This Week in School and Campus Safety

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This Weekly Update by the Illinois School and Campus Safety Program links to NTAC's upcoming Enhancing School Safety Using Behavioral Threat Assessment virtual presentation, shares the REMS TA Center's new sample earthquake annex, and promotes the upcoming classes on Digital Threat Assessment®, Advanced Digital Threat Assessment®, and Campus Threat Assessment and Management.

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Laura Black
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Illinois School and Campus Safety Program
Enhancing School Safety Using Behavioral Threat Assessment on August 24th

The National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) is hosting a virtual presentation on Enhancing School Safety Using Behavioral Threat Assessment on August 24th. "In this training, NTAC’s social scientists will discuss the backgrounds, thinking, and behaviors of school attackers and how some schools have discovered and stopped plots before violence occurred. This free virtual event is appropriate for educators, administrators, counselors and mental health professionals, law enforcement officers, and other school safety stakeholders. For more information and to register, click here.
REMS TA Center Releases Sample Earthquake Annex

The Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance (TA) Center has released a new sample emergency operations plan annex, the Earthquake Sample Annex: A Fictional Example for Schools Before, During, and After an Earthquake. This new annex aims to help schools "prevent injuries, loss of life, and property damage, and be equipped to meet the basic needs of the whole school community."
Upcoming Sessions of Digital Threat Assessment® and Advanced Digital Threat Assessment® via Zoom

The Illinois School and Campus Safety Program, in partnership with Safer Schools Together, is pleased to announce 3 upcoming sessions of the Digital Threat Assessment® class and 1 upcoming session of the Advanced Digital Threat Assessment® class being held via Zoom.

The Digital Threat Assessment® training will enable participants to establish a framework to better assess all threats by constructing and considering the digital baseline of a threat maker by locating, documenting, and evaluating social media data through a threat assessment lens. A significant portion of the day will be spent engaging in hands-on exercises on the most prevalent social media platforms and associated search applications. For more information and to register, click the corresponding link for the session you would like to attend.


Building upon the Digital Threat Assessment® class by Safer Schools Together, Advanced Digital Threat Assessment® advances participants' understanding of finding and curating relevant digital information consistent with real-life digital threat assessment data gathering scenarios. Significant engagement and hands-on practice will take place as participants are assembled into investigative teams and given a true-to-life mock scenario.
Upcoming Session of Campus Threat Assessment and Management Dec. 6th-7th in Chicago

The Illinois School and Campus Safety Program is pleased to announce the class Campus Threat Assessment and Management will be held December 6-7, 2023, in Chicago, IL. This two-day workshop for institutions of higher education featuring Gene Deisinger, Ph.D will help participants to better understand the dynamics of targeted violence and to develop and enhance strategies for early identification, assessment, and intervention with concerning situations. For more information and to register, click here.
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