This Week in School and Campus Safety


Good morning,


This Weekly Update by the Illinois School and Campus Safety Program links to information on the 2024 Great ShakeOut, provides a final opportunity to register for the Oct 3-4 and Oct. 9-10 sessions of Campus Threat Assessment and Management, and promotes the upcoming classes on threat assessment team training, campus threat assessment, wellness, Digital Threat Assessment®, and Advanced Digital Threat Assessment®.


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Respectfully,


Laura Black

le-black@wiu.edu

Program Coordinator

Illinois School and Campus Safety Program

2024 Great Central U.S. ShakeOut Day on October 17th


The 2024 Great Central U.S. ShakeOut is less than a month away! As part of the International ShakeOut Day, people worldwide use this day to practice earthquake drills to help better prepare in the event that an earthquake occurs. The webpage includes information on registering your drill, earthquake safety resources, and more.

Threat Assessment Team Training in Evanston, IL October 17-18th


The Illinois School and Campus Safety Program is pleased to announce a session of the Threat Assessment Team Training class is being held in Evanston, IL October 17-18, 2024.


This comprehensive 2-day K-12 training on multidisciplinary, community-based threat assessment teams provides a history and background of threat assessment, targeted violence, threat assessment research, risk factors, and behavioral indicators of those who are intending to commit targeted violence against others. It also provides training on the concept and advantages of a community-based, multidisciplinary threat assessment system, team dynamics, threat assessment process, and management principles.


For more information and to register, click here.

Threat Assessment Team Training in Chicago Heights, IL December 9-10th


The Illinois School and Campus Safety Program is pleased to announce a session of the Threat Assessment Team Training class is being held in Chicago Heights, IL December 9-10, 2024.


This comprehensive 2-day K-12 training on multidisciplinary, community-based threat assessment teams provides a history and background of threat assessment, targeted violence, threat assessment research, risk factors, and behavioral indicators of those who are intending to commit targeted violence against others. It also provides training on the concept and advantages of a community-based, multidisciplinary threat assessment system, team dynamics, threat assessment process, and management principles.


For more information and to register, click here.

Last Chance to Register!

Campus Threat Assessment and Management October 3-4th in Chicago, IL


This is the last chance to register for the Campus Threat Assessment and Management class October 3-4, 2024, 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.

Last Chance to Register!

Campus Threat Assessment and Management October 9-10th in East St. Louis, IL


This is the last chance to register for the Campus Threat Assessment and Management class October 9-10, 2024, in East St. Louis, 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.

Campus Threat Assessment and Management November 14-15th in Macomb, IL


The Illinois School and Campus Safety Program is pleased to announce the class Campus Threat Assessment and Management will be held November 14-15, 2024, in Macomb, 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.

Preparing for the Unimaginable: An In-Depth Look at Wellness, Trauma Recovery, and Resilience on November 19th via Zoom


The Illinois School and Campus Safety Program is pleased to announce the class Preparing for the Unimaginable: An In-Depth Look at Wellness, Trauma Recovery, and Resilience will be held on November 19th, 2024, from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm via Zoom.


This class is for K-12 schools, Institutions of Higher Education, law enforcement, and other school and campus safety stakeholders.


For more information and to register, click here.

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 2 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.


October 22, 2024 - Digital Threat Assessment®

November 13, 2024 - Digital Threat Assessment®


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.


Dec. 5, 2024 - Advanced Digital Threat Assessment®


Upcoming Conferences


Illinois School Safety Conference - Niles, IL - October 2, 2024


Joint Annual Conference - Chicago, IL - November 22-24, 2024

Illinois School and Campus Safety Program www.ilschoolsafety.org
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