Description

Welcome to Violence in Schools, an interactive computer-based instruction course, designed to give you a better understanding of school violence and increase your interventions strategies. Violence in Schools provides a foundational understanding of violence and the motivational purposes behind aggression. The correlation with and impact of the media, community and family upon violence will be investigated. The course teaches identification and intervention approaches for working with out-of-control behaviors. In addition, each student will receive information on available national resources for both parents and teachers. This course will help each person to increase his or her understanding of violence, the motivations behind the use of violence and specific strategies to minimize the occurrence of violence in a school and community.

This computer-based instruction course is a self-supporting program that provides instruction, structured practice, and evaluation all on your home or school computer. Technical support information can be found in the Help section of your course.

Syllabus, Objectives, and Outcomes

Objectives:

As a result of this course, participants will demonstrate their ability to:

• Identify factors contributing to violent behaviors.
• Develop strategies to address school/community violence.
• Effectively intervene, provide safety and minimize violent actions.
• Develop a “school violence” assessment with specific intervention strategies.
• Assess the climate of the classroom and school, making the necessary adjustments to increase safety.
• Address preventative methods within the school system for students.

Course Materials (Online):

Title: Violence in Schools: Identification, Prevention & Intervention Strategies, Dr. Karen Lea

Review Syllabus: Violence_in_Schools_Karen_Lea_VESi.pdf

Online registration URL closes @ 5:00 p.m. on August 2, 2024.