Ohio Department of Education Guidance: How Schools Can Work with Families to Ensure They are Safe and Basic Needs are Met

A new web page on the Ohio Department of Education website includes important questions, prompts, and policies to ensure that families and students are safe during the pandemic. They include specific information about preventing abuse and neglect.

The following topics are addressed:

• Overview of: Student Safety During Coronavirus-Related Ordered School-Building Closure
• Questions District Personnel Should Ask When Adapting Safety Processes to Remote Learning Environments
• Examples from Ohio Districts Addressing Student Safety While Providing Remote Learning
• Remote Learning Interactions Offer Opportunities for Safety Assessments
• Questions to Help Assess Needs and Safety Within the Home
• Questions to Ask Families
• Questions to Ask Students
• Mandatory Reporting of Abuse or Neglect

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