Friday, February 16, 2024
10:00 AM–10:50 AM CST
- PMD: 6
- Cost: Included in Registration
- Skill Level: Introduction
- Poster Session 3: Promoting Safe and Positive Schools
Learner Objectives
This session will help participants…
- define violent extremism and identify how school-age youth become victims and targets of extremist activity;
- explain the specific risks violent extremism poses to youth’s mental health and academic success in school settings;
- identify violent extremist recruitment strategies and warning signs that may indicate a child or adolescent is at risk for being radicalized; and
- identify school-based resources that can increase knowledge about violent extremism among staff and mitigate the impacts of violent extremism.
Description
Violent extremism has increasingly become a threat to schools and school-age youth. Attendees will learn about violent extremism, its risks to students, and school-based resources that can address it.
Presenter(s)
Carrie E. Lorig, Georgia State University
Kris Varjas, Georgia State University
