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Threat assessment has become widely used in K-12 schools, but the process must be adapted to recognize developmental differences in student behavior, notably, their frequent use of verbal aggression. Mindful of their overarching mission to help all students be successful in school, educators can use threat assessment to avoid overreacting to youthful misbehavior that does not pose a serious threat of violence, while identifying a small group of students in need of support, counseling, and special education services. The U.S. National Threat Assessment Center identified eight key steps in establishing school-based threat assessment. Our group at the University of Virginia developed a formal threat assessment model that has been rigorously tested in controlled studies, demonstrating that school-based teams can safely resolve almost all student threats with relatively few cases requiring long-term suspension, expulsion, or law enforcement intervention. However, much more research is needed to establish the effectiveness of threat assessment and management strategies in general and to build standards of practice for training and implementation. |
