Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools 2005 National Conference
August 15–17, 2005, Washington, D.C.

Tying it All Together

Today's schools face a host of interrelated issues and challenges that influence student safety, well-being, and achievement. This conference will provide educational leaders with a valuable opportunity to explore these topics and receive information that can influence policy design (making, creating, or formulating) and promote effective decision making.

Conference topics include

• Crisis response and contingency planning
• Evidence-based decision making
• Science-based programs
• Health, mental health, and physical education: components of a safer school
• Effective prevention strategies

The goals of the OSDFS 2005 National Conference are to:

• Showcase prevention programs that demonstrate effectiveness in reducing student alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use, and that minimize school violence.
• Provide opportunities for leaders, decision makers, and policy setters to expand their knowledge about substance abuse, violence prevention, and other emerging issues facing schools today, including terrorism, crisis management, gangs, and drug testing.
• Gain knowledge and new perspectives from nationally known prevention experts, representatives from Federal agencies, leaders from local and state agencies, and school site leaders.
• Maximize efforts to keep young people safe, healthy, and drug free by strengthening existing partnerships and collaborating on key priority issues.

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