Since June 1999, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Secret Service have been working as a team to better understand--and ultimately help prevent--school shootings in America. Findings indicated that incidents of targeted violence in school were rarely impulsive; that the students who perpetrated attacks usually planned them out in advance with planning behavior that was often observable; and that, prior to most attacks, other children knew that the attack was to occur. This document uses these findings to create a process for identifying, assessing, and managing students who may pose a threat of targeted violence in schools. Eight chapters include: (1)."Introduction: Threat Assessment and the Prevention of Targeted School Violence"; (2) "Creating Climates of School Safety: A Foundation For Reducing School Violence"; ( 3 ) "Key Findings of the Safe School Initiative's Study of Targeted School Violence"; (4) "Implementing a School Threat Assessment PrOCeSS"; ( 5 ) "Conducting a School Threat Assessment"; (6) "Managing a Threatening Situation"; (7) 'IAction Plans for School Leaders: Creating a Safe and Connected School Climate and Implementing a Threat Assessment Program"; and (8) "Conclusion: Threat Assessment as a Decision-Making Tool". An appendix contains a list of annotated resources. (Contains 24 references and 2 resource Web sites.) .
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Chicago
Education Resource Information Center, Department of Education.
"ED466013 - Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates". Government.
U.S. Department of Education,
May 1, 2002.
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/ERIC-ED466013
APA
Education Resource Information Center, Department of Education.
(2002, May 1).
ED466013 - Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates.
[Government].
U.S. Department of Education.
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/ERIC-ED466013
MLA
Education Resource Information Center, Department of Education.
ED466013 - Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates.
U.S. Department of Education,
(1 May 2002),
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/ERIC-ED466013
Bluebook
Education Resource Information Center, Department of Education, Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates, GovInfo, (May 1, 2002),
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/ERIC-ED466013
