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Threat Assessment: Is Your School Ready to Respond to a Threat?



Threat Assessment:   Is Your School Ready to Respond to a Threat?

This workshop will focus on the process and procedures needed to establish a consistent school/district-wide approach to threat assessment utilizing a multidisciplinary team. Critical factors discussed will include: current statistics, legal cases, post-incident reviews, and early identification of warning signs, primary prevention strategies to "break the code of silence; an overview of threat and risk assessment models and tools; assessment procedures; and strategies for interventions, postventions, and working with difficult parents.  Case study examples and forms will be shared to illustrate the process.  

Participants will learn:

  • how to establish a consistent school- or district-wide approach to threat assessment.
  • the critical factors contributing to risk to include current statistics and early identification of warning signs (including social media)
  • best practice guidelines as established by prior legal cases and lessons learned reports
  • primary prevention strategies to break the code of silence
  • about a variety of threat and risk assessment models and measures that guide assessment procedures
  • strategies for interventions and postvention
  • strategies for working with difficult parents
  • from case study examples and shared forms that illustrate the risk assessment process

Important Session Information:


This workshop is designed for a school team comprised of the administrator(s), counselor, and school resource officers.  
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Session ID:
593068
Credits Available:
(6) CPE
Seats Available:
49
Fee:
$0.00 (* No Charge)
Contact Person:
Annette Corrales
Instructor(s):
Melissa Reeves
Audience:
Assistant Principal, Counselor, Principal, School Psychologist / Counselor, Social Worker
 
Date Time Location
10/25/2018 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Region 17 ESC - South Conference D, South Conference C
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