BBTA Pre-Training Knowledge Assessment - Arkansas Center for School Safety Arkansas Center for School Safety

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1. The first step in the threat assessment process is for the threat assessment team to __________ * Required
- a. monitor the plan and follow up with progress.
- b. identify or learn about a person of concern (someone who has threatened or otherwise raised concern).
- c. develop and implement a management plan.
- d. gather information from multiple sources.
2. School shootings can be prevented because ___________ * Required
- a. school shooters always fall into a specific profile
- b. school shooters often tell other people beforehand about their violent plans.
- c. their planning behavior is seldom known to others or observed by others.
- d. school shooters are often despondent or even suicidal.
3. Training for students, parents, and all staff should address all of the following EXCEPT ___________ * Required
- a. what behaviors to report to the school behavioral threat assessment team.
- b. how reporting is not snitching/tattling.
- c. the outcomes of previously conducted threat assessments.
- d. how to report behaviors to the school behavioral threat assessment team.
4. Threat assessment involves four primary components: identifying persons of concern, ___________ assessing the person/situation, and managing or intervening to reduce threat if necessary. * Required
- a. disciplining the student
- b. notifying campus leadership
- c. gathering information about the person and situation
- d. contacting the parent/guardian.
5. Which of the following is a key element in effective case management? * Required
- a. Avoiding multi-disciplinary or multi-agency approach.
- b. Development of trusting relationship with person of concern.
- c. Monitoring situation over brief period of time.
- d. Applying similar interventions to all students.
6. Which of the following behaviors should NOT prompt a threat assessment team to conduct a threat assessment? * Required
- a. Threats of violence.
- b. Suicidal gestures.
- c. Observation of "loner" or introverted behavior.
- d. Violent drawings.
7. Which of the following statements is accurate about FERPA? * Required
- a. Relevant FERPA protected information can be shared when it fits under the "health and safety" exception.
- b. FERPA is an impediment to effective threat assessment and case management.
- c. FERPA only applies to police records (for police/investigative purposes).
- d. FERPA permits a private right of action.
8. Once a case has been reported to a threat assessment team, which of the following should the team screen the case for first? * Required
- a. Signs of psychopathy, psychosis, or trauma.
- b. Indication that there is an emergency or need to call 911.
- c. Indication the person was joking or wants to apologize.
- d. Indication that there is a need to involve a special education professional.
9. After gathering information from multiple sources, the threat assessment team organizes and analyzes the information by answering 11 Investigative Questions. Which of the following is not one of the 11 Investigative Questions: * Required
- a. Does the person have the capacity to carry out an act of targeted violence?
- b. Is the person experiencing hopelessness, desperation, or despair?
- c. Does the person fit the profile of a school shooter?
- d. Does the person have a trusting relationship with at least one responsible adult?
10. When a threat assessment team learns that a student they are assessing is being treated by a mental health professional outside of the school, the team can ___________ * Required
- a. demand that the mental health professional tell the team everything he or she knows about the student.
- b. tell the student's parents that they can suspend the student if the parents do not waive confidentiality.
- c. tell the mental health professional what concerns the threat assessment team has.
- d. close the case since an intervention outside of school is in place.