Behavioral Threat Assessment Training and Resources - Arkansas Center for School Safety

The Arkansas Center for School Safety, a program of the Criminal Justice Institute, provides training to help Arkansas school districts — both public and private — develop effective behavioral threat assessment teams and processes. Threat assessment is a critical component of preventing school shootings and other acts of targeted violence on campus.

THE FOLLOWING RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO ARKANSAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS:

Introduction to Behavioral Threat Assessment ONLINE
This one-hour course highlights research findings on the thoughts and behaviors of individuals who commit acts of targeted violence, walks through the process of developing a school threat assessment team, and offers guidance on community engagement and overcoming the bystander effect.

Basic Behavior Threat Assessment – Virtual
This seven-hour course covers the basic procedures and guidelines for threat assessment teams. Topics include strategies for diverting students on a violent trajectory, components of threat assessment policies and procedures, defining and identifying behaviors for assessment screenings, and levels of intervention needed to deter acts of violence.

Advanced Behavioral Threat Assessment – Virtual
This course is grounded in research and best practices in school threat assessment, as well as the instructors’ experience co-authoring the U.S. Secret Service/U.S. Department of Education model of school threat assessment.

Please note: This course includes interactive scenarios designed for intact teams. All members or potential members of a school’s threat assessment team should attend the same course session together.

Behavioral Threat Assessment Management in Schools – In-person and virtual
This session gives building and district teams a complete framework for behavioral threat assessment and case management, from initial identification through long-term intervention. Participants practice distinguishing transient from substantive threats, learn how clear policies and screening processes support consistent and defensible decisions, and explore case management strategies — including team collaboration, documentation, and sustainable interventions — that reduce risk and support students after the assessment is complete.

THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR ANY OF THESE RESOURCES.

For more information, contact Diana Larkin at 501-570-8098 or [email protected].