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2. Time is Short For Training Plans

HOUSTON, TEXAS, JUNE 11-12, 2003 is the next training scheduled for you to become a Trainer for Certifying others in Assessing the Potentially Dangerous Student (PDS). http://keystosaferschools.com/calendar2003.htm#june03

Trainers:   
Chief Pat Fuller - Chief of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District Police Department
Mike Nelson, MS, LPC, NCC - Director of Program Development and Instructions

This is the training that you have asked for and have been waiting to attend.  Previously, Keys staff were the only trainers, but due to the increasing demand and the need to reduce costs within a district/organization Keys is making this shift. If you accept our offer to become a Trainer in this program, which features our Nationally used and highly unique scored Assessment Instrument, you will be one of the first. This training will allow your district/organization to train you to be a trainer.  The Trainer then can train and Keys will certify the entire Assessment Team without additional training cost. The cost for this train-the-trainers event is only $260. Early bird registration is available until May 9, 2003 at just  $225. To learn more go to: http://keystosaferschools.com/calendar2003.htm#pds_houston or click to open flyer to print. To see a video & written recommendations from previous attendee/Trainers -> click here

Added Bonus: This training may make you eligible to become a Trainer in the Keys Associate Program and help us to reach others all over the county who need help assessing their Potentially Dangerous Students (PDS). For more information or to apply, go to: http://keystosaferschools.com/Train-the-Trainer_PDS.htm

The 3rd Annual Conference on School Violence is scheduled at the Ramada Resort Maingate (just outside a popular theme park that features a large Mouse) for June, 16-17, 2003. Plan your vacation/family travel time now. Bullying will be the central theme this year.  This training will include Trainers in the Bullying Stops When Respect Begins and the Assessing the Potentially Dangerous Student Training, previously trained by Keys Staff and more...  

In response to current events and your requests, a special seminar has been added to present Homeland Security Codes and how to translate them into practical actions for schools to implement.

Trainers will include:

Lori Cimino, a native of Miami, Florida who works as a Behavioral Program Specialist in both the academic and residential departments at the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind with students K - 12th grade.  She is certified as a trainer in a variety of programs including CHAMPs: A Proactive Approach to Classroom Management, Crisis Prevention Institute, and Assessing the Potentially Dangerous Student.  She will present Assessing the Potentially Dangerous Student and the role that Bullying has played in acts of violence within schools.  

Patrick Henry O'Brien is an attorney, School Board Member and an Assistant Prosecutor. He will be discussing Bully, Schools and the Law. He has experienced the rigors of school actions that result in litigation over bullying and seeing precious resources used for years of appeals.

Frank Green, LPC is a 20+ Retired Military Officer. He was a contributing author for Military Field and Training Manuals on Rear Area Combat Operations, Counter Terrorism Procedures, Order of Battle and others that deal with gaining knowledge about and countering the activities of insurgents and terrorists. He gained expertise in identification, methods of employing and functioning of explosive devices while serving in these positions. In assignments around the world and in the United States, Frank was responsible for Risk Assessment, Threat Analysis and Security for exercises and the dignitaries (at the highest government levels) who attended.

Mike Nelson, MS, LPC, NCC a native of Miami, Florida and Director of Keys To Safer Schools.com, is a Mental Health Therapist and past military Combat Controller/Air Traffic Controller.  He is a memeber of NASRO.  As a former Director of Program Development for a Tri-County Community Mental Health Center and Assistant Director of Youth Services for a Tri-County Community Mental Health Center, he provided Clinical work with serious offender juveniles and families. He has worked with parents of school shooting victims, law enforcement officers (ex. Officer who shot student in El Cajon, California, at Granite Hills High School.) , Superintendents at Schools involved in School Shootings (ex. Superintendent of Schools in Pearl, Mississippi) teachers, students, and more.

This conference will provide two days of dynamic information that can be used in your schools immediately. This is an excellent opportunity to combine a family vacation with CEU credits and a Business Expense Trip. The Ramada Resort has proven to be an super host in past years and we look forward to another great time. Mark your calendars now for this summer's conference. Keys@keystosaferschools.com or http://keystosaferschools.com/Orlando_2003.htm

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5. School Resource Officer Funds Available

The Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) announces the availability of the COPS in Schools grant program, which will assist law enforcement agencies in hiring new, additional School Resource Officers (SROs) to engage in community policing in and around primary and secondary schools. The COPS in Schools program provides a maximum Federal contribution of up to $125,000 per officer position over the three-year grant period. There will be one application deadline for the COPS in Schools (CIS) program in 2003: June 13, 2003. To obtain an application or for more information go to: www.cops.usdoj.gov.

 

Check the date of your Certification to Assess using the Keys Assessment Instrument. Your certificate and your school's License to Duplicate may expire if you do receive refresher trainer within 2 years. There are three options open if this is your situation:

1. Have Keys come to your school or region for a refresher training
2. Send at least one person to the Train-the-Trainer in Houston, TX who can return and present the refresher training in-house to your Assessors.
3. Terminate your program for Assessing the Early Warning Signs in the Potentially Dangerous Student.

While President Bush has asked congress for an $11Billion increase in education, he plans to cut $47Million from the Safe and Drug Free Program. This is bad news for many who have come to depend on these funds for making the schools safer places for students and teachers. There are two things that most of our schools should do immediately:

1) Call and write your representatives to let them know how important these funds are to the safety of our students and

2) begin to search elsewhere for funding sources.

Be proactive and do not wait for someone to tell you where to find the funds, start searching now. Visit the Federal Register and the home pages of government agencies connected to schools. Don't overlook private sources, such as, Wal-Mart, Target and a number of others who readily support student safety projects.

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