School Training

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> CSI Instructors and Facilitators

CSI offers a professional cadre of instructors and facilitators for workshops, conferences, training meetings or technical assistance. Selected from their specialized fields of expertise and trained specifically for CSI assignments, our facilitators and instructors provide a unique combination of education and practical experiences that will assist participants in obtaining the most from their training.

CSI provides expert training and seminars for schools, communities, and law enforcement personnel.

For Schools
o	Bullying and Harassment: Interventions and Preventions	An interactive examination of the problem of bullying and harassment in our schools. This course features sections on the types of bullying, the characteristics of offenders and victims, the effects of fear in the school, types of harassment and successful solutions including conducting a comprehensive anti-bullying campaign.
o	Creating A Safer School Overview course	For administrators, teachers and counselors who want to see the big picture on school safety One day class Highlights the most important information from the entire series and previewing each of the CASS courses. This class is a great introduction to comprehensive school safety.
o	Creating A Safer School (CASS)	For administrators, counselors and teachers. Full day program Focuses on violence prevention, awareness, warning signs, intervention/ prevention efforts and responding to conflicts.
o	CASS for KIDS	For all grade levels of students. Half day program Focuses on violence prevention, campus safety assessments and anger management. Includes semester long activities that can be used as follow-up programs.
o	Comprehensive Safe School Planning	For administrators. Four day program conducted over several months Facilitates an internal and external analysis of campus safety, security, prevention, intervention and response.
o	Problem Solving for Safe Schools	For administrators, counselors and teachers. Full day course Problem solving for safe schools utilizing a nationally recognized model and examples of successful initiatives.
o	Campus Safety Assessments and Crisis Prevention	For administrators, faculty and staff members. One-day or multi-day course Features actual campus safety assessments by CSI staff and school safety team members. Includes training of safety team and comprehensive on-site reporting, recommendations and follow-up procedures.
o	Terrorism and Our Schools	Provides instruction in assessing how vulnerable your school is to a terrorist attack, how to handle Anthrax scares, developing internal/external threat alert notification systems and expanding the role of your campus safety teams. A significant portion of this interactive course will stress the need to adapt and modify crisis response plans to include terrorist activities and responding to terrorist incidents.
o	Threat Assessment and Violence Prevention	For administrators, counselors and public safety officials. One-day course Highlights the latest information on threat assessment, intervention and response. Features information on classifying threats, developing a specialized threat assessment team, responding to all levels of threats, post-threat evaluation and proper follow-up procedures.
o	School Crisis Response Planning	For administrators, staff and teachers. A full day program. Features key elements of a school crisis response plan and implementation procedures. This class includes lockdown policies and primary and secondary evacuation planning. Types of plans addressed include: violence, severe weather, suicide and accidents.
o	School Safety/ Community Response Planning	For school staff, local government officials, media, social services and public safety officials. One-day program Highlights various community and emergency services response plans, inter-jurisdictional issues and inter-agency cooperation.
o	Community Mobilization and Safe Schools	For school staff, concerned citizens, community leaders, public safety officials. A half or full day course Emphasizes partnerships, collaboration and communication to enhance school safety and community awareness of juvenile issues.
o	Positive Rewards and Developing A "Culture" of Safety	For school staff and students. One-day course Focuses on student responsibilities and what specific proactive measures that administrators and teachers can take to create a culture of safety on campus. Examines changes in policies and procedures and how to make age appropriate rewards that encourage student involvement and empowerment in safety initiatives.
o	Teaching Toward Safety Solutions	Learn step-by-step methods to work with conduct disorder, anti-social personality disorder and what to do when kids challenge in the classroom. Build skills that are solution focused rather than problem focused and develop strategies to alter the temperament of the most volatile students.
o	Managing A Multi-Agency School Crisis Simulation	Instruction on how to plan, manage, and implement a school safety simulation exercise for multiple jurisdictions. Instruction will be provided in how to organize a simulation, form an Observation Team of key individuals and gain the most from this important safety scenario.
o	Re-Designing for School Safety and Security Technologies	Examine methods to increase the safety of schools, playgrounds, and transportation areas. Analysis of past school incidents and recommendations on modifications to the physical environment. Also a study of current delay, detection and deterrent technologies available.
o	Underage Drinking	Presentation on the laws concerning juveniles and under-age drinking. Learn about MIP, DUI, DWI and zero tolerance. Interactive participation includes demonstration on loss of motor skills utilizing the popular "Fatal Vision" goggles.
o	Drug Recognition and Effects	Learn about the seven categories of drugs and the signs and symptoms of drug use. Includes a section on the different types of drugs, how they may be abused and features a special section on "gateway drugs" used by teens and addresses the current trends. This interactive session provides a four step model to avoid drug use.
o	Student Responsibility	Focused on creating a "culture of safety" on the school campus, this class highlights what young people can do to help make their school a safe place to learn. This class includes numerous activities that students can develop and participate in to enhance school safety.

For Schools