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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

MORE Free Threat Assessment Training

In January and February we will be teaching two FREE, day-long campus threat assessment seminars.  These seminars are the last two that will be provided free of charge to higher education personnel through a generous grant from the U.S. Department of Justice COPS Office.  The last two seminars will be held in Phoenix, AZ (on January 11) and in Tallahassee, FL (on February 8).

If you haven't had a chance to attend one of these sessions, and you work for a college or university, you can click here to register or for more information. In the seminars, we:
  • Provide an overview of campus threat assessment & management
  • Compare threat assessment with profiling and other assessment approaches
  • Explain the steps in the threat assessment process, key investigative questions, and evaluation decisions
  • Provide coaching on developing case management strategies; and,
  • Discuss strategies for creating and operating an effective a campus threat assessment team.

Since 2009, the COPS Office has made this training available to higher education personnel at cities around the U.S., including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, San Diego, Seattle, Sioux Falls, and Washington DC.  We are honored to have been part of the team involved in creating the curriculum for this training and in providing the training to participants around the country.  Come join us for one of these last seminars!

6 comments:

  1. Is there somewhere business people can go to learn about violence at work. the recent shootings have definitely scared me and I would like to know more.

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  2. Jack
    There are several great places to learn about workplace violence. Check out the resource page on our website at www.SigmaTMA.com. We have listings of resources regarding targeted violence concerns(many of them free and in the public domain). Our firm provides training and consultation for a number of companies. Contact us if you have questions.

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  3. Could you pleas post when you are doing more higher ed trainings? Thank you. Great blog, glad I found it.

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  4. Set the record straightJanuary 14, 2011 at 3:02 PM

    I wonder why you utilize the term Threat management so much when behavioral intervention seems far more appropriate and less confrontational a term? It also seems more appropriate from a clinical perspective.

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  5. @ Anonymous, we have two upcoming higher ed threat assessment training sessions, the first one in San Diego (Feb 1) and the second in Tallahassee, FL (Feb 8). Click on the following link, and then click on the date/city you are interested in for more info. The information is under the Next Workshops heading:

    http://www.sigmatma.com/training.html

    If you have any questions or are interested in other training options, feel free to email us at Training@SigmaTMA.com.

    - Marisa

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  6. @ Set the record straight, we use the terms "threat assessment" and "threat management" because those are the terms that been used in this field for decades, since the practice first emerged. In fact, for most of the 16 years that I have been working in the field of threat assessment, these are the only terms that were ever used. But recently there has been a movement to use other terminology - particularly when selecting a name for a campus, school, or workplace threat assessment team. And in part for the reasons you suggest - to appear less confrontational and more approachable.

    We encourage educational institutions and businesses to choose a name for their team that best suits their needs -- and at the same time doesn't confuse people about where to report threats or other troubling behaviors. In states where the law now requires higher ed institutions to have threat assessment teams for example, most institutions are calling them "threat assessment" teams so it is clear what they are and what they do. But other institutions have opted for names such as Behavioral Assessment Team, Person of Concern (or Student of Concern) Team, Behavior of Concern Team, SAFE Team, and others. As long as the team members have formal training in threat assessment (from trainers with direct threat assessment experience) -- and as long as those at the college/school/workplace know where and how to report threats and other troubling behaviors -- we think the team can choose whatever name works best for them.

    - Marisa

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