Contents

• Introduction
• Create a safer environment
  • Violence at home: ask what's wrong
  • Violence at school: move from confrontation to collaboration
  • Make it possible to create connections
• Create a learning environment
  • Recognize why attendance may be difficult
  • Don't just label, ask why
  • Remember that teaching includes supporting learners to learn
  • Focus on students, not "accountability"
• Take on the impact of violence
  • Build community and talk about violence need help
  • Make it "normal" to need help
  • Build hope
  • Focus on respect
  • Support students to value themselves
  • Explore ways to teach that acknowledge the presence of violence and its impact on learning
• What we must do
  • Create a safer environment
  • Create a learning environment
  • Stop the downward spiral