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Safe School Ambassadors: Harnessing Student Power To Stop Bullying And Violence

Billions of dollars have been expended to make schools safer using an “Outside-In” approach, which relies heavily on security as a solution. Recent incidents of school violence demonstrate that this approach alone has had only partial success.

Safe School Ambassadors presents a complementary, “Inside-Out” approach that recognizes that STUDENTS HOLD THE KEY TO MAKING SCHOOLS SAFER.

Here’s Why:

• Students see hear and know things that adults don’t, and can intervene in ways adults can’t.
 
• Students influence – and can change – the social norms that make bullying and violence acceptable and allow these incidents to occur.

Our book:

• Is a how-to guide that makes the case and provides a road map for building safer schools from the inside-out.
 
• Shows ways that adults can equip students with powerful nonviolent communication and intervention skills they can use with their peers
 
• Helps adults engage and empower students as allies who break “the code of silence” and report potentially dangerous incidents.
 
• Is based on the Safe School Ambassadors program, research-based and field-tested by 24,000 students in grades 4-12 in more than 650 schools in North America.
 
• Provides case studies, data and stories of the profound difference young people are making as peacemakers in their schools and communities.

Learn More: Examples of Ambassadors preventing bullying and violence

See More: Video clips about the SSA program

This book helps educators, families, and the broader community develop effective solutions to the epidemic of insults, bullying, harassment, and violence.

Publication date: April 18, 2008.

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