RESOURCES
CONTACT:
Karen Bowen
Asst. Superintendent, Student Support Services
530-822-2914
karenb@sutter.k12.ca.us
Grace Espindola
Program Coordinator II
530-822-2969
gracee@sutter.k12.ca.us
Baljit Liddar
Administrative Secretary
530-822-2968
baljitl@sutter.k12.ca.us
Virginia Burns
Intervention & Prevention Specialist
530-822-2421
virginiabu@sutter.k12.ca.us
Kao Lee Vang
Intervention & Prevention Specialist
530-822-2412
kaoleev@sutter.k12.ca.us
School Safety & Violence Prevention (SSVP)
Intervention and Prevention Programs (IPP) offer and provide School Safety and Violence Prevention to our county-operated programs and consortium group school districts.
School Safety Planning/Implementation
Comprehensive School Safety involves a school and community approach to building and maintaining safe and secure schools. Research indicates that safe school environments are key components toward increasing attendance, raising academic test scores, and reducing behavior problems. IPP’s School Safety services include training and staff development, technical assistance, and direct services.
Training, Staff Development, and Technical Assistance
The Safe Schools Unit provides state of the art training and technical assistance in School Safety. Topics include:
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Violence Prevention/Intervention
IPP assists schools, parents, and community-based agencies by providing training/staff development, technical assistance, and direct services in all components of violence prevention as follows:
Training & Staff Development
- Conflict Resolution
- Creating a Safe and Secure School Campus
- Gangs and Youth Violence Intervention
- Youth Violence: Trends & Strategies
Technical Assistance/Resources
- Policies and Procedures
- Program development
- Violence prevention resources and materials
-Conflict Resolution
-Anger Management
-Gang Prevention
-Diversity
-Hate-related Incidents
Direct Services
- Anger Replacement Training (ART)
- CHOICES
- True Colors
- Second Step
- Botvin Life Skills
- Project Towards No Drug Abuse
- Masonic Student Assistance Programs
- Classroom presentations
- Youth Development
- Interventions
-Suicide/death
-Runaway, truancy
-Homeless issues
-Parent support
-Referrals to agencies
-Incarcerated parent
-Relationship violence
Hate and Bias Prevention/Harassment
Education code 201 requires schools to ensure the safety of all students from acts of violence, hate, bigotry, and harassment. IPP provides assistance in addressing issues to ensure a safe and secure school campus.
Trainings
- Hate Motivated Behavior in Schools
- Building School Community: Respect, Inclusion, and Diversity
- Parent/Community Trainings
- Bully Prevention, Cyberbullying Prevention and Harassment
Technical Assistance
- Policy Review and Development
- Program Development
- Research
Direct Services:
- School Assessment
- Mediation
- Youth Leadership Approach Intervention
- Botvin Life Skills
- Masonic Student Assistance Programs