VES226 — VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS
Violence in the Schools is designed to give you a better understanding of school violence and increase your interventions strategies. The course provides a foundational understanding of violence and motivational purposes behind aggression. The correlation and impact of the media, community and family upon violence will be investigated. The course teaches identification and intervention approaches to working with out-of-control behaviors. In addition, each student will receive information on national resources available for both parents and teachers. This course will help each person to increase his or her understanding of violence, the motivations behind the use of violence and specific strategies to minimize the occurrence of violence in a school and community. This course is a professional development course for educators offered through VESi (Virtual Education Software Incorporated). Enrollment must be done through VESi at www.virtualeduc.com. We recommend that you check with your school district and/or state licensing agency to verify this course offering will meet your district and/or state requirements for salary advancement and/or state certificate re-licensure.