Dear Safe Schools Coalition Members and Friends:

(1) Free One-Day Crime Victims’ Training Event (Feb 28; Seattle, WA)
(2) Schools OUT: Making Schools Safe for LGBT Youth (April 30^th;Philadelphia, PA)
(3) Free Webinar: Bullying/Suicide Prevention: An Introduction to What Schools Can Do(Feb 17^th, Online)

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(1) ) Free One-Day Crime Victims’ Training Event (Feb 28; Seattle, WA)

Save the Date:

Monday February 28, 2011

Free One-Day Crime Victims’ Training Event

Responding to Cyberbullying

We are happy to announce that the King County Crime Victim Service Center, in collaboration with Seattle University’s Criminal Justice Program, invites you to join us for a FREE one-day training event at Seattle University in Seattle, WA.

The agenda will include:

• Understanding Cyberbullying presented by Mike Donlin, Educator, Trainer and Consultant
• Understanding the School Response to Cyberbullying presented by Steve Zuber, Ombudsman, Office of the Education Ombudsman, Governor’s Office
• Legal Perspective on The challenges of Cyberbullying and Supervision of Technology presented by attorney Charles P.E. Leitch, member of the Washington State Attorney General’s Youth Internet Safety Taskforce
• Understanding Internet Crimes Against Children by Stefanie Thomas, Seattle Police Department Victim Advocate within the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force
• Challenges of Cyberbullying and What Works presented by Lindsay Palmer, KCSARC Director, Education and Mo Lewis, KCSARC Prevention Services Manager and Youth Panel 

The training will take place in Pigott Auditorium, 901 12^th Avenue, Seattle, WA, from 8:30 am until 5:00 pm. Snacks and coffee will be provided.  Lunch is on your own.

Register on website:  http:\\cvsc.eventbrite.com. 

Early Bird Registration  February 18; after that, registration as space is available.   

Contacts: Hao Nguyen, website registration, (206) 467-9976; Laura Jeffs, event questions, (206) 223-6398.

This training is for mental health professionals, advocates and other victim service providers and will satisfy 6.5 hours of victim service continuing education credits as required by the Office of Crime Victim Advocacy. No other CEU credits will be awarded for this training.

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(2) Schools OUT: Making Schools Safe for LGBT Youth (April 30^th;Philadelphia, PA)

Saturday, April 30, 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Temple University Center City
1515 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA

This workshop will discuss student, parent and educator rights in supporting LGBTQ equality in public schools. The program will address the current outlook for schools, efforts being made to make schools safer and practical tools participants can use to make a difference in schools. 

For more information visit: http://equalityforum.com/2011/event.cfm?id=54

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 (3) Free Webinar: Bullying/Suicide Prevention: An Introduction to What Schools Can Do(Feb 17^th, Online)

Thursday, February 17th 2011

10:00am - 11:00am

You may join as early as 9:45am

Trainer: Heather Carter

Cost: FREE

Register: Online

Additional Information:

• You will need to have adequate speakers on your computer or a set of headphones in order to hear the trainer. The webinar is strictly conducted using the internet; no phones will be used
• We strongly encourage you to test your system the day of the webinar
• Webinar is not recorded, but the PowerPoint presentation will be available after the session
• You may have as many people participate together with just one registration
• There are no clock hours or training certificates offered for this webinar

Please contact Donna Flock at donna@yspp.org or (206) 297-5922 x 112 if you have any questions.  For more information visit: http://www.yspp.org/training/training_options.htm#schools

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