Clark County Student Threat Assessment Program
Program Overview
Related Forms:
- Level I Screening Protocol
- Teacher/Staff Questionnaire Level I
- Parent Questionnaire Level I
- Plan to Protect Targeted Student
- Clark County Schools Student Threat Assessment Program Flowchart
- When to Convene a School Team to Conduct a Level 1 Threat Screening
- Talking Points for A Staff Meeting About the Student Threat Assessment System
In partnership with mental health, law enforcement, and juvenile justice agencies, the Clark County Schools Student Threat Assessment Program, administered by ESD 112, provides Student Threat Assessment services to school districts in Clark County. Services include:
- Training to key staff in schools regarding the Level I in-building threat screening process of students or situations of concern
- Coordination of Level II threat assessments in which a trained multidisciplinary team comes to a school site, assesses risk and assists in management and intervention planning
- Preparation of timely written threat assessment summaries following the Level II assessment process.
Contact
If you would like more information, please contact Peggy Sandberg, Director of Risk Management, ESD 112, at (360) 750-7504.
Mission
To provide a comprehensive, multidimensional system to assist schools in addressing students who pose a threat for committing acts of violence and to provide these students with options for intervention.
Objectives
- Assess threats of potentially harmful or lethal behavior and determine the level of concern and action required.
- Organize resources and strategies to manage situations involving students that pose threats to other students and/or staff.
- Maintain a sense of psychological safety among our students, teachers and parents.
Goals
- To keep students who are at risk for committing violent acts in school.
- To help protect other students and staff members from potential violence.
- To provide a comprehensive, multidimensional evaluative tool for schools to use with students who pose threats.
- To provide a student-specific safety plan utilizing community resources to mitigate the threat of violence.
- To standardize the process for addressing students who pose threats among Clark County public schools.
- To involve parents in the threat assessment process.
- To document the program’s effectiveness in dealing with students who make threats of violence, including student academic and behavioral success.
- To work in collaboration with community partners for the coordination of resources for the safety and well being of children and youth in Clark County.