School Violence Prevention

This curriculum is designed to get administrators, staff, teachers and even students of public and private schools, to start or enhance current discussions about School/Youth Violence, and encourage interested community members to start taking proactive steps and work on a plan to prevent School/Youth Violence.

This course goes the extra step to discuss in detail actions that school personnel and affected students should take if they are ever confronted with an School/Active Shooter situation.

We take an in-depth look at 4 areas of concern that collectively intermingle and can be the tipping point of pushing a student to lethal violence. This course is not a “profile” of a potential school shooter or a checklist of danger signs pointing to the next adolescent that would bring lethal violence to a school.

The course emphasizes the importance of conducting an objective Threat Analysis. Discipline Policy and the idea of “Zero Tolerance” is an additional key concept discussed.

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Course Objectives include:

• Develop an understanding of school violence, why it happens and how it can be prevented.
• Discuss current trends, myths and history of school violence and shootings.
• Describe actions to take when confronted with a school shooter.
• Describe what to do regarding responding law enforcement officials.
• Describe how to manage the consequences of a school shooter incident.

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ORI will work with local law enforcement to ensure course compatibility with local procedures.