Best Practices


Bullying Prevention and Intervention The Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) Initiatives highlighted in this report illustrate a variety of innovative and noteworthy ap
Good Behavior Game As part of a 1-year pilot funded by SAMSHA, eight SS/HS sites began implementing the PAXIS Good Behavior Game (PAX GBG) in November 2012.
Mentoring Mentoring, the pairing of an experienced person with a less-experienced person, is a long-standing strategy for personal development. Contemporary mentoring programs match vulnerable young people with caring adults to build positive behavioral, social, and academic performance outcomes.
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based model that provides a schoolwide systematic approach to preventing and improving pr
Restorative Justice Today’s model of restorative justice/restorative practices is founded on centuries-old American Indian/Alaskan Native peacemaking systems.
School Mental Health
School Resource Officers Safer schools are a key outcome for SS/HS sites. SS/HS law enforcement partners often use school resource officers (SROs) as an effective strategy for increasing school safety.
Stories of Sustainability In 2012, the National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention set out to discover how Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS
Supportive School Discipline Supportive school discipline is a systemic constellation of programs and practices that promote positive behaviors while preventing negative or risky behaviors.