Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG) -

Threat Assessment Team Training

The Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG), originally known as the Virginia Student Threat Assessment Guidelines, is an evidence-based model for schools to use in conducting threat assessments in K-12 schools. Developed by Dr. Dewey Cornell, this model provides an approach and process to violence prevention that emphasizes early attention to problems such as bullying, teasing, and other forms of student conflict before they escalate into violent behavior.

In this session, threat assessment team members will learn to follow a decision‐tree process to resolve less serious, transient threats quickly while focusing greater attention on more serious, substantive threats. Various threat assessment forms and strategies to support the threat assessment process will be shared.

October Training Date: Wednesday, October 9th at the Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West, 2275 Collingwood Blvd., Toledo, Ohio, 43620

November Training Date: Wednesday, November 13th at the Northwest Ohio Educational Service Center, 205 Nolan Parkway, Archbold, Ohio, 43502

Training Time: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Cost: FREE through current grant funding opportunities provided by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce

Targeted Audience: All school threat assessment team members in order to be in compliance with HB 123

Questions: Please contact Angie Rechtine at the ESC of Lake Erie West at arechtine@esclakeeriewest.org