When

Thursday, April 16, 2020 from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM EDT
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Where

This is an online event. 
 

 
 

Contact

Marisa Randazzo, PhD 
SIGMA Threat Management Associates, LLC
703-286-2274 
mrandazzo@sigmatma.com 
 

K-12 Threat Assessment Training  

(ONLINE CLASS)

Join us for a one-day class on behavioral threat assessment and threat management in K-12 schools and school districts.  This class will be taught online and will include interactive tabletop exercises as well as Q&A throughout the class. We are temporarily reducing our registration fee to make it easier for everyone to access this training.  See below for class description, special registration offer, and the link to register.

Class Description

Threat assessment is the current best practice for preventing active shooter incidents, stalking, and other targeted violence in K-12 schools and school districts.  This one-day course teaches participants how to assess threats and other disturbing behavior, and take steps to reduce risk and prevent harm.  The class covers the following topics:

  • Facts about targeted violence
  • Components of effective K-12 threat assessment programs
  • Multi-discplinary teams and membership
  • Steps in the threat assessment process:
  • Screening cases for threat assessment
  • Gathering information from multiple sources
  • Analyzing information and making an assessment 
  • Developing and implementing case management plans
  • Strategies to encourage reporting and enhance school climate
  • Tabletop exercises that allow participants to pratice using threat assessment procedures

Who Should Attend
  The class is appropriate for personnel from any of the following:

  • District leadership / School board
  • School administration
  • School psychologists, social workers, and counselors
  • Special education personnel
  • SROs / School security specialists
  • Local law enforcement
  • Human Resources
  • Legal counsel
  • Threat assessment team
  • Others interested in school safety

Registration Fee and Special Offers

Course fee: $250 per person.  Participants will receive handouts and a course completion certificate. 

For this online class, we are offering BUY ONE, GIVE ONE to LAW ENFORCEMENT (we're calling it BOGOLE!): with your paid registration, you will receive a code that is good for one free registration, which we encourage you to give to someone in law enforcement or security, such as a school resource officer (SRO), school security personnel, or a local law enforcement representative.

For more information, please contact us at Training@SigmaTMA.com.  If you are interested in threat assessment training in another sector (e.g. higher ed; workplace) or have a group that you want to train in a private training session, please email Cynthia Marble at cmarble@sigmatma.com.
This course is taught by experts from SIGMA Threat Management Associates, who have decades of experience investigating, assessing, and intervening directly in threatening situations as well as teaching others to do the same. For more information on SIGMA's expert instructors, CLICK HERE.