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For Brian, Chris, and Lisa...

Day 1: 1:00 PM – 4:15 PM

Framework Slides

Day 2: 8:00 AM – 4:15 PM Slides

Threat Assessment Slides

Day 3: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Slides

Interviewing Slides

BIT/CARE FRAMEWORK,
THREAT ASSESMENT, AND INTERVIEWING

Wednesday, February 5 – Friday, February 7, 2025

Mid-State Technical College

Stevens Point Downtown Campus
1001 Centerpoint Dr., Stevens Point, WI 54481

Venue Details

Team Development
BIT Team Standards
CARE Audit Tool
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BIT/CARE Team Development Checklist
Marketing Your BIT/CARE Team: Building a Team Website
BIT/CARE Team Guide Template
Marketing Your BIT/CARE Team: The Concern Form
Building the Team - Conduct
Marketing Your Team
Documentation and Case Notes
The CASE Process
Threat Assessment Basics
11 Key Questions to be Addressed in a Behavioral Threat Assessment
Social Media Basics
An Exploration of the Risk, Protective, and Mobilization Factors Related to Violent Extremism in College Populations
The Evolving Nature of Threat and Violence Risk Assessment in College Counseling Centers
Behavioral Threat Assessment Units
Threat Assessment Glossary
Beyond the Red Flags
Types of Threat
Intake and Interviewing
Advanced Interview Skills
How Trauma Impacts the Brain
Bias Mitigation
Impression Management
Emotional Intelligence
Safety in the Title IX Environment
Establishing Rapport
Trauma Reactions
Interventions
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Creating Intervention Plans
Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire
Helping Student Veterans
Bystander Empowerment
Referral Checklist and Service Audit
Common Challenges for Minorites Accessing Mental Health Treatment
Working with Resistant and Difficult Students

Upcoming Webinars

February 11, 2025

Inside the Mass Shootings Community: Threat References, Connections and Themes

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February 20, 2025

Free! Addressing DEIB Challenges in BIT and CARE Teams

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February 13, 2025

Free! Case Study: The Noise of Democracy

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March 3, 2025

Violence Risk and Threat Assessment Certification (Five-week course)

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  • Parent Safety Meeting
    DPrep provides an overview of the school safety measures to parents/guardians at the school site, as well as addresses parent/guardian’s safety concerns and provides an overview of the next steps in the critical response process. Parents/guardians will also be given crucial training on how to respond if there is a critical incident at the school. It is VERY important for parents/guardians to understand and know their role in the critical incident response process so that they do not hinder the emergency response at the school site.
  • School Security Officer/Campus Monitor Training Course (SB 1626)
    This is a 24-hour compliance course that meets the regulations under SB1626. Every campus security person or hall monitor working more than 20 hours per week needs to be certified as having attended this 24-hour, three-day school. This law applies to all K-12 schools and community colleges and includes both the district employees and contract security officers.
  • School Mandated Reporter Training
    All K-12 school personnel are mandatory reporters for: child abuse, weapons, assaults and drugs on campus. This is an Internet only training program that will qualify your school personnel for the mandatory reporter law. The course is taken on your timeframe at your facility over the Internet with full documentation and certificates issued in compliance with the regulations. No upcoming courses scheduled at this time.
  • Refresher-Campus Supervisor/School Security Officer Course (SB1626)
    Refresher/re-certification course for SB 1626 Campus Supervisor/School Security Officer Course No upcoming courses scheduled at this time
  • Conflict Resolution in Schools
    A modular 4-8 hour course that will enhance the ability of the educator to become an accomplished mediator. The training will discuss the barriers to successful mediation, recognition of the characteristic strategies of collaborative negotiation and the identification of the essential factors of constructive confrontation. No upcoming courses scheduled at this time.
  • Cyberbullying & Social Media
    DPREP and industry experts will educate Office of Education/School District staff on various aspects and issues that students and staff may experience and engage in, while using social media. May 30, 2018 | Placer County Office of Education– Rocklin,CA
  • Dealing with Difficult People and Surviving Violent Encounters
    This course is taught at your worksite and is ideal for public and private employees, school employees, university and junior college professionals that are in customer service or contact professional positions and have interaction with the public and fellow employees. No upcoming courses scheduled at this time.
  • Drug and Alcohol Identification in the School
    A course designed to be brought to your school to instruct classified and unclassified employees how to recognize the signs of alcohol and drug influence and to have the capability of testifying properly at a hearing. No upcoming courses scheduled at this time.
  • Nurtured Heart Approach (NHA) Introductory Workshops/Behavioral Intervention Training
    NHA is a relational methodology that promotes positive interactions and prevents escalation of negative behaviors while creating connection, promoting empathy and reducing exclusion. In a NHA environment, staff elevate their confidence in serving the behavior needs of all students, students create more empathetic relationships with adults and peers and require fewer discipline referrals, and schools become more equitable. NHA is built upon The 3 Stands™ to help students build Inner Wealth® and improve their social-emotional competency. Stand One: Absolutely No! You’ll learn how schools often accidentally promote negativity through traditional methods that are failing more and more of today’s students. Stand Two: Absolutely Yes! You’ll become aware of ways that you’re inspiring great behaviors and learn NHA techniques to get more of the behaviors you desire. Stand Three: Absolutely Clear! You’ll investigate ways that current rules might be inadvertently contributing to behavior problems and learn NHA strategies for clear rules and consistent consequences. NHA Introductory Workshops introduce the NHA fundamentals which can be taught in 4, 8, and/or 16-hour blocks. These introductory workshops are a unique combination of presentation, practice and processing. Come prepared to laugh while you learn! 4-Hour – An economical NHA kick-off that delivers NHA fundamentals. An excellent complement to an NHA book-study. 8-Hour – Extended content, practice and processing assist depth of understanding. Serves as a prerequisite for the NHA Certified Training Intensive. 16-Hour – The most comprehensive NHA introduction. Includes maximum NHA content, practice, processing, and planning. Serves as a prerequisite for the NHA Certified Training Intensive.
  • Critical Incident Response for Campus Police Officers
    This one-day course is designed to prepare the campus police officer to be an effective leader at a critical incident on a college or university campus. This course provides a comprehensive review of current field tactics, with an emphasis on the use of a four-step critical incident response plan that will be developed in class. No upcoming courses scheduled at this time.
  • Critical Incident Response on the College Campus (4 hours)
    This 4-hour course is designed as an introduction to prepare all school employees to handle an emergency event on their campus. There is no guarantee who will be available to handle the emergency on your campus; our approach is to train all the administrators, teachers, and classified employees how to work as a team during a crisis incident when time is your biggest enemy. we teach everyone a four-step critical incident response plan that is capable of handling all hazards on your campus. This is a 4-hour class designed to be taught at your school, on your time frame.
  • Critical Issues for Campus Safety K-12 (4–8 hours)
    A course is designed to prepare all school employees to handle an emergency event on their campus. There is no guarantee who will be available to handle the emergency on your campus; our approach is to train all the administrators, teachers and classified employees how to work as a team during a crisis incident when time is your biggest enemy. We teach everyone a four-step critical incident response plan that is capable of handling all hazards on your campus. This is a modified 4-hour module designed to be taught at your school, on your time frame.
  • Critical Issues for Campus Safety K-12 - REFRESHER (2 hours)
    This is a 2-hour refresher course that is designed to prepare all K-12 school employees to handle an emergency event on their campus, focusing on flood, fire, earthquake, hazmat, and large-scale criminal events. This is a 2-hour class designed to be taught at your school, on your time frame.
  • Emergency Management for Campus Executives
    A 1-day, eight-hour course designed to familiarize the college or university campus executive with the concept of utilizing the national standard incident command system to manage a large-scale emergency event. This class is designed to be brought to your campus and taught to your specific executive management group. No upcoming courses scheduled at this time.
  • Emergency Terminology for School Employees (1.5 hours)
    Audience: All classified and certificated school employees Lockdown, lockout, soft-lockdown, shelter-in-place, PIO, MCI, ICS – all commonly used terms in the school campus arena during a critical incident. It is crucial for school employees to be on the same page as first responders. Equally as important is that school districts and school sites must speak the same language in a critical incident and have a firm understanding of basic critical incident terminology. This workshop will provide you with the current and most up-to-date terminology for critical incidents as well standardizing emergency language throughout your school district. No upcoming courses scheduled at this time.
  • School Site Safety Plans
    Our team of experts will come to your school, survey your school site and then produce for you the state-mandated comprehensive school site safety plan. This service is contracted for individual schools as well as entire school districts.
  • Student Release & Reunification
    Student release and reunification after a crisis can be one of the scariest and yet most difficult tasks a school can be faced with. Release and reunification is the safe and controlled process for returning students back to their parents or guardians. Unlike fire and earthquake drills, release and reunification drills are more problematic to practice. This level 1 workshop was created to specifically train all school personnel and provide them with tools and knowledge in the process of effective student release and reunification. Participating staff will be given information on the latest methods and technology to assist them during a potential crisis that requires a student release and reunification.
  • Understanding the Complexities of Student Release/Reunification
    Audience: All classified, certificated, and volunteer school employees Student release and reunification after a crisis can be one of the scariest and yet most difficult tasks a school can be faced with. Release and reunification is the safe and controlled process for returning students back to their parents or guardians. Unlike fire and earthquake drills, release and reunification drills are more problematic to practice. This Level 1 workshop was created to specifically train all school personnel and provide them with tools and knowledge in the process of effective student release and reunification. Participating staff will be given information on the latest methods and technology to assist them during a potential crisis that requires a student release and reunification. (This class is a prerequisite to Student Release/Reunification Level 2.) No upcoming courses scheduled at this time.

Our Team

Brian Van Brunt, EdD

Brian Van Brunt, EdD

Director of Behavior & Threat Management

Lisa Pescara-Kovach, PhD

Lisa Pescara-Kovach, PhD

University of Toledo

Chris Taylor, PhD

Chris Taylor, PhD

InterACTT

Training Survey

DPrep Safety has been contracted to provide training in BIT/CARE Team Framework. We are committed to making all of our trainings relevant to the work you do and tailored to the needs of your institution. To that end, we ask that you complete this short survey to allow us to take your needs into consideration while building the program.

Training Preferences

 

For each item, on a scale from 1-10, rate the importance of the following areas being included in the training. 1 represents very low interest and 10 would be critical for you.

How issues of neurodivergence impact violence risk assessment interviewing.

Understanding the difference between a psychological assessment and violence risk/threat assessment.

How threat assessment fits into a multidisciplinary behavioral intervention model on a college campus.

Office setup and safety

A review of existing organizations, threat assessments tools, and trainings.

A better understanding of how violence risk assessment reports are written.

Obtaining consent and outlining the violence risk assessment process.

Social media threat assessment.

Best practices in conducting a welfare check with law enforcement.

The important considerations for online threat assessments.

The consult options if we don’t offer threat assessments on our campus.

Using a checklist to guide information gathering and decision-making.

Violence risk assessment in the Title IX space.

How to talk to faculty about the difference between feeling threatened vs. being threatened.

A review of critical cases and after-action reports.

Mandated treatment protocols (different from mandated assessment of risk).

Building a threat mitigation plan after the violence risk assessment is completed.

Specialized interviewing skills such friend/foe signals and deception detection techniques.

Recommended resources to become more knowledgeable in violence risk and threat assessment.

Working with third-party agencies like fusion centers, federal law enforcement, and local police.

Physical safety assessment overview to find vulnerabilities.

Assessing suicidality as it relates to violence risk and threat assessment.

Self-care and compassion fatigue as it relates to threat.

The involvement of law enforcement during the interview.

Bias and cultural sensitivity in violence risk/threat assessment.

Family communication and involvement.

Violence risk/threat assessment in online classes and forums.

Developing a post-incident response.

Legal issues in violence risk/threat assessment.

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