Notebooks, pencils, erasers, tissues...and a safety plan! We hope your back to school list includes sharing this new guide to School safety for deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing students with teachers and administrators in your school.

This new guide outlines best practices to support the inclusion of deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing students and staff in safety planning. It offers:

• Suggestions for immediate, low-cost ways for improving safety for deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing students.
• Suggestions for strategies that can be scaled to fit different school environments, depending on available resources.
• Encouragement for ongoing collaboration between schools, first responders and safety experts.

This guide was developed in collaboration with:

• I Love U Guys Foundation
• Metro Deaf School, Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf and Intermediate Independent School District 916
• Minnesota Department of Education
• Minnesota Department of Public Safety, School Safety Center
• Minnesota teachers, ASL interpreters and paraprofessionals.

Thank you to all who contributed to this guide.

If you have questions or would like to learn more about safety planning, please contact us.