Assessing Student Threats: A Handbook for Implementing the Salem-Keizer System
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (825 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1610481100 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 170 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Great book to walk you through the process After being in class taught by Dave Okada and Martin Speckmaier, I followed up by ordering this book and I'm glad I did. I'd recommend this to any Security/Safety director and their staff for reading.. Good intro to student threat assessment system! Odie This book is in essence a detailed description of a very effective student threat assessment system. It is concise and complete summary that provides an introduction to the system.. Cheri Lovre said Critical in these times.. Vandreal's book on Student Threat Assessment takes all of the cutting-edge knowledge that is out there, builds a meaningful model, and makes it accessible, functional, and essential for today's schools. No school district can afford to take on the responsibility of assessing student threats in isolation from other agencies. This needs to beco
The book also includes the protocols needed to assess threats, document concerns and interventions, and track the progress of supervision. As extra features, there are chapters on site security, community safety, adult threat assessment, and an adaptation of the system for higher education.. Assessing Student Threats: A Handbook for Implementing the Salem-Keizer System is a manual for the implementation of a threat assessment system that follows the recommendations of the Safe Schools Initiative and the prescriptive outline provided by the FBI. Written from an educator's perspective with contributing authors from law enforcement, public mental health and the district attorney's
In their analysis of current research and expert recommendations in the area of threat assessment, Van Dreal and his fellow authors have put into the hands of educators a formidable tool. (Cheri Lovre, Crisis Management Institute)John Van Dreal has long been one of the most critical and innovative thinkers in the assessment and management of threats in an educational setting. The organization of this critical information and research provides the means to save the lives of many by identifying and intervening with the troubled few. (Capt. Making sense of the complexity involved in managing violently inclined situations at schools is no small task, but Van Dreal and his contributing authors, have done it here. They very effectively identify ways to establish responsibilities, professional roles and accountability. Martin, president, Gavin de Becker & Associates, Inc.; founder, Los Angeles Police Department's Threat Management Unit) . N
John Van Dreal is a school psychologist with the Salem-Keizer School District and has over two decades of experience in psycho-educational evaluation, crisis assessment, behavioral intervention and systems consultation.