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This new training is designed for parents and the general public; it is therefore accessible directly from the OSS website. No user sign-up required.

Take the Threat Assessment: What Parents and Guardians Need to Know training

Mental Health America announced on Wednesday, September 20th, 2023, the release of three new valuable resources to enhance mental health support for Spanish-speaking communities:

Please join the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for the 2023 National Summit on K-12 School Safety and Security on November 1-2, 2023. This two-day, virtual event will convene school safety experts, practitioners, and leaders from across the country to discuss current threats in school safety and explore research-informed strategies for addressing security challenges and risks in K-12 schools.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, and the National Center for Education Statistics, in the Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences, today released Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2022, which includes Indicator 2: Incidence of Victimization at School and Away From School. This report is the 25th in a series of annual publications produced jointly by BJS and NCES.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is pleased to announce the release of the agency’s 

The Office of School Safety was created out of SB 23-241 as of July 1, 2023.  This expansion has opened multiple positions and created opportunities to support the schools in Colorado.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has created a new online video titled Sextortion: What It Is and Why You Need to Know About It.  

The U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory has released this public statement that "calls attention to the growing concerns about the effects of social media on youth mental health."

Read the U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory's full public statement.

View this new article from TechCrunch+ on ChatGPT.  "It’s able to write essays, code and more given short text prompts, hyper-charging productivity" and can be very useful for good or negative activities.  

Since AI is never going away, it's best to stay aware and up to date on what is available and being utilized.

On April 13, 2023, Vice.com released an article about computer generated AI voice swatting calls.