Abstract
The purpose of this quantitative, quasi-experimental study was to determine whether implementing a self-contained, no movement program, consisting of two specialized classrooms, within a special act school district that services at-risk students, increased the perceived level of safety among the instructional staff. The measurement tool was a Likert survey, disseminated prior to and after the 2012-13 school years, which asked participants to answer questions about their perceived level of safety throughout the building and the school day. The self-contained program was implemented during the 2012-13 school years. The overall mean score during the pre-test was 3.0063 (N = 23). The post-test had a mean score of 4.0505 (N = 58). The post-test respondents had a significantly higher perception of safety than did the pre-test respondents (t = -4.514, df = 26.880, p = .000). As a result of this intervention, the study suggests that the perceived level of safety increased due to the implementation of the self-contained program.