Title: Implementing Threat Assessment Teams in Schools

Date: September 21, 2021

Speaker: James Barrett, Ph.D., Director of the Clinical Support Unit, Cambridge Police; Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Description: Threat assessments are only as good as the risk mitigation options available to be put in place by school crisis teams. This session will utilize the Secret Service guide, "Enhancing School Safety Using a Threat Assessment Model: An Operational Guide for Preventing Targeted School Violence" to teach participants how to create risk management strategies. The session will focus on utilizing the data from threat assessments to inform risk management options as well as how school teams can identify and collaborate with supports and services in the community to create tailored and effective risk management options.