Curriculum Overview

Effective School Interactions with Students and Police is designed to increase the likelihood that school staff interactions with students will result in fewer suspensions and more positive long term outcomes.  The training is led by a team composed of a school staff member and a police officer.  Topics to be covered include:

• School disciplinary data and factors affecting disciplinary decisions
• Connecticut Juvenile Justice System’s structure
• Roles of schools and police when students exhibit inappropriate or dangerous behavior
• 4-Step process for interacting with distressed students
• Models for school/police collaboration

Training Goals

Increase school staff knowledge of:

1.     Youth behavior,

2.     Strategies for interacting effectively with students,

3.     The role of law enforcement in schools, and

4.     How the juvenile justice system works.

Increase school staff awareness of disproportionate minority contact (DMC) with the school disciplinary and juvenile justice systems.

Improve school staff attitudes toward students exhibiting inappropriate behavior.

Increase the likelihood that interactions between school staff and students exhibiting inappropriate behavior will have positive outcomes for students and reduce involvement of police.

Increase the likelihood that disruptive students will respond positively toward school staff.

Curriculum Evaluation

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