The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado has links in its Blueprint for Prevention section to 10 programs that have met rigorous criteria for effectiveness. The site offers an analysis of each program. School-based violence prevention program designed for children from preschool through the ninth grade. Curriculum includes classroom-based lessons on empathy training, impulse control, and anger management. CNV begins with teacher training in which teachers are asked to analyze the violence they have experienced in their own lives and address topics such as violence's effect on children.
Parents simultaneously participate in a similar training focusing on parenting skills.
Special areas of focus include bullying, safe school plans, crisis management, violence prevention, law-related education, and conflict resolution. Individuals may also request materials by interlibrary loan through their local library. Materials may be checked out for one month and can be returned through the mail. The guide has a publication date of January 2000, and will be available from the Web site of coauthor David Osher, or by contacting the U.S. Department of Education, Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Room 3131 Mary E. Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202. The initiative is being organized by the Interagency Mississippi Delta Taskforce, chaired by U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater.