The school safety and prevention system was originally established in May of 2019 by the Oregon Legislature as part of the Student Success Act and Senate Bill 52 (Adi's Act).

There are 19 school safety and prevention specialists across the state who are all working toward building a more coordinated approach to school safety.

The goal of the system is to integrate school safety in a way that ensures students who have historically been pushed to the margins — students of color, students who identify as LGBTQ2SIA+, students who are learning English, students who are experiencing mental illness — are successful and have a voice in the system that is meant to keep them safe. 

Northwest Regional ESD provides technical expertise, consultation, training and system development to educators, schools and community partners in several key safety and health prevention areas. These include:

• Suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention
• Behavioral Safety (Threat) Assessment
• Crisis and tragedy response
• Problematic sexual behaviors, sexual harassment, and sexual violence
• Bias incident response
• Every Student Belongs
• Bullying, cyberbullying, harassment, and intimidation
• Transformative Social and Emotional Learning
• School culture and climate of safety and belonging
• Mental health and wellbeing

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