Thanks Doug. This is a great resource. Jim


At 10:04 AM 8/2/01 -0700, you wrote:
>We have gathered a lot of web documents on preventing violence through
>school-community action at:
>http://www.safehealthyschools.org
>Select the "safe schools" on the left hand margin.
>
>The site provides links to over 2000 research and resource documents
>organized by topics.
>
>Doug McCall
>Executive Director
>Canadian Association for School Health
>
>At 03:06 PM 7/5/01 +0000, you wrote:
>>Hi again,
>>
>>I am passing this request for information about best practices
>>for addressing youth violence, hoping that someone out there can help.
>>I will forward any responses posted to the list to Cari and Christina,
>>or you can reply directly to them at the addresses below.
>>Thanks, Susan Lilley
>>
>>-------- Original Message --------
>>         From: [log in to unmask] (Christina
>>               SchulzeAllen)
>>Organization: CYIWG
>>           CC: cari <[log in to unmask]>
>>
>>We, the Coordinators of the Sharing Strengths Society and
>>Child & Youth Inter-sectoral Working Group, are in the
>>process of developing a proposal, "Addressing Youth
>>Violence: An Inter-sectoral, Integrated Approach for Western
>>Nova Scotia", to garner funding to support a project across
>>western Nova Scotia, Canada, that will, among other things,
>>conduct an environmental scan of existing initiatives and
>>programs, research 'best practices', and pilot an integrated
>>approach to remedying youth violence - from the preventative
>>to the remedial. For our purposes, 'youth' are young people
>>aged 0-21, and 'violence' includes a range of behaviours
>>ranging from disruptive or angry outbursts to bullying
>>(e.g., intimidation, coercion, extortion), verbal abuse,
>>threats, harassment, self-abuse, physical assault, sexual
>>assault, and suicide.
>>
>>Our collective membership and stakeholders include a range
>>of provincial and federal government departments and
>>agencies, as well as community organizations.
>>
>>We are wondering whether others working in the fields of
>>public health, cross-jurisdictional/inter-sectoral service
>>development, or youth violence prevention/remediation might
>>be aware of literature reviews, bibliographies, effective
>>programs or similar fledgling efforts already in existence.
>>
>>We would really appreciate hearing from anyone who may have
>>information or references to share with us as we would like
>>to benefit from others' ideas and insights as we map out the
>>trajectory for our new initiative, which we hope will
>>improve the resiliency and outcomes of youth in our region.
>>
>>Many thanks,
>>Cari Patterson & Christina Schulze-Allen

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