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The DCJS’ Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety, in conjunction with Safer Schools Together (SST), is pleased to announce the following training opportunity to help behavioral threat assessment team members better recognize and respond to today’s challenges from worrisome digital content contained on varied social media platforms.
The training will be offered virtually, and attendance is limited to 100 attendees. The date and time for the training is as follows:
March 4, 2025– 9:30 am to 4:00 pm
*Registrants should have previously taken the Fundamentals of Digital Threat Assessment Training*
Digital Threat Assessment®
Digital Threat Assessment® (DTA) teaches participants to establish a digital behavioral baseline through a School Safety / Threat Assessment (SS/TA) lens. By engaging with popular social media applications, you will learn how to find and document worrisome digital content originating from your school community. This training solidifies your understanding of effectively using DTA as a critical part of any modern-day threat assessment. You will learn how to find individuals who are the subject of your threat assessment and document your research findings.
This training will include:
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To apply the principles of Behavioral Threat Assessment to DTA
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To identify the digital behavioral baseline of individuals on the pathway to violence
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To assess the language of online threat-related behavior
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Searching within commonly used platforms such as Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat
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To utilize Boolean operators, people search engines, and access cached data
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To validate the source of images and video
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Best practice navigation and ensuring privacy safeguards
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To use law enforcement guides to request user-identifying information (preservation and production orders)
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To crowdsource localized and time-relevant social media posts from your community and area
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The latest updates to stories, reels, hashtags, and IGTV
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To identify concerning trends and create awareness to ensure safety and mental wellbeing
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To gather public social media data with geolocation relevance – what are the most effective ways to identify potential witnesses in a public act of violence
Who should attend?
This training is offered to behavioral threat assessment team members at the school, division, and college campus levels. This includes School Resource Officers, Law Enforcement Officers, and School and Campus Security Officers. Other school community members, such as school counselors, school psychologists, school social workers, and school nurses, may also benefit from this training.
Partial In-Service Credit
There is NO PIC being offered for this training.
Cost
There is no cost to the participant to attend this course.
Training Details
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SST will host the sessions via Zoom
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Participants will receive the Zoom meeting link before each session
Registration
Please note that the DCJS registration system cannot sort eligible from ineligible registrants. Therefore, anyone who registers will receive a confirmation. The DCJS-assigned coordinator is responsible for reviewing the roster and making a final determination on acceptance into the course. Registrants not accepted will be notified via the email address provided during registration.
For More Information, Contact:
Brad Stang, Threat Assessment Program Coordinator
804.997.1278