K-12 Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management in Schools: Special Issues and Applications Webinar Series

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Description

To continue to progress and expand the knowledge of behavioral threat assessment teams, the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) Division of Public Safety Training and Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety is pleased to announce an applied threat assessment webinar series "K-12 Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management in Schools: Special Issues and Applications Webinar Series".

Professionals from Virginia schools have been actively engaged in threat assessment and management programs since 2013, when the Virginia Assembly enacted legislation requiring all public schools to implement and operate threat assessment teams. Since then, the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety has provided dozens of basic training sessions to support school threat assessment teams. As threat assessment team members have completed those training opportunities and become more experienced, they have regularly requested additional training opportunities to enhance their knowledge and skills related to the practice of threat management in an educational setting.

This webinar series will provide opportunity for participants to learn and engage on a range of topics not covered in foundational training workshops. The series topics and dates for the webinars are:

a.    Threat Assessment Interviewing: Considerations in Planning & Approach (May 6, 2025)

b.     Stalking, Domestic/Dating Violence & Workplace Violence in the School Setting (May 8, 2025)

c.     Threat Management and Title IX: Addressing the Nexus (May 9, 2025)

*All three (3) webinars are scheduled from 9:30am to 11:00am.

**The sessions WILL NOT be available for recording, these are live events only.

Who should attend?

The workshop is appropriate for members of school threat assessment teams including school administrators, student services personnel, teachers, counseling and mental health professionals, human resource personnel, attorneys, and law enforcement and security personnel; as well as staff from regional community mental health and law enforcement agencies that may be involved in school threat management efforts.

**The workshop is intended for those who have completed the basic threat assessment training course through DCJS or their school division.**

Partial In-Service Credit

There is no PIC offered for virtual trainings.

Cost

There is no cost to the participant to attend this course.  

Training Time and Details

All webinar sessions will run from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on the day they are scheduled.

The last 15 minutes of each session will be devoted to Q and A.

You can attend either one or all three sessions. You will need to register in Benchmark for each individual session you choose to attend.

Registration

Please note that the DCJS registration system does not have the capacity to sort eligible from ineligible registrants. It is the responsibility of the DCJS assigned course director to review the roster and make a final determination on acceptance into the course. Registrants not accepted will be notified via the email address provided in Benchmark.