The Capital Region Student Support Services Center offers an array of services to school districts, focusing on the improvement of academic achievement through school climate and student health.   

Initiatives/Areas of Focus:

• 21st Century Community Learning Centers
• Character Education
• Health Education
• Mandated Reporter Child Abuse Training
• Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
• Positive Youth Development
• Project SAVE/Violence Prevention
• School Climate
• School Completion
• Safe and Drug Free School and Communities Act (SDFSCA)
• School Health Index Incentive Program
• Tobacco-Free Schools Initiative
• Violence Prevention/Project SAVE

Services:

Center staff and consultants assist school personnel, community agency staff, and others through:

• Professional Development opportunities;
• Technical assistance on policies, initiatives, and emerging issues;
• A Resource Library- loaning out curriculum, videos, books, peer-reviewed journals, etc.;
• Expertise in research-based health education;
• Needs assessment strategies;
• Parent, family and community involvement in school programming;
• Ensuring school programs and policies are consistent with state and federal laws, rules and regulations;
• Linking up of schools to state, regional and local health and education service providers;
• Responding to emerging issues and hot topics in school achievement and academic success

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