New Jersey Department of Education

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Basic: Practical K-12 Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Training (In-person) - Middlesex

Promoting Safety in NJ Schools

Date(s) & Time(s) April 15, 2025   ~  8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Workshop Description The New Jersey Department of Education, in partnership with the Jersey City/Newark Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI), is hosting a Basic: Practical K-12 Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM).

We all want to stop future acts of targeted violence, such as school shootings. School personnel are often asked to make critical decisions about people who are potentially violent, yet have little to no training in either assessing for violence or determining risk factors for targeted violence (which is different than reactive or emotional violence).

This full-day basic training will introduce you to the world of behavioral threat assessment and management, the only preventative solution. Dr. Leite will teach you the difference between types of violence and expose you to basic threat assessment concepts. You will leave understanding the cornerstones of TAM and the building blocks of processing a threat. We will practice using the NTAC Model (aligned with the NJ State Guidelines) so that when you go back to your school, you will be able to apply your new knowledge with your team. We will also counter some of the common misperceptions about BTAM so you can do your work effectively and safely.

After the training, participants will be able to:

- Differentiate between reactive and targeted violence
- Determine where a person of concern is on the pathway to violence
- Implement and adapt the threat assessment information gathering process to their school environments
- Utilize quality available resources

The training is appropriate for personnel from any of the following:

- School district leadership, administrators, and school principals
- School Safety Specialists
- School psychologists, counselors, and social workers
- School staff members
- Special education personnel
- School resource officers and law enforcement officials

School Safety Specialists who have not yet completed this training will receive appropriate hours toward certification renewal. If you have any questions or concerns, please email OSPEP at school.security@doe.nj.gov.

Please note that this training is exclusively for School Threat Assessment Team Members and requires the use of an official school email address to register.

Location Division of Children and Families Professional Center
30 Van Dyke Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Registration Registration is open until April 14, 2025.
There are currently 58 seats available.

>> Online Registration

Contact Information Karen Carella
Office of School Preparedness & Emergency Planning
200 Riverview Plaza
Trenton, NJ 08625
609-376-3574

>> school.security@doe.nj.gov


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