Because this course is about multiple aspects of school safety, we are exploring just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to violence threat assessment. For additional information on how threat assessment works, you may wish to review the key points from the 2018 FBI Report on Pre-Attack Behaviors (https://www.youthriskpreventionspecialists.com/category/school-violence-threat-assessment/).

If you'd like to learn more about threat assessment, you may also find this article on the American Psychological Association website (https://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/02/cover-threat), to be quite informative.

While I work extensively with schools to develop and train teams in violence threat assessment, thorough training requires multiple exercises in an interactive format that does not lend itself to an online format. If you'd like to learn more about in-person training, please contact the author of this course.