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SPEAK UP: Help Prevent School Violence

speak up! SPEAK UP: Help Prevent School Violence Students want to help prevent school violence, but they need a safe and anonymous way to be part of the solution. Lessons in violence Access to weapons 1,000,000 over high school students are injured or threatened each year with a weapon at school. 1 Million high school students stayed home at least once in the past 30 days because they felt unsafe at school. 18% 2.7M 4 90K Each year school violence lands nearly 90,000 school children in the emergency room. high school students carried a weapon at least once in the past 30 days. The signs are usually there Unreported threats Many threats aren't taken seriously. Students are fearful of retaliation or being 4 OUT OF 5 labeled a "snitch." school shootings, at least one other person had prior knowledge of the attack. Will they tell? Students are speaking up 40,000 83% 83% of middle school students say they are willing to report another student with a weapon at school if they could do so anonymously. calls to the hotline have been received from students across the country, helping to prevent tragedies and make our schools and communities safer. 1-866-SPEAK UP is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for students to report weapon threats at school and in their communities. Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Available at: www.cdc.gov/lyrbs. Accessed on June 17, 2014. 1-866-SPEAK-UP SPEAK UP. SAVE LIVES. Amanullah, S., Henehan, J.A., Steele, D.W., Mello, M.J., & Linakis, J.G. (2014). Emergency Department Visits Resulting From Intentional Injury In and Out of School. Pediatrics, 133, 254-261. Brank, E.M., Woolard, J.L., Brown, V.E., Fondcaro, M., Luescher, J.L., Chinn, R.G. & Miller, S.A. Will They Tell? Weapons Reporting by Middle-School Youth. Youth and Juvenile Justice, 52), 125-146. www.speakup.com Vassekuil, B., Fein, R.A., Reddy, M., Borum, R. & Modzeleski, W. (2004, June) Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative: Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the United States. Retrieved from: http://www2.ed.gov/admin- s/lead/satety/preventingattacksreport.pdf.

SPEAK UP: Help Prevent School Violence

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Students want to help prevent school violence, but they need a safe and anonymous way to be part of the solution.

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