Learn legally sound, effective responses — based on research and the national emerging standard of care — when students threaten violence.
In this 90-minute, recorded audio conference, you find out how to prepare your staff with action steps for prevention, intervention and response. Diana Browning Wright, a national student- behavior consultant and expert on student threats, will help you understand the range of students who make threats and how to respond quickly and effectively.
Get your staff ready to handle all types of student threats, with expert guidance on:
- The difference between facts and fears about school violence
- Current theories about aggression and the emerging national “standard of care” in responding to a threat
- The differences and similarities between threat assessment, mental health assessment, special education assessment “in all areas of suspected disability,” discipline and safe school requirements, and behavior support planning
- What’s different when a student with a disability makes the threat
- Who should investigate threats
- The difference between threats and fights
- The role bullying plays and effective educator responses
(2007. CD. 90 min. Printed material included.)