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BIT/CARE GROUNDWORK

BIT Team Standards
BIT Guide
BIT Development Checklist
CASE Process
Building a Team Website PDF
Building a Concern Form PDF
CARE Team Talk PDF
Accessing Mental Health Treatment PDF
Interventions Checklist
Creating Intervention Plans PDF
Bias Mitigation PDF

INTAKE, INTERVIEWING, & INTERVENTIONS

Law Enforcement Assessment Checklist
Navigator Form PDF
Interviewing Context PDF
Interviewing Rapport PDF
Advanced Interview Skills PDF
ACE Handout
Trauma Reactions PDF
Safety in the Title IX Environment PDF
Bias Mitigation PDF
An Exploration of the Risk Protective and Other Factors Related to Violence PDF
Creating Intervention Plans PDF
Interventions Checklist
The Polygraph Test Part I
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THREAT ASSESSMENT

Types of Threat PDF
Social media basics p1
Law Enforcement Intervention Checklist
Debunking the Myths: Mental Illness and Guns PDF
An Exploration of the Risk Protective and Other Factors Related to Violence PDF

Uvalde

Demonstrating how we might have responded if the shooter had come to the attention of a BIT/CARE team prior to the attack.

Case History

Pathways

DarkFox

Risk Report

Uvalde History
Uvalde Pathways
Uvalde DarkFox
Uvalde Report

Dechefr [de · che · pher] is an advanced risk assessment solution designed to provide guidance and support when analyzing written communication by identifying warning signs and risk indicators. By combining linguistics, psychology, and computer science, Dechefr constructs a psychological profile that enables the prediction of extreme or violent behavior with high accuracy.

DPrep Safety has no affiliation with Dechefr, but uses the tool to augment our assessments of written material.

CERTIFICATION

Enter your email to access the case studies. Using the case summary and the knowledge from the trainings and supplemental materials, answer the questions for the case and submit your answers. Then score the case on the Pathways triage tool, print your report to a PDF, and upload that PDF on the case study page. Contact bethany@dprep.com if you have any questions.

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Episode 3: Audio Only
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Difficult Conversations Webinar Series

Starting in August, join the authors for a monthly series of conversations on a variety of topics introduced in the book. Each of these interactive discussions will provide participants with a personal and engaging opportunity to hear directly from the authors on these crucial, and often difficult to discuss, topics. While the book was written with a higher education perspective for administrators, faculty, student affairs, and equity and inclusion teams, the discussions will be inclusive of those working in high schools and other workplaces. Learn more at www.trainingoutpost.com/webinars.

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Archived episodes available on our YouTube channel

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Hard Conversations book
Uprooting Sexual Violence
White Supremacist Violence
Brief BITs
An Educator's Guide to Assessing Threats in Student Writing
The Book on BIT
Understanding and Treating Incels
Best BITs
Ending Campus Violence
A Faculty Guide to Addressing Disruptive and Dangerous Behavior
A Guide to Leadership and Management in Higher Education
A Staff Guide to Addressing Disruptive and  Dangerous Behavior on Campus
Harm to Others
The Prevention and Management of Mental Health Emergencies

Our Team

Brian Van Brunt, EdD

Brian Van Brunt, EdD

Director of Behavior & Threat Management

brian@dprep.com

Brian Van Brunt, EdD, is the Director of Behavior and Threat Management for D-Prep Safety. Author of over a dozen books, Brian has spent time as a child and family therapist, university professor, assistant deputy director of training at Secure Community Network, partner at TNG, and president of the National Association for Behavioral Intervention and Threat Assessment (NABITA). He is an internationally recognized expert in behavioral intervention, threat assessment, mental illness, crisis preparedness and response, and instructional design. Brian has provided consulting services to schools, colleges, and universities across the country and abroad on a wide variety of topics related to student mental health, counseling, campus violence, and behavioral intervention.

David Denino, LPC, NCC

David Denino, LPC, NCC

Southern CT State University

david@daviddenino.com

David Denino, LPC, NCC, worked in higher education and college counseling over the past several decades and is director emeritus of counseling services at Southern Connecticut State University. David is a master trainer of Question Persuade Refer (QPR) and was the key person in bringing the QPR model to the state university system in Connecticut. A certified clinical trauma professional, David is also a Red Cross mental health first responder and is the mental health lead for the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island. As such, he has assisted with relief efforts for hurricanes Katrina, Sandy, and Harvey as well as provided mental health support at the Sandy Hook and Las Vegas shootings.

Tammy Hodo, PhD

Tammy L. Hodo, PhD, has been working in the diversity, equity, and inclusion field for most of her professional career. Being biracial and reared in the Midwest, Tammy learned early on that race, although a social construct, impacts life chances and experiences. She has the lived experience of being both European American and African American. Coming from a middle-class family and being reared in a predominantly white space provided her opportunities she would later learn were not available to everyone that presented/looked like her. She has written peer-review articles about the experiences of minorities in academia.

Robert Scholz, MA, LMFT, LPCC

Robert Scholz, MA, LMFT, LPCC

The Change Place

robert@roberttherapy.com

Robert Scholz, MA, LMFT, LPCC, is a licensed psychotherapist in California and Arizona, as well as a consultant and trainer throughout the United States. He has served in many clinical and leadership roles over the past 25 years, working in university, community mental health, forensic and private practice settings. Robert is well-known for his work as a trainer and consultant in assisting schools/universities and communities respond to major crisis events like wildfires, mass shootings, deaths of students/employees and responding to sexual and other types of interpersonal violence. He serves as the clinical supervisor for the Route 91 So Cal Heals project, which provides case management, peer support and support group care for survivors and family members impacted by the Las Vegas and Borderline Nightclub mass shootings.

Charlie Taylor

Charlie Taylor

Affiliated Consultant

charlie@dprepsafety.com

Charlie Taylor is certified in Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) and is a suicide prevention gatekeeper instructor through the Question, Persuade and Refer (QPR) program. Charlie has a long career history in personal management, interviewing, conflict resolution, hiring practices, performance improvement planning and employee termination. He has certification in Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response (100, 200), National Incident Management System (700, 800) and is a firearm instructor and competitive shooter with the National Rifle Association. Working in tandem with our DPrep Safety team members with expertise in psychology, law enforcement and threat assessment, Charlie supports DPrep Safety with interviews, physical security data gathering, and assessments as well training in situational awareness and all-hazard response during natural and manmade disasters.

Bethany Smith

Bethany Smith

Director of Safety

bethany@dprep.com

Bethany Smith is a programmer with 15 years’ experience in software development and website design. She serves director of DPrep Safety, developing and managing their online presence, expert systems, and supplemental materials. Bethany worked with Dr. Brian Van Brunt to develop the Pathways risk rubric and the DarkFox violence risk assessment. She is the co-author of White Supremacist Violence: Understanding the Resurgence and Stopping the Spread and contributed to Understanding and Treating Incels and An Educator’s Guide to Assessing Threats in Student Writing.

Poppy Fitch, PhD

Poppy Fitch, PhD

San Diego Community College District

poppyfitch@gmail.com

Poppy Fitch, Ed.D., is the Dean of Wellness and Disability Support Programs and Services at San Diego Community College District. A higher education scholar, administrator and counselor, Poppy's work is focused on the intersection of student wellbeing and academic success, and she leads programs that support access and equity for students with disabilities, including workforce development programs aimed at addressing underemployment and combating poverty within the disability community. As a lecturer in the San Diego State University Educational Leadership doctoral program, Poppy is inspired by the scholarship of her students. She is a Gallup-certified Strengths Mentor and Coach, committed to building strengths-focused teams across educational institutions. Co-author of A Guide to Leadership and Management in Higher Education: Managing Across the Generations, Poppy regularly speaks at regional and national conferences on leadership, educational equity, and student success.

Amy Murphy, PhD

Amy Murphy, PhD

Angelo State University

amy.murphy@angelo.edu

Amy Murphy, PhD, serves as an associate professor of student development and higher education leadership at Angelo State University. She is also the program coordinator for the M.Ed. in student development and leadership in higher education as well as the graduate certificate in academic advising, both fully online programs. Amy has more than 20 years of experience in higher education and student affairs. She is formerly the dean of students and managing director of the Center for Campus Life at Texas Tech University. Her experiences include chair of the school’s behavioral intervention team, oversight of prevention and response activities for gender-based violence and discrimination as the deputy Title IX coordinator for students, as well as administrative involvement in student conduct, disability services, counseling, and enrollment management.

Chris Taylor, PhD

Chris Taylor, PhD

Executive Director, InterACTT

chris@interactt.org

Chris Taylor, PhD, a 30-year veteran of higher education, serves as the executive director of the International Association for Care and Threat Teams (InterACTT). He recently left his position as the dean of students and chief student affairs officer at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio where he had responsibility for counseling and wellness, student advocacy, student union and programs, recreational sports, residence life, and student conduct. He also chaired the university CARE and threat team. He has served on the leadership team for the Association of Student Conduct Administrators, and has been a member of NASPA, ACPA, ACUHO-I, and the American Men's Studies Association. He is a trained Title IX adjudicator and has also worked with D Stafford and Associates as a national Clery Act consultant.

Jacques Whitfield, JD

Jacques Whitfield, JD

Sterling Consulting Group Ltd

jacquessterling24@outlook.com

Jacques Whitfield, JD, is a seasoned human resources executive with over 25 years of experience in human resources management. Jacques recently completed a six year tenure as the chief human resources officer for the Yuba Community College District. Jacques was responsible for the management and oversight of the human resources operations for the district and is credited with revitalizing and streamlining the human resource operations for the Yuba Community College District. Jacques is a subject matter expert in performance management, employee engagement and state and federal EEO compliance matters. He is highly accomplished in successfully working with others to develop professional skills and improve employee effectiveness through training and development. Jacques is a frequent speaker, trainer and presenter.

2023 – 2024 Sample Training Schedule

Suicide Assessment & Management

Dr. Brian Van Brunt, David Denino, Robert Scholz, Nina Delgadillo, and Lisa Pescara-Kovach share with you their expertise related to the assessment and treatment of suicidal individuals in the K-12, workplace, and college settings.

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