Behavioral Threat Assessment Training
The Behavioral Threat Assessment Training is dedicated to assisting school districts with improving psychological safety and peace of mind by building effective systems for violence prevention, mitigation, and response.
Dates:
October 28th & 29th, 2024
Contact:
Farah McGovern, Lead School Psychologist
Email: fmcgovern@fcoe.org
Phone: 559-265-3001
Presenter
Courtenay McCarthy is the lead school psychologist in student preventive behavioral threat assessment and management for Salem-Keizer Public Schools. She is also chair of the Mid-Valley Student Threat Assessment Team and is a member of the Marion County Threat Advisory Team. While partnering with John Van Dreal, she has refined the Salem-Keizer student threat assessment system to reflect leading practice in behavioral threat assessment, violence prevention, early intervention, and equitable practices.
She has over two decades of experience in prevention, threat assessment and management, psychoeducational evaluation, intervention with at-risk youth and families, and behavioral consultation and intervention. As a certified threat manager and nationally certified school psychologist, she regularly provides training and consultation on student threat assessment systems implementation and youth violence to school districts and community agencies throughout the nation. She also provides workshops, symposiums, and content presentations to national audiences. In addition, Courtenay is a contributing author to the book, Assessing Student Threats: Implementing the Salem-Keizer System – Second Edition
(Van Dreal, et al. 2017) and a co-author on the book, Preventing Youth Violence: The Pathway Back through Inclusion and Connection (released in March of 2022).
Resources
- Behavioral Threat One-Pager
- Behavioral Threat Assessment Team
- Behavioral Threat Assessment Manual
- Behavioral Threat Assessment Full Presentation
- Behavioral Threat Assessment Video - John Van Dreal
- Systems Guide
Level 1 - FCSS Version PDF Fillable Forms
- Protocol
- Plan to Protect Targeted or Victimized Student
- Notification Log
- Student Interview
- Student Witness Interview
- Parent Interview
- Teacher Questionnaire
- Threat Response Dismissal Form
- Confidential File Folder
Level 1 - FCSS Version PDF Printable/Handwritten Forms
- Protocol
- Plan to Protect Targeted or Victimized Student
- Notification Log
- Student Interview
- Student Witness Interview
- Parent Interview
- Teacher Questionnaire
- Threat Response Dismissal Form
- Confidential File Folder
Level 2
