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The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is pleased to announce “Threat Assessment and Management in Schools and Campuses: Enhancing the Nexus.”
Description:
Professionals from public institutions of higher education have been actively engaged in threat assessment and management programs since at least 2008, when the Virginia Assembly enacted legislation requiring all public IHE’s to implement and operate such programs. Since 2013, public schools have operated in accordance with similar statutory requirements. The Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety has provided a wide range of training to support school and campus threat assessment teams in serving the needs of their educational communities. To support continuous improvement of these teams, VCSCS continues to offer training opportunities to enhance their knowledge and skills related to the practice of threat management in educational settings.
This workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to:
- Learn and engage on topics impacting schools and campuses that are not covered in foundational training sessions. These topics will focus on opportunities for greater collaboration, communication, and coordination between schools and campuses, where appropriate. Such topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Threat Assessment and Management: The Nexus Between School and Campus Settings
- Enhancing Information Sharing: Considerations for Practice
- Threat Assessment and Management Involving Intimate Partner Violence: Domestic/Dating Violence, Stalking, Predatory Sexual Assault/Misconduct, and the Nexus of Threat Management and Title IX
- Practice skills and lessons learned through small group work on case scenarios addressing issues that may impact both schools and campuses.
Who Should Attend:
The workshop is appropriate for members of school and campus threat assessment teams, including (but not limited to) school/campus administrators, student services personnel, instructional staff, counseling and mental health professionals, human resource personnel, attorneys, and law enforcement and security personnel, as well as staff from regional community mental health and law enforcement agencies that may be involved in school or campus threat management efforts.
The workshop is intended for those who have completed a school or campus basic threat assessment training course.
Partial In-Service Credit (PIC):
Partial In-Service Credit (PIC) for Virginia law enforcement officers will be available.
Transportation, Lodging, and Meals:
Participants are responsible for their transportation, meals, lodging arrangements, and related expenses.
Training Details:
Check-in will begin at 7:30 am.
Training begins at 8:00 am and concludes at to 4:00 pm.
Cost and Registration:
There is no cost to attend this training; 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.