Threat Assessment and Management in a Campus Setting: Special Issues and Applications Workshop

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The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is pleased to announce “Threat Assessment and Management in a Campus Setting: Special Issues and Applications Workshop” presented by Dr. Gene Deisinger, Deisinger Consulting.

Description:

Professionals from Virginia Institutions of Higher Education have been actively engaged in threat assessment and management programs since 2008, when the Virginia Assembly enacted legislation requiring Virginia public institutions of higher education to implement and operate threat assessment teams. Since then, the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety has offered dozens of basic and applied training sessions to support campus threat management teams. As campus threat assessment team members have completed those training opportunities and become more experienced, they have regularly requested additional training opportunities to enhance their knowledge and skills related to the practice of threat management in an educational setting.

This workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to:

1. Learn and engage on a range of topics not covered in foundational training sessions. Topics include:

• Enhancing Team Decision-Making: Lessons Learned from Cognitive Science
• Threat Assessment Interviewing: Considerations in Planning and Approach
• Threat Management and Title IX: Addressing the Nexus
• Stalking and Domestic/Dating Violence

2. Practice application of skills and lessons learned through small-group work on case scenarios.

Topics to be addressed:

• Overview of Violence on Campus
• The Nature and Process of Targeted Violence
• Operationalizing a Multi-disciplinary Threat Assessment Team
• Guiding Principles and Best Practices of Threat Assessment
• Steps in the Campus Threat Assessment Process
• Legal Considerations
• Effective Case Management Strategies
• Common Problems and Solutions
• Guided Case Studies
• Operationalizing Campus Threat Assessment Principles and Practices
• Updates Regarding Virginia Laws on Threat Assessment and Related Issues
• Stalking and Other Violence Targeted Toward Domestic/Intimate Partners
• Incorporating Mandated Psychological Evaluations
• Challenges in Implementing and Maintaining Effective Teams
• Relevant Case Histories
• Integrating Threat Assessment Team Work into Broader Violence Prevention Programs.

Who should attend:

This training is intended for Virginia campus threat assessment team members, administrators, student affairs personnel, case managers, counseling and mental health professionals, human resource personnel, attorneys, law enforcement and security personnel, as well as staff from regional community mental health and law enforcement agencies that may be involved in campus threat management efforts. 

Partial In-service Credit:

Law enforcement officers will receive partial in-service credit hours for this training.

Transportation, Lodging, and Meals:

Participants are responsible for their transportation, lodging, and meal expenses.  

Training Details:

Registration begins at 7:30 am

Training runs from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

Cost and Registration:

There is no registration fee for this course; however, pre-registration is required.

Please note that the DCJS registration system does not have the capacity to sort eligible from ineligible registrants. Therefore, anyone who registers will receive a confirmation. It is the responsibility of the DCJS-assigned course coordinator to review the roster and make a final determination on acceptance into the course. Denied registrants will be notified via the email address provided during registration.