School Safety Resources
Information for Special Educators and Therapists
This page contains information and resources for school-based personnel working with students who have disabilities.
Developing an IEP Emergency Plan
A Day In Our Shoes has extensive resources that will help in developing an emergency plan for students with IEPs. You can review that information here.
Develop an IELP
Learn more and develop an Individual Emergency Lockdown & Evacuation Plan. Read more on this from The Friendship Circle here.
Social Narrative
Carolyn Kisloski developed one version for younger children and a second for older children. You can download the stories here.
ALICE Drill
Check out this PowerPoint story about ALICE drills by Noblesville schools. You can download it here.
Single Page Narrative
This one-page social narrative on lockdown drills is from the Indiana Resource Center on Autism. You can download it here.
Preparing for Lockdown Drills
LlamaLoveKindergarten created this helpful T-chart to use when teaching about lockdown drills. You can get it here.
Using Social Stories to Introduce Concepts and Emergency Preparedness Drills to Children
The Insitute for Childhood Preparedness and Autism Little Learners collaborated to create these resources on using social narratives to prepare children for emergencies.
Post-Lockdown Reflection
Here is a helpful packet of worksheets to be used following a lockdown drill. You can download it here.
Ways You Can Use the IEP to Create the Best Emergency Plan
Check out this guide to developing a school emergency plan from Autism Parenting magazine.
Lockdown Schedule
Kristie Lofland created this lockdown schedule & shared it on LessonPix Sharing Center. You can download it here.
Teacher's Guide
The Friendship Circle developed this guide for teachers of students with disabilities.
Preparing for a Lockdown
In addition to a helpful story, this resource includes a parent note to explain Code Red. You can get it from Autism Educators here.
For Families
Create a personalized "In Case of Emergency" (ICE) Contact Card from Save the Children here.
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Mitigating Psychological Effects of Lockdowns
You can read more about this topic here.
Evacuation Plan
The ED Queen developed a checklist for emergency evacuations. You can see that here.
Active Intruder Drills
Skye Beckley developed this social narrative about Active Intruders.
Reward Tags for School Drills
Take a look at these tags for rewarding participation in school safety drills by A for Education
Sample School Emergency Plan for Students w/ Disabilities
This sample guidebook by Marin County Schools may be helpful to those who are looking for an example of what to include. You can review that here.