Contents:

• Family Guide to Positive Behavior
• Bullying Prevention
• Upcoming Training Opportunities

Family Guide to Positive Behavior

How can families support positive behavior at home?

Students receive support at school to help encourage positive, prosocial behaviors. Families can extend these practices and procedures into the home environment to further consistency and continuity of the effective supports from school. 

The Family Guide to Positive Behavior offers strategies and guidance on how to create a positive environment at home.  

Steps:

• Establish and teach expected behaviors

1. Identify expectations for your child and family
2. Distance/Virtual Learning Expectations
3. Easy ways to teach expectations

• Create routines and schedules to build consistency

1. Schedules can be posted for your child 
2. Visual (picture) supports can be used with younger children
3. Connecting schedules to expectations article by National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations

• Support behavior through positive adult and child interactions

1. Parent Pointers by Parent Psych
2. Tips for supportive conversation and corrective 
3. Positive Strategies for Families by National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations

Bullying Prevention

Know of a school that's championing bullying prevention?

Now Accepting nominations for Bullying Prevention SPOTLIGHT 2021. We are seeking to celebrate schools that are well-rounded in their bullying prevention efforts. Please nominate schools that are implementing comprehensive and evidence-based bullying prevention programs. 

You're welcome to nominate as many schools as possible throughout 2021, as this is a rolling nomination. 

Selected nominations will be publicized on SDE's website and social media platforms. 

Email your nominations to Tosin.Akande@SDE.OK.GOV

Bullying Prevention Policies are due! All district Bullying Prevention Policies were due on January 15th.  Please be advised that districts are required to enter their Bullying Incident Coordinator Information for successful policy upload.  For questions or assistance, please contact Tosin.Akande@SDE.OK.GOV

Upcoming Training Opportunities

Addressing Suicide in Schools: COVID-19 Update

This virtual workshop, presented by Dr. Jonathan Singer, will provide an overview of approaches to suicide prevention, intervention and postvention in schools. Particular attention will be paid to the ways that shelter-at-home, remote learning, and the health concerns related to COVID-19 have changed how we respond to suicidal youth. This training is sponsored by the ODMHSAS and is available at no cost to participants.

Join the Office of School Safety and Security we host our monthly Awareness to Action Webinar

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month.  Our webinar this month will be "Human Trafficking: What Educators Need to Know."  Join our special guests as they share their expertise with us on this growing issue. Learn the ways predators groom their victims and hear about recovery options for victims as well as much more.

Did you know...

• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reported a 93% increase in online enticements reports during COVID-19.  
• The average age a person is first trafficked is 12 years old.
• 40% of child sex trafficking victims are sold by a family member.
• There are different types of Human Trafficking-Commercial Sex Trade and Labor Trade AND ANYONE can be a victim of trafficking.

When: Jan 21, 2021 01:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Topic: Human Trafficking: What Educators Need to Know

Register here in advance for this webinar.