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K-12 Courses

Research findings indicate that incidents of targeted violence in schools were rarely impulsive; that the students who perpetrated the attacks usually planned them out well in advance with planning behavior that was often observable; and, that prior to most attacks, other students knew the attack was to occur. (Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and Creating Safe Schools, U.S. Secret Service 2002)

The purpose of this seminar is to provide increased understanding of the framework and application of behavioral threat assessment in elementary and secondary schools. The target audience and threat assessment process is a multi-disciplinary team approach comprised of school administration, key faculty, psychological services, counselors, local law enforcement, school resource officers, local community services, mental health agencies, and school legal counsel. Participants will gain an enhanced understanding and ability to identify persons exhibiting threatening or aberrant behaviors, evaluate the risk of the threat, and provide appropriate interventions and case management to reduce the risk of violence.

Successful student threat assessments cannot be determined without looking at the social media and online activity of the threat maker. The vast majority of recent school violence attacks have had precursors leaked online in the form of social media posts. Knowing where, how, and when to look for this information is critically important, and will be thoroughly addressed in this training.

This full-day class through Safer Schools Together was developed to keep pace with the evolving technology challenges that affect schools and public safety today.  Digital Threat Assessment will cover the challenges frontline investigators and school staff are currently facing, including: anonymous online threats, fake accounts, sexting and sextortion, geolocational utilities and their dangers, image verification, and more. Digital Threat Assessment will help attendees understand the tools and methods available to identify and manage online threat related behavior.  The target audience for this class includes school administrators, key faculty, psychological services, counselors, IT, local law enforcement, school resource officers, local community services, mental health agencies, and school legal counsel.

Building upon the Digital Threat Assessment class, this 1-day class through Safer Schools Together leaves participants with a concrete understanding of how to find and curate relevant digital information as is typically represented in a real-life digital threat assessment data gathering scenario.  Major engagement and hands-on practice will take place as participants are assembled into investigative teams and given a mock real-life scenario.  Participants will receive templates and will be supplied standard operating procedures to leave with confidence in being able to independently establish a threat maker’s digital baseline and produce a comprehensive report. The target audience for this class includes school administrators, key faculty, psychological services, counselors, IT, local law enforcement, school resource officers, local community health agencies, and school legal counsel.  Prerequisite: Digital Threat Assessment

Law enforcement and school officials need to know how to proactively respond to online threats of school violence and mass shootings, especially when there is “Leakage” (information about intentions) threatening students, the public, and school personnel. Being trained to identify the perpetrator immediately provides law enforcement and school officials the ability to act quickly and effectively to reduce the threat of school shootings and other forms of violence.

This 2-day training includes:

  • Why it is important NOT to disregard information given to LEO or school officials.
  • What the term “Leakage” means and how we can interpret the information.
  • Learn free and open source online investigative tools into social networks and App generated phone numbers.
  • Learn to identify and collect cyber evidence to identify suspects.
  • Learn the three-step process in investigating internet crimes.
  • Learn the importance of Preservation, Exigent Circumstances, and Search Warrants.
  • Learn how to obtain IP’s, screen names, screen captures, and email headers.
  • State laws: Terrorist Threat, Falsely Making a Terrorist Threat, Swatting, and Causing a Catastrophe.
  • Suspect search warrant, arrest, interrogation, and mental health evaluation.
  • Examine a successful cyber-crime case study investigation from start to finish.

The target audience for this class includes campus and local law enforcement and SROs, higher ed and K-12 administrators, threat assessment teams, IT, legal counsel, social workers, counselors, and psychological services.

The monthly Current Online Behavioral Trends and Updates 2-hr sessions complement Safer Schools Together’s Digital Threat Assessment® training. These monthly sessions have been developed out of a need to continue to keep school safety and threat assessment teams informed so that they are able to adapt to the ever-changing digital landscape. Staying up to date with the current digital landscape will help teams build capacity and sustainability within your community. Each monthly session will review the most current trends in social media, with updated information each month!

These sessions include:

  • Updates and changes to all leading social media platforms
  • Key information for school safety and threat assessment teams
  • Case Scenarios: recent case files handled by SST Threat Analysts
  • Trends, language, and new ways that students are communicating online
  • Risk enhancing behaviors – what to look out for
  • Live Q&A with SST Threat Analysts

The target audience for this class includes school and campus administrators, key faculty, IT, psychological services, counselors, local law enforcement and SROs, local community services, mental health agencies, and school legal counsel.

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Effective school and campus planning depends on a consistent analysis and comparison of the threats and hazards a particular school faces. The process of conducting a site safety security assessment creates opportunities to reduce or eliminate potential hazards and develop recommendations for improvement.

This training provides awareness resources and preparedness training to enhance organizational capacity to conduct multidisciplinary site assessments. Site Safety Security Assessment will develop an options-based, multi-hazard, multi-disciplinary approach for addressing the safety, accessibility, and emergency preparedness of the school’s buildings and grounds, as well as the surrounding community.  The target audience for this class includes regional superintendents, district superintendents, principals/school administrators, school board members, school faculty and staff, school resources officers, local law enforcement, emergency management, fire services, and emergency medical services.

Effective communication during a school incident (or incident for any sector) is crucial for minimizing risks, ensuring everyone’s safety, and facilitating a swift and successful recovery. By prioritizing clear, consistent, and targeted communication through various channels, communicators can navigate challenging situations effectively and maintain trust with their community.

This 7-hour training provides attendees comprehensive education on the subject of communications.  Throughout the training, attendees will learn about the importance of building relationships with the media and the community through routine communications.  The training will also provide guidance on how to prepare for a crisis communications event and what to do should that day happen. Finally, instruction will wrap up with discussion on how to effectively communicate after a critical incident.

The target audience for this class includes K-12 and higher education administrators, key faculty, public information officers, IT, legal counsel, SROs and local law enforcement, and local community services.

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Bomb threats to schools are a significant problem throughout the United States. Although more than 90% of bomb threats turn out to be pranks, school districts must take each threat seriously because of the real potential for death and serious injury. The problem of bomb threats is an annual occurrence for many school districts, resulting in days lost from teaching and learning, emotional trauma to students and staff, and financial costs. Effective response to school bomb threats requires the coordinated efforts of administration, faculty, staff, and first responders.

This 4-hour New Mexico Tech course is designed to aid emergency responders who respond to school bomb incidents.  The primary target audience includes firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical technicians, security personnel, and school employees who are responsible for planning for and responding to bombing incidents in schools.  This course addresses issues and considerations involved in developing a safe and effective school bomb threat response plan annex as part of the school emergency operations plan.

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Higher Education Courses

Campus professionals, as well as community law enforcement officers and mental health professionals, are increasingly involved in the assessment and management of persons who engage in threatening and volatile behaviors. This two-day training through Deisinger Consulting, LLC, in collaboration with SOS Global Consulting, will help participants to better understand the dynamics of targeted violence and to develop and enhance strategies for early identification, assessment, and intervention with concerning situations.

Day One will provide participants with a working understanding of issues related to targeted violence, implementing a multi-disciplinary and systematic approach to assessment and management of cases, conducting contextually based assessment of cases, developing integrated intervention and case management strategies, and understanding foundational legal and policy issues in conducting such practices in accordance with professional standards.

Day Two will incorporate the use of case studies and facilitated discussions regarding critical issues (facing threat assessment teams) to enhance each participant’s ability to apply concepts discussed on Day One of the workshop.

The target audience for this class includes higher education administrators, key faculty, campus threat assessment teams, IT, legal counsel, psychological services, counselors, campus and local law enforcement, local community services, and mental health agencies.

Successful student threat assessments cannot be determined without looking at the social media and online activity of the threat maker. The vast majority of recent school violence attacks have had precursors leaked online in the form of social media posts. Knowing where, how, and when to look for this information is critically important, and will be thoroughly addressed in this training.

This full-day class through Safer Schools Together was developed to keep pace with the evolving technology challenges that affect schools and public safety today.  Digital Threat Assessment will cover the challenges frontline investigators and school staff are currently facing, including: anonymous online threats, fake accounts, sexting and sextortion, geolocational utilities and their dangers, image verification, and more.  Digital Threat Assessment will help attendees understand the tools and methods available to identify and manage online threat related behavior.  The target audience for this class includes campus administrators, key faculty, psychological services, counselors, IT, local law enforcement, local community services, mental health agencies, and school legal counsel.

Building upon the Digital Threat Assessment class, this 1-day class through Safer Schools Together leaves participants with a concrete understanding of how to find and curate relevant digital information as is typically represented in a real-life digital threat assessment data gathering scenario.  Major engagement and hands-on practice will take place as participants are assembled into investigative teams and given a mock real-life scenario.  Participants will receive templates and will be supplied standard operating procedures to leave with confidence in being able to independently establish a threat maker’s digital baseline and produce a comprehensive report. The target audience for this class includes school administrators, key faculty, psychological services, counselors, IT, local law enforcement, school resource officers, local community health agencies, and school legal counsel.  Prerequisite: Digital Threat Assessment

Law enforcement and school officials need to know how to proactively respond to online threats of school violence and mass shootings, especially when there is “Leakage” (information about intentions) threatening students, the public, and school personnel. Being trained to identify the perpetrator immediately provides law enforcement and school officials the ability to act quickly and effectively to reduce the threat of school shootings and other forms of violence.

This 2-day training includes:

  • Why it is important NOT to disregard information given to LEO or school officials.
  • What the term “Leakage” means and how we can interpret the information.
  • Learn free and open source online investigative tools into social networks and App generated phone numbers.
  • Learn to identify and collect cyber evidence to identify suspects.
  • Learn the three-step process in investigating internet crimes.
  • Learn the importance of Preservation, Exigent Circumstances, and Search Warrants.
  • Learn how to obtain IP’s, screen names, screen captures, and email headers.
  • State laws: Terrorist Threat, Falsely Making a Terrorist Threat, Swatting, and Causing a Catastrophe.
  • Suspect search warrant, arrest, interrogation, and mental health evaluation.
  • Examine a successful cyber-crime case study investigation from start to finish.

The target audience for this class includes campus and local law enforcement and SROs, higher ed and K-12 administrators, threat assessment teams, IT, legal counsel, social workers, counselors, and psychological services.

The monthly Current Online Behavioral Trends and Updates 2-hr sessions complement Safer Schools Together’s Digital Threat Assessment® training. These monthly sessions have been developed out of a need to continue to keep school safety and threat assessment teams informed so that they are able to adapt to the ever-changing digital landscape. Staying up to date with the current digital landscape will help teams build capacity and sustainability within your community. Each monthly session will review the most current trends in social media, with updated information each month!

These sessions include:

  • Updates and changes to all leading social media platforms
  • Key information for school safety and threat assessment teams
  • Case Scenarios: recent case files handled by SST Threat Analysts
  • Trends, language, and new ways that students are communicating online
  • Risk enhancing behaviors – what to look out for
  • Live Q&A with SST Threat Analysts

The target audience for this class includes school and campus administrators, key faculty, IT, psychological services, counselors, local law enforcement and SROs, local community services, mental health agencies, and school legal counsel.

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Effective school and campus planning depends on a consistent analysis and comparison of the threats and hazards a particular school faces. The process of conducting a site safety security assessment creates opportunities to reduce or eliminate potential hazards and develop recommendations for improvement.

This training provides awareness resources and preparedness training to enhance organizational capacity to conduct multidisciplinary site assessments. Site Safety Security Assessment will develop an options-based, multi-hazard, multi-disciplinary approach for addressing the safety, accessibility, and emergency preparedness of the school’s buildings and grounds, as well as the surrounding community.  The target audience for this class includes regional superintendents, district superintendents, principals/school administrators, school board members, school faculty and staff, school resources officers, local law enforcement, emergency management, fire services, and emergency medical services.

Effective communication during a school incident (or incident for any sector) is crucial for minimizing risks, ensuring everyone’s safety, and facilitating a swift and successful recovery. By prioritizing clear, consistent, and targeted communication through various channels, communicators can navigate challenging situations effectively and maintain trust with their community.

This 7-hour training provides attendees comprehensive education on the subject of communications.  Throughout the training, attendees will learn about the importance of building relationships with the media and the community through routine communications.  The training will also provide guidance on how to prepare for a crisis communications event and what to do should that day happen. Finally, instruction will wrap up with discussion on how to effectively communicate after a critical incident.

The target audience for this class includes K-12 and higher education administrators, key faculty, public information officers, IT, legal counsel, SROs and local law enforcement, and local community services.

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Bomb threats to schools are a significant problem throughout the United States. Although more than 90% of bomb threats turn out to be pranks, school districts must take each threat seriously because of the real potential for death and serious injury. The problem of bomb threats is an annual occurrence for many school districts, resulting in days lost from teaching and learning, emotional trauma to students and staff, and financial costs. Effective response to school bomb threats requires the coordinated efforts of administration, faculty, staff, and first responders.

This 4-hour New Mexico Tech course is designed to aid emergency responders who respond to school bomb incidents.  The primary target audience includes firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical technicians, security personnel, and school employees who are responsible for planning for and responding to bombing incidents in schools.  This course addresses issues and considerations involved in developing a safe and effective school bomb threat response plan annex as part of the school emergency operations plan.

This 2-day Louisiana State University course provides participants with an understanding of and ability to navigate through the difficult aspects of dealing with campus emergencies involving natural or human-caused events, including acts of violence.  The course consists of small, problem-based, integrated group activities that require a coordinated, integrated approach to solve. Through tabletop scenarios, course participants will observe a developing incident and respond in a manner consistent with currently established campus and jurisdictional emergency operations procedures.

The target audience for this course must include representatives from each of the following areas: executive campus leaders; faculty/student governance; campus public safety departments; facilities departments; emergency management; student life and affairs; campus health/medical and mental health services; campus public affairs; jurisdictional public information officers at community colleges, colleges, and universities; and local law enforcement and public safety agencies.