SUMMER INSTITUTE
Maintaining Safe Schools Through Character Development

Date: July 21-25, 2003
Location: James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Registration Brochure:
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/CEP/2003SummerInstitute-Reg.pdf
Topics will include:
• Ways to Integrate Character Education & the SOLs
• School Climate: Rules & Procedures
• Bullying Prevention
• Anger Management: Psychology of Youth Aggression

This Institute is designed for all K-12 personnel to include teachers,
counselors, social workers, School Resource Officers, administrators and
others. The Institute is designed to enhance the participants’ knowledge of
violence in schools and the role of character education in promoting a safe
school climate. Emphasis will be placed upon recognizing warning signs in
children, understanding appropriate intervention strategies, and
implementing a comprehensive character education program as a prevention
strategy.
OBJECTIVES:
-Increase understanding of the many warning signs that may trigger violence
in schools.
-Increase knowledge of prevention/ intervention strategies to help decrease
violence in schools.
-Understand the components of a comprehensive character development focus.

A major theme of the Institute is understanding how character education can
positively affect school climate. Three hours of graduate credit will be
offered for the Institute. Check the website (
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/CEP/eventstraining.html ) for more
information or contact June Smith at jsmith@... .

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Rebecca K. Odor, MSW
Director, Sexual Violence Prevention
Center for Injury and Violence Prevention
Virginia Department of Health
1500 East Main Street, Suite 105
Richmond VA 23219
Phone: (804) 692-0406
Fax: (804) 786-0917
Email: rodor@...
web: www.vahealth.org/civp/sexualviolence