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Subject: National Conference Targets School Shootings and Youth Violence



More than 300 high school and university administrators, teachers, police
chiefs, first responders, safety professionals, and community leaders have
reserved a seat at the First National Student Safety & Security Conference,
which will be held November 29-30, 2007, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their
objective is to identify and share best practices concerning school safety,
and help model a community process to stamp out school violence in all its
forms, including shootings, bullying, dating violence, vandalism, gang
activity, and catastrophic events such as school massacres.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) October 31, 2007 -- More than 300 high school and
university administrators, teachers, police chiefs, first responders, safety
professionals, and community leaders have reserved a seat at the First
National Student Safety & Security Conference, which will be held November
29-30, 2007, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Their objective is to identify and share best practices concerning school
safety, and help model a community process to stamp out school violence in
all its forms, including shootings, bullying, dating violence, vandalism,
gang activity, and catastrophic events such as school massacres.

The 2 days of the conference will each begin with the national perspective,
presented by speakers from the U.S. Department of Justice: John Gillis,
Director, Office of Victims of Crime, and David Hagy, Deputy Assistant
Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs.

These addresses will be followed by presentations by experts on school
violence covering key community perspectives: students, teachers, parents,
local business, faith-based groups, the media, and other community resources
and stakeholders.

The range of topics reflects a process of total community engagement.
Program titles include:

§       School Safety: A National Perspective

§       Overview of Campus Violence: Stats, Reports & Studies

§       Assessing the Threats: Security & Safety Risk Assessment In Campuses

§       Reviewing Campus Security Infrastructure

§       Preventing Violence By Making Your University A Place of Safety &
Nurturing

§       Preventing Violence By Bringing Help to Troubled Students

§       Creating Solid Yet Flexible Emergency Response Plans

§       Creating an Emergency Management Team

§       Testing Your Emergency Response Plans

§       Responding To An Actual Violent Crisis

§       Crisis Communication

§       Calling In Emergency Management Experts

§       Lockdowns

§       Legal Issues


An outline of presentation highlights can be downloaded with the program
agenda and registration forms at the National Student Safety & Security
Conference home page, www.new-fields.com/nsssc.

The speaker list includes:

Norman Arflack
Secretary
Justice and Public Safety Cabinet
Kentucky

James Maurice Canady
Security Director
Hoover City Schools
Alabama

Michael L. Duffy
Director of Public Safety
Coast Community College District and Golden West College
California

John W. Gillis
Director
Office of Victims of Crime
US Department of Justice

David Hagy
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Office of Justice Programs
US Department of Justice

Bruce Lang
Chief of Police
Beatrice Police Department
Nebraska

William Lassiter
Manager
Center for Prevention of School Violence
North Carolina

Sarah Lindstrom
School of Public Health
John Hopkins University
Maryland

David May
Fellow and Professor
Kentucky Center for School Safety
Kentucky

Dr. James Sewell
Staff Director
Gubernatorial Task Force for University Campus Safety
Florida

Dr. Timothy J. Shepodd
Chemical Hazards Supervisor, Materials Chemistry Department & Emergency
Operations Center
Sandia National Laboratories

Norman M. Spain, J.D., CPP
Assets Protection & Security Coordinator
Eastern Kentucky University
Kentucky

Jeffrey White
Chief Research Scientist
Los Angeles Unified School District
California

The conference will also include an important hands-on feature -- real-world
simulations of community response to school shootings and related tragedies.

The tabletop exercises, moderated by risk communicators, will encourage
extended audience participation and explore effective methods of
communication, coordination and collaboration at the local level.

Role-playing topics include:

Response

§       activating the emergency response infrastructure

§       warning signals

§       student complaints

§       first response

§       protecting targets and hostages

§       types of violence

§       survival techniques

§       news by cell phone

§       regaining control

§       chain of command

§       emergency response routes

§       evacuation procedures

§       school closings

§       notifying parents

§       anticipating escalation

§       law enforcement information sharing

§       medical procedures

§       dealing with the media

§       reaction on the Internet.


Recovery

§       overcoming the fear of returning to class

§       debriefings

§       victim needs

§       survivor needs

§       families of offenders

§       call-in lines

§       grief counseling

§       removing names

§       health services and resources

§       statements to students and parents

§       academic support

§       investigation procedures

§       funerals and anniversaries

§       signals for closure

§       how to orient new students and their families


Prevention

§       School Crime Watch

§       drug-free zones

§       gun-free zones

§       zero-tolerance messages

§       gang apparel and student dress codes

§       mentoring

§       parent cooperation

§       law enforcement resources and presentations

§       information kits and advisories

§       engaging the business sector

§       restrictions in hallways and high-risk areas


Preparedness

§       What you can do right now...

§       assessing threat and potential victims

§       designating crisis planning and crisis management teams

§       exercising the student safety plan

§       reviewing civil and criminal options

§       patrols and security systems

§       video monitoring

§       crime maps

§       creating a school safety who's who

§       photo ID database

§       including private sector resources

§       dealing with outside threats

§       media relations

§       legislative actions

§       town hall meetings

§       releasing information

§       crisis kits

§       preparing the lines of communication

§       sharing best practices

§       taking preemptive action.


Invitation:

In response to the nationwide alarm over youth violence in our schools, the
National Student Safety and Security Conference invites high school and
university administrators, campus security officers, mental health
professionals, emergency management experts, first responders and law
enforcers, as well as other experts to meet November 29-30, 2007, in Las
Vegas, Nevada. Our purpose is to create an ad hoc multi-sector crisis
management consortium during the event, to be studied as a model by
communities around the country.

Speakers will help attendees develop effective action plans that are unique
to their own communities and engage the widest range of local stakeholders
to "make our high schools and college campuses safe and secure -- the way
learning environments really should be."

An outline of highlights of all presentations is available to participants
at sign-up to help prepare for the Q&A sessions and group discussions.

The First National Student Safety and Security Conference is organized by
New Fields Exhibitions, Washington, DC, international specialists in
emergency planning events and disaster recovery conferences. For expedited
registration and other information, contact 202-536-5000. To learn more
about latest conference developments please visit: www.New-Fields.com/nsssc


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