As a school-based professional, you’re uniquely positioned to help keep kids safe. Learn how to enhance school safety with NASP’s PREPaRE training.

<p>
  As a school-based professional, you have a rare opportunity to help protect
  this generation of students. How? By actively promoting school safety. Whether
  you&rsquo;re a school psychologist, nurse, social worker, administrator,
  teacher, or other school support professional, you know how critical it is for
  kids, families, teachers, and educational support staff to feel safe at
  school. You&rsquo;re uniquely positioned to help.
</p>

<p>
  You might be surprised to discover what a significant impact you can actually
  make. Get bold, take the lead, and turn to the National Association of School
  Psychologists (<a href="https://www.nasponline.org/">NASP </a>) school safety
  curriculum to PREPaRE for a crisis should one ever occur.
</p>

<h2>The NASP PREPaRE Crisis Curriculum for School Safety</h2>

<p>
  The NASP created the
  <a
    href="https://www.nasponline.org/professional-development/prepare-training-curriculum/about-prepare"
    >PREPaRE </a
  >curriculum to help schools strengthen their school safety, crisis management
  and emergency response team plans. The program developers are school-based
  professionals with firsthand experience and formal training, and the PREPaRE
  curriculum was based on research from both the U.S. Department of Education
  and the Department of Homeland Security.
</p>

<p>
  PREPaRE equips team members with the necessary skills to strengthen and
  improve your school&rsquo;s safety, crisis management, and emergency response
  plans by focusing on the five stages of a crisis: prevention, mitigation,
  protection, response, and recovery.
</p>

<p>PREPaRE encompasses the following hierarchical and sequential activities:</p>

<div class="preparelist" style="text-indent: 50px;">
  <p>P &mdash; Prevent and PREPaRE for psychological trauma</p>

  <p>
    R &mdash; Reaffirm physical health and perceptions of security and safety
  </p>

  <p>E &mdash; Evaluate psychological trauma risk</p>

  <p>P &mdash; Provide interventions</p>

  <p>a &mdash; and</p>

  <p>R &mdash; Respond to psychological needs</p>

  <p>
    E &mdash; Examine the effectiveness of crisis prevention and intervention
  </p>
</div>

<h2>Schedule a PREPaRE School Safety Workshop</h2>

<p>
  If you&rsquo;re ready to take the reins for your school, you have options.
  <a
    href="https://www.nasponline.org/professional-development/prepare-training-curriculum/upcoming-prepare-workshops"
    >Find a workshop </a
  >in your area, or if one is not on the schedule near you, sponsor a workshop
  specifically for your school, district or other organization. Contact a
  PREPaRE trainer to<a
    href="https://apps.nasponline.org/professional-development/prepare/local-trainers.aspx"
  >
    schedule a school safety workshop</a
  >
  today.
</p>

<h2>Cross Country Education Thanks You</h2>

<p>
  At Cross Country Education, we share your passion for putting kids first, and
  we commend you for all you do to bolster a safe and healthy school
  environment!
</p>

<p>
  <i
    ><a href="https://www.crosscountryeducation.com/home"
      >Cross Country Education</a
    >
    is educator-led, student-driven and solutions-oriented. With over 50 years
    of combined dedicated expertise, we service the education industry
    exclusively. Focusing our knowledge and resources on engaging with and
    understanding educational organizations, industry trends, and leadership
    needs, we provide a wide range of services to our educational partners to
    meet their individual needs including special education and substitute
    services. We specialize in substitute teacher and instructional assistants,
    special education service providers, healthcare staff, early childhood
    education teachers, educator search services, consultation, and trainings.
    Cross Country Education, formerly DirectEd and Mediscan, is part of the<a
      href="https://www.crosscountryhealthcare.com/about-us"
    >
      Cross Country Healthcare
    </a>
    family, one of the leading healthcare and education staffing companies in
    the nation.</i
  >
</p>

<p>
  <a href="https://www.crosscountryeducation.com/contact-us">Contact us</a>
  today to discover how our experienced team of talent professionals at Cross
  Country Education can deliver solutions for your educational staffing needs.
</p>


Prepare for School Safety and Help Protect the Kids You Serve