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Attitude is Altitude is on a mission to spread a message of inspiration around the world. Through live events, keynote speeches, online resources and inspirational products, we’re reaching out to people across the globe to demonstrate that what ever your circumstances, you can make positive changes and overcome life's challenges.

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Attitude is Altitude is on a mission to spread a message of inspiration around the world. Through live events, keynote speeches, online resources and inspirational products

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Positive Action is a systematic educational program that promotes an intrinsic interest in learning and encourages cooperation among students. It works by teaching and reinforcing the intuitive philosophy that you feel good about yourself when you do positive actions.

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Students want to learn and feel connected to school. Teachers need a partner that understands their needs. Parents are eager to support and participate. Administrators seek to create a safe and welcoming environment.
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Leading SEL Program for Pre K-12. Embeds academic content in lessons designed to develop an intrinsic interest in learning & promote pro-social behavior

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BASE Education, a revolutionary online Social Emotional Learning (SEL) program, supports counselors and administrators in understanding their students’ challenges to determine the best way to help them.  The system alerts those who can help quickly, which can be a life saver in some cases.  And, through a strengths-based instructional design, students learn empowering strategies to move forward with success.

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Today's students often find it challenging to communicate their problems or handle social and emotional issues which can occur daily or even hourly.

BASE Education, a revolutionary online Social Emotional Learning (SEL) program, supports counselors and administrators in understanding their students' challenges to determine the best way to help them. The system alerts those who can help quickly, which can be a life saver in some cases. And, through a strengths-based instructional design, students learn empowering strategies to move forward with success.

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Today's students often find it challenging to communicate their problems or handle social and emotional issues which can occur daily or even hourly. BASE Education, a revolutionary online Social Emotional Learning (SEL) program, supports counselors and administrators in understanding their students' challenges to determine the best way to help them.

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College and Career Information - students will learn about setting goals through pop culture current events

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You are in the driver seat of your education. Start your path to success with Get Schooled tools and resources and have fun while you do it!

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Using the Second Step curriculum has been shown to decrease problem behaviors, and it's designed to promote school success, self-regulation, and a sense of safety and support.

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Discover Second Step, an evidence-based social-emotional learning curriculum that fosters students' emotional intelligence, empathy, and problem-solving skills.

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Keys Gate K-2 SEL Materials

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KGCS K-2: How SEL has changed their teachers and students this year!

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Training for students and adults about the warning signs of youth suicide and how to intervene before violence or self-harm occurs. All training is paid for by Sandy Hook Promise.

Training Fact Sheet
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM

Suicide is the second leading cause of death for American teenagers and many adolescents suffer in silence. Those who reach out for help tend to confide in their friends and peers, who are often unequipped to intervene. By teaching middle and high school students to recognize the warning signs of depression and suicide, we are building their capacity for empathy, social responsibility, and social activism, leading to safer schools and communities, and providing them with vital knowledge they can use for the rest of their lives.

Suicide is preventable; everyone has a role in saving lives. Youths have a tremendous amount of influence in each other's lives, and we can leverage power that by teaching students the warning signs of depression and suicide. In doing so, youths are empowered to ACT, building safer schools and communities.

WHAT IS THE PROGRAM

At its core, the SOS Signs of Suicide Prevention Program (SOS Program) relies on three easy-to-remember steps, denoted by the acronym ACT:

Acknowledge that you are seeing warning signs and that it is serious

Care let your friend know how much you care about them

Tell a trusted adult that you are worried about your friend

The SOS program uses an educational curriculum to teach students to recognize the symptoms of depression and suicide, and can be implemented by existing school personnel within one class period. The main teaching tool is a video that shows dramatizations and real life stories of hope about the right and wrong ways to react when a friend exhibits certain behaviors. The program includes a mental health self-assessment that screens every student for depression and suicide. The program also includes training and educational materials for faculty, staff and parents.

An enlightened student body means earlier detection and increased help-seeking behavior. Research has shown that the SOS Program, which is listed on SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices, improves students' knowledge and adaptive attitudes about suicide risk and depression, and reduces actual suicide attempts by 40%-64% in randomized controlled studies (Aseltine et al., 2007 & Schilling et al., 2016).

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE

The SOS Program is designed for all middle and high school students. Additionally, school faculty and staff, parents, and community members receive training as trusted adults who have a critical role in reducing stigma, promoting help-seeking and responding to youth in need.

WHO WILL BENEFIT

Evidence-based suicide prevention programming benefits the entire community. Students and school staff learn critical and potentially life-saving skills, parents are encouraged to advocate for their children's health, and the community becomes more resilient overall.

TRAINING CORE LEARNING

Students learn:

Age-appropriate, fact-based information about suicide and the associated mental health concerns of depression, substance use, and self-injury

Messages of hope that encourage help-seeking because mental illness, like physical illness, requires treatment

Clear steps to take when worried about themselves or a friend (ACT: Acknowledge, Care, Tell)

Schools receive guidance on:

Best practices in suicide prevention including universal student education and depression screening

Training for faculty and staff on warning signs, risk factors, and how to support a student in need

Strategies and tools for engaging parents in suicide prevention in-person and online

HOW TO GET STARTED AND COST

Contact programs@sandyhookpromise.org

Sandy Hook Promise will work with individuals, schools and community-based organizations to offset up to 100% of the training cost in order to reach and impact as many lives as possible.

Training for children and teens on how to recognize signs, especially in social media, of an individual who may be a threat to them self or others and say something to a trusted adult to get them help.

SIGN-UP TO BRING SHP CERTIFIED SAY SOMETHING TRAINERS TO YOUR COMMUNITY, OR DOWNLOAD OUR SELF-LEAD CURRICULUM: SIGN UP

Training Fact Sheet
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM

Over the last 25 years, research has revealed that in 7 out of 10 acts of gun violence, a friend(s) were told that an act of violence would be committed or may take place. In one study, it was reported that in 4 out of 5 school shootings, the attacker had told people of his plans ahead of time.

The problem is that no one is taking action with this information to stop the act of violence before it starts. Imagine if one of those people took action. How many tragedies could be prevented? How many lives would be saved?

WHAT IS THE PROGRAM

Say Something is an education and awareness program that provides tools and practices to:

Recognize the signs & signals of a potential threat - especially in social media

Teach and instill in participants how to take action

Drive awareness and reinforce the need to Say Something

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE

Parents, students, educators, administrators, community-based organizations and other adults who come into contacts with children. The program is designed in a manner for training, promotion and implementation in schools, libraries and local community based organizations as well as in-home.

WHO WILL BENEFIT

Say Something will benefit children age 10+, educators, administrators and community based organization leaders as well as parents. By building a culture of "looking out for one another" and reporting possible threats of violence when someone sees, reads or hears something (especially within social media), entire communities will become safer and lives will be saved.

TRAINING CORE LEARNING

Say Something informs and educates about observable warning signs (written, spoken, photographed, in video) that are often present in behavior that could lead to someone hurting themselves or others as well as educates individuals on how to safely and anonymously report potential threats. Additionally, the program provides tools on how best to promote and reinforce Say Something.

HOW TO GET STARTED AND COST

Contact programs@sandyhookpromise.org

Sandy Hook Promise will work with individuals, schools and community-based organizations to offset up to 100% of the training cost in order to reach and impact as many lives as possible.

Training for schools and community organizations on how to identify, assess and respond to threatening behaviors before they escalate to violence.

Training Fact Sheet
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM

Each year, there are approximately 500,000 acts of gun-related violence including crime, suicide and accidental shooting. SHP believes all gun violence is preventable and that until we focus on identifying, intervening and helping individuals who display at-risk behaviors (versus a gun-only focus), we will likely not decrease the number of acts nationally.

So how do we prevent it? Research supports that nearly all violent / suicidal individuals made threats and/or gave off signs and signals before they hurt themselves or others. The threats, signs and signals can take place over years or days. If we identify and intervene - we can prevent gun-related violence. The problem is how do we know what is a threat or "sign and signal" that possibly poses an imminent or longer-term danger? How do we evaluate these threats, signs and signals? What do we do with them once they are seen, heard or read?

SHP believes schools and community-based organizations should be trained to identify and assess individual threats, signs and signals.

WHAT IS THE PROGRAM

Threat Assessment & Intervention is a national evidenced-based* violence prevention training program researched and developed by Dewey G. Cornell, Ph.D., a forensic clinical psychologist and Professor of Education at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. This program exists in over 1,000 schools and organizations in the U.S. SHP has partnered with Dr. Cornell to provide and train schools and community-based organizations on Threat Assessment & Intervention nationwide.

Threat Assessment & Intervention involves (a) identifying threats, signs and signals to commit a violent act, (b) determining the seriousness of the threat, sign or signal, and (c) developing intervention plans that protect potential victims that address the underlying problem or conflict that initiated the behavior. It is designed for schools and community-based organizations.

This program helps create safer, healthier homes, schools and communities by accessing help for individuals who may pose an imminent/longer term threat to themselves or others. While gun violence (gun-related crime and suicide) is SHP's focus, this program helps identify and prevent alcohol and drug use, physical abuse, dropping out of school, criminal activity to name a few.

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE

Schools (K-12 educators, administration, mental wellness/counseling support who interact with children and youth) and community-based organizations (leaders who interact with children and youth).

WHO WILL BENEFIT

At-risk children and youth will benefit most. School and community-based learning environments will improve with the added layer of safety.

Additional published research findings from tests and studies:

Reported violence reduction

School staff reported decreased anxiety and increased knowledge in responding to threats

Students reported fewer threats carried out

Reductions of 50% in long-term suspensions

Reductions in bullying infractions

Increased use of school counseling

Increased parent involvement

Students reported greater willingness to seek help for threats of violence

Students reported a more positive views of school personnel

TRAINING CORE LEARNING

Threat Assessment & Intervention offers a problem-solving, structured approach to evaluate the viability of incoming threats and equips teams to intervene based on the degree of the threat, sign or signal level (defined as any form of expressed communication whether through verbal, written, or gesture of the intent to harm self or others).

Each school establishes a multidisciplinary team based on its existing staff of school administrators, mental health, and law enforcement professionals (schools may adapt team composition to fit their staffing). Training:

Follows a 7-step decision tree and triage approach, so that most threats are resolved quickly with only a few team members; only the most serious threats require full team involvement and/or law enforcement

Completed in a one-day workshop

Threat Assessment & Intervention provides all steps, forms, etc to train and implement. It has been peer-reviewed and refined based on hundreds of hours of training and implementation.

HOW TO GET STARTED AND COST

Contact programs@sandyhookpromise.org

Sandy Hook Promise will work with individuals, schools and community-based organizations to offset up to 100% of the training cost in order to reach and impact as many lives as possible.
* Sandy Hook Promise offers Threat Assessment & Intervention in partnership with Dewey G. Cornell, Ph.D., a forensic clinical psychologist and Professor of Education in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. Dr. Cornell is Director of the UVA Youth Violence Project, a Program Director for Youth-Nex, the UVA Center for Effective Youth Development, and a faculty associate of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy. Dr. Cornell has studied youth violence for over 25 years and has assisted thousands of schools in the development of violence prevention programs. He has authored more than 200 publications in psychology and education, including: Guidelines for Responding to Student Threats of Violence and School Violence: Fears versus Facts. ¹Virginia Student Threat Assessment Guidelines: SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidenced-Based Programs and Practices.
http://www.nrepp.samhsa.gov/ViewIntervention.aspx?id=263

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Research-based Programs and Practices to help protect children from gun violence in your home, schools and community.
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Teaches children, teens and young adults how to be more socially inclusive and connected to one another. All training is paid for by Sandy Hook Promise.

SIGN-UP TO BRING SHP CERTIFIED START WITH HELLO TRAINERS TO YOUR COMMUNITY, OR DOWNLOAD OUR SELF-LEAD CURRICULUM: SIGN UP

Training Fact Sheet
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM

Social isolation is the feeling of being left out, lonely and treated like you are invisible. At every school and in every community there are children who feel like they have no friends and quietly suffer through each day - especially at lunchtime and other moments where friends gather together.

Young people who are isolated can become a victim of bullying, violence and/or depression.

As a result, many further pull away from society, struggle with learning and social development and/or choose to hurt themselves or others.

WHAT IS THE PROGRAM

Start With Hello (SWH) is designed to bring individuals and communities together to foster looking out for and caring for one another.

SWH asks students, educators, parents and other community leaders who interact with children to take a simple, yet incredibly powerful, action at lunch - making sure that no one eats alone. This simple action, when taught and put into practice, instills the power and reward of social inclusion - that when you see someone alone at lunch (or across any other experience), say hello, introduce yourself, ask them to join you.

SWH delivers a toolkit to help schools and community based organizations (CBOs) implement the program. The toolkit includes events, activities and actions that can be taken to instill the SWH concept and overarching message of inclusion and community.

SHP and SWH are available to help train schools and CBOs. Additionally, there is a downloadable, step by step program booklet for students, teachers and community leaders.

SWH program is available at no cost - all of the resources are available online. The cost of any additional materials - such as flyers and event costs - would be covered by SHP upon request.

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE

SWH is targeted at 7th and 8th grade students, however it can be adapted for grades 2-6 and 9-12. Students, teachers and CBO leaders should participate.

WHO WILL BENEFIT

Short-term: SWH will benefit children, faculty, administrators and community based organization leaders involved with the program.

Long-term: entire communities will benefit as generations begin to incorporate this community connectedness and inclusion practice.

CORE LEARNING

The importance of inclusion and the tragic results that can result when people are excluded. Children, teachers and CBO leaders are given tools on how to break the ice, break down barriers and get to know one another (interpersonal interaction) as well as how to create and sustain an inclusive culture / community.

HOW TO GET STARTED AND COST

Contact programs@sandyhookpromise.org

Sandy Hook Promise will work with individuals, schools and community-based organizations to offset up to 100% of the training cost in order to reach and impact as many lives as possible.

Programs and Resources

Research-based Programs and Practices to help protect children from gun violence in your home, schools and community.
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