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BRIEF SUMMARY

Threat assessment is intended to prevent violence and involves both assessment and intervention. Threat assessment involves determining whether a student poses a threat of violence (they have intent and means to carry out the threat).

KEY POINTS

  • It is important for school personnel to establish a threat assessment protocol to insure consistency and thoroughness in evaluating and responding to student and adult-originated threats.
  • While each school district and school should have its own threat assessment teams and school threat protocols, some basic guiding principals include:
    • Treat all threats seriously.
    • Investigate the incident promptly and efficiently.
    • Use support staff and external resources as a part of a multidisciplinary threat assessment team to evaluate threats.
    • Take appropriate disciplinary and criminal enforcement steps.
    • Document the threats and actions taken.
    • Enhance security measures, as appropriate, to insure the safety of all students, staff, and facilities.

SHARED WISDOM

  • Three common questions to begin assessing school threats:
    • What is the motivation of the threat maker and credibility of the threat?
    • Could the threat maker have the information on how to carry out the threat (such as information on how to make bombs or homemade weapons, for example)?
    • Could the threat maker have access to the tools, and the capability to carry out the threat?

RESOURCES

  • Threat Assessment at School (National Association of School Psychologists)
  • Threat Assessment: School Threats, Social Media, Texting and Rumors (National School Safety and Security Services)

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