Public Consulting Group (PCG) is sponsoring the keynote, Dr. Melissa Reeves.
This workshop will discuss how to make your school/district’s BTAM process more legally defensible. The most current research and recommendations will be discussed with an emphasis on the critical importance of establishing multi-disciplinary threat assessment teams and how to address the systemic barriers that complicate information sharing, documentation, and follow-up planning and support. The importance of addressing bias, equity, and disproportionality within the BTAM process will also be explained. Knowledge gained in serving as an expert witness in court cases involving threat assessment, targeted violence and suicidal ideation will be highlighted. Specific recommendations for improving the fidelity of implementation of best practice threat assessment protocols will also be provided.
Participants will:
- learn how to build a high-quality behavioral threat assessment and management program utilizing best practice strategies to build a legally defensible process.
- understand how to conduct a threat assessment using strategies that increase equity while decreasing bias and disproportionality.
- learn the clear distinction, yet complementary aspects, between threat assessment and suicide risk assessment.
- be provided best practice guidance regarding parent permission vs notification, information sharing, discipline, and change in programming and/or placement decisions
- ·be provided recommendations for improving the fidelity of implementation of the BTAM process
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