MOESC to Host Free Threat Assessment Training
Mansfield, OH (September 6, 2024) – The Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center will host free Threat Assessment Training in October. One session is designed for personnel who have not been trained before or some who want a full review. The other session is designed as a refresher for personnel who have had the full session.
October 15, 2024; 8:00-4:00 PM
Basic Training (New Staff): Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines
This training is designed for new teams’ multidisciplinary teams who will be trained to use CSTAG in a full-day program that covers the following Level 1 and 2 topics.
Level 1: Fundamental Knowledge
- Concept of behavioral threat assessment and management
- Prevention and school safety
- Introduction to the CSTAG decision-tree
- Scientific evidence supporting CSTAG (Safety outcomes; Fairness and equity)
- Best practices (Pathways to violence; FERPA and information sharing; Special education)
Level 2: Application of the CSTAG model
- Transient threat cases
- Serious and Very Serious Substantive threat cases
- Case management
- Implementation
*Please note that lunch is on your own.
October 28, 2024; 8:00-12:00 PM
Advanced Training (Review): Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines
This training is designed for existing teams who have completed Levels 1 and 2 of CSTAG (new members on established teams are welcome). This Level 3 CSTAG refresher training is available through a half-day workshop. Topics include:
Concept of threat assessment
- Interviewing to identify the four threat categories; the safety interview
- Best practices (3 case exercises on errors in threat assessment; review of meetings, coaching, and threats to self)
- FERPA and information sharing
- Fairness and equity, role of law enforcement
- Case management and interviewing exercise
Registration is now open for both training sessions.
Threat Assessment Training Flyer
Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center provides specialized academic and support services to 13 school districts and over 20,000 students in Crawford, Morrow and Richland Counties. Client districts receive services from curriculum, gifted and special education consultants, speech pathologists, psychologists, special education teachers, occupational therapists and physical therapists