Basic Threat Assessment
Threat assessment and management evolved from practices used to assess and manage potential risk of violence. This training will help your school form or enhance the team that will focus on identifying, assessing and managing the risk/threat of violence posed by students, staff, and community members toward the school community. The purpose of threat assessment teams is distinct from issues addressed by safety teams, student behavior teams, and crisis response teams, though all these school teams may be implicated in strategies for monitoring and managing potential threats. Objectives include:
Module 1
•       List concerning behaviors in K-12 Educational Settings
•       Distinguish between targeted and reactive violence
•       Demonstrate understanding of the “Pathway to Violence” model
Module 2
•       Identify behavioral risk factors for targeted violence
•       Evaluate communications for warning signs of targeted violence
Module 3
•       Justify levels of concern for targeted violence risk
•       List school-based interventions appropriate for low, moderate, and high levels of concern
•       Apply the six steps of the threat assessment approach to case examples
Module 4
•       Identify multi-disciplinary team members for the school threat assessment team
•       Explain the processes needed to formalize the school threat assessment team process
•       Describe strategies to facilitate reporting of concerning behaviors