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A Model
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NOTE:
This Model meets the recommendation of the
(click link to obtain) Columbine Review Commission Report
which was made public on 05-17-01.
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Skills
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Develop A Model
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Assessment Referral
procedures
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And More... |
The
Administration and Teachers |
Skills
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Recognize Early
Warning Signs
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Development of
"What Next"
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School
Assessment Team |
A
RISK
ASSESSMENT
Model |
Students |
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Skills
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Assessment of the
Potentially
Dangerous
Student!
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Certification on
Nationally
Research Based
Assessment Tool
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Reporting procedures |
The
Police- First
Responders
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* Coordinated Response
* Obtain School Blue Prints
* Locate Command Post. |
Skills
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Recognize Early
Warning Signs
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Learn their
Responsibility
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Reporting
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Break "Code of
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Goal
The
goal of this Assessment Model is to get help for students that need it and reduce school violence.
Method
The
method is to develop a system to more efficiently identify students who may
be in need of professional intervention and a standard means of providing
such intervention. Schools fail to respond appropriately by over
reacting or doing nothing because that lack education and information.
"Why didn’t we see it
coming!" This plaintive cry has been heard after every
school shooting in America. Many government agencies have explored the
possibility of identifying the next potential shooter before he kills
someone. There are quite a number of these national
reports in circulation now. Yet we seem to be no closer to
detection and prevention than we were 10 years ago.
Keys To Safer Schools.com has taken these government
sponsored research documents and examined the incidents, the perpetrators
and the schools. The result of this effort is an Assessment Model
for schools to consider in attempting to identify students who may be traveling
the same path that these shooters were on.. Please note that the Assessment Model does
not purport to identify students as potential shooters. It is critical to the success of this program and
the success of the student, that no
labeling is done.
By now, everyone should be aware that for any such program
to be effective it must encompass the entire school community and not leave
gaps where violence can lie dormant until it explodes anew. This Assessment
Model involves the school-officials, staff, faculty, the community
and-especially-the students. It is presented in individual components which
work best in conjunction with one another but which may be applied
individually depending on the school's needs.
NOTE: This Model meets the recommendation of the
Columbine Review Commission Report which was made public on May 17, 2001.
| Dear Fellow Coloradan,
On April 20, 1999,
two students at Columbine High School southwest of Denver murdered 12 fellow
students and one teacher in the worst school shooting in U.S. history.
The Columbine tragedy forever changed the way Americans think about the
potential for violence in our schools. No one can erase the horror of
that day, or restore the losses suffered by the victims and their
families. YET ONLY BY LEARNING FROM COLUMBINE CAN WE HOPE TO PREVENT
SIMILAR TRAGEDIES IN THE FUTURE.
Bill Owens -
Governor of Colorado
At the same time, the
Governor was making his comments the commission issued a number of
recommendations, many of which have been adopted by public agencies in
the Denver area. Listed below are proposals from that commission that
all schools should adopt:
- All schools
should establish "threat
assessment teams," and
educators should work to break the "code of silence"
that exists among students and encourage them to report
suspicions about classmates.
- School,
municipal, county, medical and law enforcement officials should develop
crisis plans and work
together to make sure they can be put into action quickly.
- Police
officers should be trained to stop an assault that's in progress,
not merely contain the scene and wait for backup, and should be
able to set up a working communications structure. Click
to learn about training
Whether to follow the
recommendations is up to individual school districts and public
agencies. Although, I would not want to be that Superintendent
or public agency who choose not to follow this wealth of knowledge
provided.
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