Practice
Making a threat versus posing a threat: why the distinction still gets lost
The single most consequential idea in behavioral threat assessment is also the one most often flattened into a checklist item.
Resources
Articles & practice notes
Short, practical writing on threat assessment, adolescent risk and school-based response. Free, no email required.
Evidence
What the research actually says about warning behaviors
A plain-language review of the warning behavior typology, what it was built from, and what it does not claim.
Practice
Documentation that survives a records request
Write the reasoning, not just the conclusion. A short guide to notes that hold up a year later.
Practice
When a threat assessment is not the right tool
A large share of referrals are behavior management, mental health or discipline questions wearing a threat assessment costume.
Practice
Talking to caregivers after a student is referred
The first conversation sets whether the family becomes a source of information or an obstacle to it.
Evidence
Base rates, and why your intuition is miscalibrated
Targeted violence is extremely rare. Everything about assessment follows from taking that seriously.
Teams
Building a team that disagrees productively
A threat assessment team that never disagrees is not assessing anything.
Teams
Reentry after a removal: the part nobody plans
Most protocols end at the decision. The reentry plan is where outcomes are actually determined.
Evidence
Reading the literature critically: a short guide
How to tell a well-designed study from a compelling anecdote with citations attached.
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