Hidden Wounds: What You Don't Know About Cutting

"Hidden Wounds" is a dramatized story of 'Ashley' and how she copes with emotional pain through self-injury, interspersed with valuable information from seasoned Arkansas mental health and medical professionals. These professionals provide teachers, parents, and school counselors with much needed information on how to recognize signs and symptoms of self-injurious behavior, and how and where to access help for students in Arkansas who are suffering with this type of problem. This ArkansasIDEAS course is recommended for secondary level teachers, counselors, and administrators.

108 Degrees: Critical Response

Through personal testimonies from families who have been affected by exertional heat stroke and interviews with coaches, certified athletic trainers, kinesiologists, and other medical professionals, 108°: Critical Response looks at the seriousness of heat illness and its underlying causes, as well as how to treat and prevent exertional heat illness.

This course features the AETN documentary, 108°: Critical Response, which received the prestigious 2015 NETA award for achievements as a Teacher Resource in Instructional Media.

Something to Talk About: Suicide Awareness

This course meets the requirements of Act 770 of 2011. The rate of teen suicide is steadily rising in school communities, yet this growing trend is considered taboo by most and not up for discussion. Greg Adams, Program Coordinator for the Center for Good Mourning at Arkansas Children's Hospital, educates school communities about finding better ways to talk about suicide, which can be life saving. In this course, Mr. Adams addresses the challenges of talking about suicide and resolves the misconceptions that hinder our ability to prevent such an event. He also provides guidance on identifying the risks and warning signs of suicide, approaches to talking about it, and constructive responses for communities impacted by a suicide. Several resources are also provided to help in the prevention and postvention of suicide.

This course was taped on March 16-17, 2015 at the AETN studios in Conway, Arkansas.

Teaching about the Holocaust

"Teaching about the Holocaust" is a course designed for educators of students in middle and high school. This course helps educators not only understand the importance of teaching Holocaust education but also how to approach this difficult and dark period of history. Educators will be guided through the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's best practices for teaching about the Holocaust, practices which are not only relevant for teaching about the Holocaust, but which are reflected in effective teaching in general. Throughout this course, educators will also be given an overview of Holocaust history for a greater understanding of how Nazis rose to power in Germany and gradually increased persecution of Jews and other groups of people. 

This course is intended for Arkansas educators of students in fifth through twelfth grade. This course meets the requirements of Arkansas Act 611 of 2021, which requires that Holocaust education be taught in all public schools. 

Coronavirus Support | SafeSchools Training

The current coronavirus outbreak, called COVID-19, has dominated the news cycle since late 2019, and it’s normal and understandable to feel anxious about the recent spread of this disease. This course is designed to give a brief overview of the rise and nature of this new virus. Topics covered include symptoms and risk factors; what you can do to help reduce your chances of becoming infected; and where to find reliable news and information about the COVID-19 outbreak. The situation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic is changing constantly, and the latest guidelines may vary state to state. Please refer to your local government resources, the Centers for Disease Control, and the World Health Organization (WHO) for the latest, up-to-date information.

Pandemic Flu | SafeSchools Training

This course is designed to educate all staff members on the threat of Pandemic Flu. This course will cover the definition of key terms such as pandemic, the value of precaution over panic, the importance of following policies, the threat of pandemic and how viruses originate and spread, the history of pandemics, Swine Flu and the H1N1 strain, and practical considerations for employees.

Code of Ethics Part Six: Confidentiality

In part six of Code of Ethics, host Chris Kane sits down with Arkansas educators to discuss confidentiality in school settings. Teachers have access to a variety of private student information and must maintain the highest levels of confidentiality to ensure a professional and trustworthy environment. Participants in this course will view animated scenarios that demonstrate the importance of confidentiality.

Busing on the Lookout - Truckers Against Trafficking

Human trafficking—or modern-day slavery—is the exploitation of human beings through force, fraud, or coercion for the purposes of commercial sex or forced labor. There are an estimated 40 million victims of human trafficking globally, including thousands of school-age children in the United States and Canada. As half of American and Canadian school children ride the bus daily, some victims will continue attending school during the day—and riding the school bus—even while they are being trafficked or groomed at night.

When building an army to fight a crime like human trafficking, the bus industry has a key role to fill. Through their sheer numbers, extensive travels, and the nature of their jobs, members of the bus industry—commercial and school—are uniquely positioned to provide an extra set of eyes and ears for law enforcement in recovering victims and arresting traffickers.

Busing on the Lookout: School Bus Drivers on the Lookout to Combat Human Trafficking

As a school transportation employee, you are in a critical position to recognize signs of human trafficking and take action to end this horrible practice. By taking this course, you are equipping yourself with the knowledge, skills, and resources you need to keep your students safe. 

Truckers Against Trafficking, an organization dedicated to ending human trafficking, realizes the impact that local school bus drivers can have in the fight for human dignity and urges bus drivers to join in the effort to end trafficking. Kendis Paris, Executive Director for Truckers Against Trafficking, partners with an executive director of school transportation, a detective, and a survivor of human trafficking to bring you information on signs of human trafficking to look for and expert guidance on what you should do if you witness a suspected incident of human trafficking.   

This course meets the requirements of Arkansas Act 765 of 2017. 

The Challenges of Learning English as a Second Language

With the increasing number of English language learners (ELLs) in K-12 schools, today's teachers have a new responsibility - serving as models of English for ELLs. Most teachers, however, are unfamiliar with aspects of English that are most challenging to ELLs. In this course, Dr. Keith Folse, Associate Professor of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at the University of Central Florida, identifies these challenges using examples of common questions and mistakes made by ELLs. He provides explanations and effective options for answering difficult questions.

This presentation was recorded during the SETESOL conference in Rogers, Arkansas on October 8-11, 2014.