A protective school provides all members of the school community the opportunity to achieve their full potential, while reducing the risk factors for drug abuse, dropping out, academic failure, discipline problems, violence, self-harm, and suicide.
About Protective Schools
Kris Bosworth, Ph.D., University of Arizona's College of Education Endowed Chair, developed the Protective Schools model. Protective Schools is an innovative prevention design that provides for the development of ten characteristics that promote a Protective School environment.