Can We Ensure Safe Schools: A Collaborative Guide on Focused Strategies for School Safety

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This book was written as a guide to practitioners, with input and strategies from police authorities, mental health professional and educators. School safety is an issue for school communities across the country. Collaboration with all stakeholders provide comprehensive strategies that can be applied to all schools and districts.

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This book and its contents are extremely relevant for schools in the United States, and comprehensive in its approach to the problem of school violence and shootings. Can We Ensure Safe Schools: A Collaborative Guide on Focused Strategies for School Safety is a quick read and user friendly. I highly recommend it. -- Carl Pabon, principal, Ellenville High School, NY
There is a need for such a book as Can We Ensure Safe Schools: A Collaborative Guide on Focused Strategies for School Safety. Law enforcement must be willing to look at the way service is delivered and to examine the possibility that new models of service delivery could be viable. -- Jeffery Harrington, Chief Deputy, Pasco County Sheriff Department, Florida
This book is valuable to all stakeholders. It addresses a way for educators and families to be informed about school violence and be prepared to be proactive in prevention activities. -- Felicia Shinella, M. Ed., Assistant Director of Special Education, Mount Vernon Schools, NY
There is a great need for this book, in that it identifies many specific strategies to deal with proactive ways to deal with members of school communities to minimize issues contributing to acts of violence and school safety. -- Delrita G. Meisner, M.Ed., Executive Director Be Free Lake, INc., FL

Author Bio

Fern Aefsky has over 35 years experience in k-12 schools as an administrator and teacher, and multiple years as an associate professor of educational leadership at the university level. Her areas of specialization are in collaborations with community stakeholders to improve student outcomes through the lenses of practitioners realities.