We’ve Released a NEW Training Guide on Addressing Adult Sexual Misconduct in the School Setting

The Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance (TA) Center is pleased to offer a NEW training guide to support administrators, educators and planning teams at schools and school districts in preventing and managing adult sexual misconduct (ASM) as a part of their emergency management activities. Schools and school districts can use this training guide to help inform their emergency operations plans (EOPs) and/or related ASM policies and procedures to align with national and state recommendations.

Over the past 2 years, the REMS TA Center, under the lead of the Secretary of Education and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Healthy Students, and in collaboration with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General, has conducted research in the form of literature reviews on the topic of ASM in the school setting. Using the results of our research, we have prepared this training guide for K-12 educators to support their efforts to prevent and manage ASM incidents that occur in the school setting.

Find a snapshot of the chapters within this NEW publication, entitled A Training Guide for Administrators and Educators on Addressing Adult Sexual Misconduct in the School Setting, below:

Chapter 1: Understanding ASM

Chapter 2: Development of ASM Policies and Procedures

Chapter 3: Training in ASM Awareness and Prevention

Chapter 4: The Role of Social Media and Technology in ASM

Chapter 5: Resources

We encourage K-12 administrators and emergency management personnel within K-12 schools and school districts to download this training guide and use it to support prevention, protection, mitigation, response and recovery efforts.

Visit http://rems.ed.gov/ASMTrainingGuide.aspx to download a Section 508 compliant Adobe Acrobat version of A Training Guide for Administrators and Educators on Addressing Adult Sexual Misconduct in the School Setting today!

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Sincerely,

The REMS TA Center