SCOE Spotlight
January 2022
Threat Assessment for Schools School Safety & Student Wellness
Upcoming Course: Recognizing Signs of Targeted Violence Virtual, January 24th & 31st SCOE is sponsoring a course for educators and public safety staff focused on threat assessment, led by Sergeant Jason Johnson of Campus Safety Consultation. Sessions will be held virtually, at no cost to participants.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Recognizing Signs of Targeted Violence is a course designed for the school site professional, administrator, academic counselor, or mental health clinician who works directly with students. Course instructor Sergeant Jason Johnson. This course will provide attendees with the requisite knowledge to recognize and identify the pathways to violence, known warning behaviors leading up to a targeted act of violence, as well as the impact of mental health. This course will cover the importance of partnership between the police departments and school districts, and how both entities can collaborate with a multi-disciplinary threat assessment team. Attendees will review several known commonalities of prior attackers, and how those common factors impact the threat assessment process. Lastly, this course identifies intervention and mitigation strategies to interrupt the pathway to violence and prevent a targeted act of violence using realworld case studies.
Reporter Person with first-hand knowledge regarding the potential threat.
Mental Health Professional Person with training, experience and expertise in mental health and social emotional supports for students.
Comprehensive Team Approach to Threat Assessment
School Administrator Person with understanding and access to educational background, history, IEP etc.
School Resource Officer (SRO)
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School resource officer trained in student engagement and has access to background information like calls to service at residence, etc.
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