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Can we determine
the student in need of immediate help from the Prankster
without guessing?
Learn
more about the Potentially
Dangerous Student
Learn
how to receive
Certification as a Trainer of the Risk Assessment Team Program
View concept- learn how
model was patterned after the Special Ed. Model
Based on the Manual: "Why didn't we see it coming??!!"
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The material in
this training, which produced the Assessment Tool, comes from
Internationally researched
studies commissioned by the US and
other Government Agencies.
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 This
training presents the MOST UNIQUE tool
available today in school violence prevention. This one-page tool is designed for use by
the non-Mental Health Professional for identifying students who possess
traits that indicate they may need help. The material in this training and
the tool comes from internationally researched studies commissioned by the US
and other Government Agencies. Successful completion of the
training leads to Certification to use and a License to Reproduce the
copyright protected tool. A model is also
presented for schools to implement an assessment program.
An
Assistant Superintendent at one school district said:
"We
needed an objective way to demonstrate the reasoning behind differing types
of action taken toward students for seemingly committing the same
offense. This [tool] and your training have provided that to us."
This full day of
training is power packed with information, techniques and handouts such
as:
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The
Training
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Why
we miss them |
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Where
shootings happen |
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Who
were the shooters |
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Their
common Characteristics |
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How to
Identify Early & Imminent
Warning Signs of the Potentially Dangerous Student. |
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How to
Assess Students for those Signs. |
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How to rank/rate the
Early Warning Signs using the Assessment Tool. |
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How to develop an
Assessment Team and Model for your School District. |
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The
Assessment Tool
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Is Objective not
Subjective |
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Relies on Observable
behavior |
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Internationally Researched |
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Applicable to Every
School |
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Handouts
in the Training
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Tips for Parents checklist |
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Intervention Practices |
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Crisis Procedure checklist |
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Students Action Steps checklist |
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See
how your School is doing "Is it safe?" checklist |
This training is "must have"
for every school in the today's world!
A Newspaper
interview May 2000 about the training with Director - Mike Nelson,
MS, LPC, NCC:
The Arkansas-based Keys to Safer
Schools.com offers an assessment test for selected school Staff to
give which helps detect a child who is just a pranksters from one who is
in need of help (a Potentially Dangerous Student). The test requires an
educator to fill-out a one-page questionnaire on the child's behavior
and social skills. If the administrator answers yes to two or three
questions, experts recommend counseling for the student. The higher the
student scores, the more aggressive treatment is recommended. The test's
creators have weighted the scoring system to red-flag borderline cases,
as well. They, too, want to err on the side of caution. Since the test's
unveiling 18 months ago, about 10 percent of the students who made jokes
about violence were determined to need some kind of therapy. The
remaining 90 percent were not considered threats. "That's why zero
tolerance doesn't work," said
Mike Nelson, the center's director.
"Schools need to be more flexible. I liken it to a tree. It may
stand straight and tall, but all it takes is one big wind to blow it
right over." The key, Nelson contends, is teaching educators how to
tell troubled students from ill-humored ones. Doing that, however, can
be a difficult -- if not dangerous -- game. "We're putting a lot on
schools these days," Nelson said. "They have to be properly
prepared to handle situations like these."
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