaware of the signs of gang presence in their community in identifying the problem and gives agencies the ability to focus their efforts on the identified problem.  Provides officers with the background knowledge needed to perform gang related investigations and will assist in drug and weapons cases.

Gang Awareness Training – Schools

Title:  KNOW THE SIGNS

1. Purpose
   
   
   • Provide all school staff with the ability to spot gang presence in schools by recognizing related tattoos, graffiti, colors and hand signs.  Gives an understanding of the dangers of gangsta rap music.
     
     
   • End Users
     Teachers, Teacher’s Aides, School resource Officers, School Security Officers. All school staff.
     
     
   • What Type Of Problems Does It Solve
     Allows for recognition of gang presence in the school and gives staff the ability to deal with the problem in a more pro-active manner.

Gang Reality Interface Program (GRIP) – Students

Title:  GRIP

1. Purpose
   
   GRIP brings the reality of gang membership right to the classroom.  Certified ex-gang members are brought into the classroom to tell the students the truth about gangs.  The ex-gang members explain what life in a gang is really all about by describing both their negative experiences with the gang on the street and while they were incarcerated due to their gang membership.  Time is allotted for a question and answer session.  Assembly Programs can also be facilitated but the classroom session is usually more effective.
   
   
2. End Users
   
   All students from Middle School through High School age.
   
   
3. What Type of Problems Does It Solve
   
   Students learn first-hand the reality of gang life and are able to see first hand the negative aspects of gang membership.

Gang Awareness Community Program 

Title:  KNOW THE SIGNS

To bring community attention to the signs of gang presence.  This presentation is a trimmed down version of the school training program and can include the testimony of the ex-gang member.

The program is usually sponsored by the school or the local PD (or both)  

CONSULTATION

Prison Gang Management

1. Purpose
   
   To provide a state prison system or county jail with the tools to form a gang intelligence unit in order to track and identify gang members within their facilities.  How to set up the criteria needed to identify and document gang members.  How to maintain the data collected in order to withstand court challenges by inmates identified as gang members.  Can assist in lowering gang related violence and assaults on staff by gang members.
   
   
2. End Users
   
   Correctional Administrators as well as personnel involved in the hands-on process.
   
   
3. What Type Of Problems Does It Solve
   
   Gives the ability to identify, track and monitor gang members and gangs within correctional facilities.  Solves the problem of gang management by creating a special gang management unit, which segregates gang members from the inmate general population and attempts to de-program them by placing them in a therapeutic behavior modification program.  By isolating the problematic gang members overall statistics relating to gang violence and assaults on staff will decrease.  Will also assist in confronting the legal challenges.

SERAPH SRO [School Resource Officer] Consultation Program

Many school board members and school superintendents are confused by the School Resource Officer process. The SERAPH SROCP can provide technical assistance to School Boards and School Districts with a variety of implementation information:

• Developing a School Resource Officer Program
• Advantages and Benefits of establishing SRO programs
• Selection of an SRO
• Explanation of the SRO Triad
• Performance duties of an SRO
• Scope of SRO Training
• Goals of SRO programs
• Partnership agreements between schools and law enforcement
• Funding arrangements