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Background:
In response to the 1999 school shooting in Taber, Alberta the
Canadian Threat Assessment Training Board received funding from the
Alberta Solicitor General Community Crime Prevention Program,
Government of Canada Canadian Firearms Centre, and the Federal
Justice Department National Crime Prevention Centre, to develop and
pilot a student threat assessment training program for schools and
their associated professionals. The pilot project experienced
tremendous success and the training is now being offered to all
school divisions across Canada.
Content Development & Lead Trainer:
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J.
Kevin Cameron,
M.Sc., R.S.W., B.C.E.T.S., B.C.S.C.R.
Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress
Diplomate, American Academy of
Experts in Traumatic Stress
email: Kevin Cameron
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Mr. Cameron led the crisis
response team following the 1999 school shooting in Taber and was
subsequently seconded by the Alberta Government to the Taber
Response Project where he spent 13 months consulting with U.S. sites
that experienced school shootings as part of his study of traumatic
aftermath including student threat related behaviour.
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One Day Seminar
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This is a knowledge-based presentation structured for
multidisciplinary participation in a conference format for an
unlimited number of participants.
Training objectives are:
To
introduce the new field of student threat assessment to a broad
representation of school and community district professionals who are
responsible for policy and/or practice of student threat/risk
assessment.
To provide insight into known school shooters and other violent
youth, as well as, the thousands of threat makers in the aftermath of
these high profile school shootings.
To introduce protocols for threat/risk assessment and intervention
teams.
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Two Day Level I Training
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This is a comprehensive skill-based workshop
structured for those professionals in the school and community system
(school principals, police, student services coordinators,
therapists, etc.) who are, or will be, conducting the actual
threat/risk assessments. Real case studies are a key part of this
training as participants have the opportunity to conduct assessments,
through small group processing of the data, prior to being informed
of the actual outcome of each case.
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Two Day Level II Training
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Two Day Level II Training - Referred to as
"Clinical Interviewing in Threat Assessment", this two day
training focuses on strategic interviewing of key individuals in the
threat assessment process: threat maker(s), target(s), collaterals,
reporter(s), parents/caregivers. A more comprehensive look at types
of high-risk youth is presented. Skill development using case
studies, role-playing and skill demonstration using live teenage
actors has been viewed as one of the most "powerful"
aspects of this training.
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For Cost
and Booking information call
phone : 1.403.394.9468
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