Sandy Hook Promise Safety Assessment and Intervention June 28, 2017 Dewey Cornell, Ph.D. [email protected]1 Creating Safer Schools & Healthier Communities • Forensic clinical psychologist and Professor of Education in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia • Director of the UVA Youth Violence Project and a faculty associate of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy Welcome … Dr. Dewey Cornell • Studied youth violence for 30+ years with more than 200 publications including Guidelines for Responding to Student Threats of Violence and School Violence: Fears versus Facts 2 Timothy Makris – Executive Director Mark Barden – Managing Director Paula Fynboh – National Field Director • Overview of Sandy Hook Promise – Who, What, How and Impact • Overview of Safety Assessment & Intervention … a program Dr. Cornell created and is partnering with SHP to deliver to school districts nationally WHAT you will learn today 2 Timothy Makris – Executive Director Mark Barden – Managing Director Paula Fynboh – National Field Director Sandy Hook Promise is a nonprofit organization led by several family members who lost loved ones at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on December 14, 2012. WHO is SHP? Timothy Makris – Executive Director Mark Barden – Managing Director Paula Fynboh – National Field Director SHP helps prevent violence and victimization BEFORE it happens by teaching youth and adults how to recognize individuals at‐risk of hurting themselves or others and intervene to get them help. WHAT do they do • EDUCATE and empower, at no cost, schools and youth organizations in our Know the Signs prevention programs • DELIVERY of training to fit district needs - Direct Training through National & Local Trainers - Digital Download of Youth Program Curriculum - Say Something Interactive Learning Video (Oct 2017) HOW do they do it
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Sandy Hook PromiseSafety Assessment and Intervention
• Forensic clinical psychologist and Professor of Education in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia
• Director of the UVA Youth Violence Project and a faculty associate of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy
Welcome … Dr. Dewey Cornell
• Studied youth violence for 30+ years with more than 200 publications including Guidelines for Responding to Student Threats of Violence and School Violence: Fears versus Facts
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Timothy Makris – Executive Director
Mark Barden – Managing Director
Paula Fynboh – National Field Director
• Overview of Sandy Hook Promise – Who, What, How and Impact
• Overview of Safety Assessment & Intervention … a program Dr. Cornell created and is partnering with SHP to deliver to school districts nationally
WHAT you will learn today
2
Timothy Makris – Executive Director
Mark Barden – Managing Director
Paula Fynboh – National Field Director
Sandy Hook Promise is a nonprofit organization led by several family members who lost loved ones at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on December 14, 2012.
WHO is SHP?
Timothy Makris – Executive Director
Mark Barden – Managing Director
Paula Fynboh – National Field Director
SHP helps prevent violence and victimization
BEFORE it happens by teaching youth and
adults how to recognize individuals at‐risk of
hurting themselves or others and intervene
to get them help.
WHAT do they do
• EDUCATE and empower, at no cost, schools and youth organizations in our Know the Signs prevention programs
• DELIVERY of training to fit district needs- Direct Training through National & Local Trainers
- Digital Download of Youth Program Curriculum
- Say Something Interactive Learning Video (Oct 2017)
HOW do they do it
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• Intervened on multiple school shooting, suicide, and gun threats across the US
• Stopped/reduced cutting, bullying, and other acts of violence and victimization
• Helped hundreds of youth get mental health assistance
• ~2,000,000 youth and adults trained in our programs
Today’s discussion …
SAI trains a multi‐disciplinary team how to assess and respond to threats and threatening behavior.
SAI is an based program based on the Virginia Student Threat Assessment Guidelines.
“Every act of gun violence is preventable if you recognize the
signs”
We can identify troubled youth and help them before their problems escalate into violence.
We must have a school climate where students trust the adults in their school and are willing to seek help. School authorities must convey their concern for their students. 2
Timothy Makris – Executive Director
Mark Barden – Managing Director
Paula Fynboh – National Field Director
Case Study – West Paducah, KY
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Threat assessment is a problem-solving approach to violence PREVENTION that involves assessment and intervention with students who have threatened violence in some way.
Threat Assessment
1. Identification of threats made by students.
2. Evaluation of seriousness of threat and danger it poses to others, recognizing that all threats are not the same (e.g., toy guns are not dangerous).
3. Intervention to reduce risk of violence.
4. Follow‐up to assess intervention results.
•Developed 2002 at University of Virginia
• School‐based teams gather information
• Follow decision‐tree to determine whether threat is transient or substantive
• Take protective action if needed
•Attempt to resolve the problem underlying the threat
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Principal or Assistant Principal Leads team
School Resource OfficerAdvises, responds to illegal actions and emergencies
Mental Health Staff (School counselors, psychologists, social workers)
Conducts mental health assessments.
Lead role in follow‐up interventions.
Optional: Teachers, aides, otherReport threats, provide input to team. No additional workload.
School divisions may further specify team roles and include other staff to meet local needs.
School‐Based Team
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1. Cornell, D., Sheras, P. Kaplan, S., McConville, D., Douglass, J., Elkon, A., McKnight, L., Branson, C., & Cole, J. (2004). Guidelines for student threat assessment: Field‐test findings. School Psychology Review, 33, 527‐546.
2. Kaplan, S., & Cornell, D. (2005). Threats of violence by students in special education. Behavioral Disorders, 31, 107‐119.
3. Strong, K., & Cornell, D. (2008). Student threat assessment in Memphis City Schools: A descriptive report. Behavioral Disorders, 34, 42‐54.
4. Allen, K., Cornell, D., Lorek, E., & Sheras, P. (2008). Response of school personnel to student threat assessment training. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 19, 319‐332.
5. Cornell, D., Sheras, P., Gregory, A., & Fan, X. (2009). A retrospective study of school safety conditions in high schools using the Virginia Threat Assessment Guidelines versus alternative approaches. School Psychology Quarterly, 24, 119‐129.
6. Cornell, D., Gregory, A., & Fan, X. (2011). Reductions in long‐term suspensions following adoption of the Virginia Student Threat Assessment Guidelines. Bulletin of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, 95, 175‐194.
7. Cornell, D., Allen, K., & Fan, X. (2012). A randomized controlled study of the Virginia Student Threat Assessment Guidelines in grades K‐12. School Psychology Review, 41, 100‐115.
8. Cornell, D. & Lovegrove, P. (2015). Student threat assessment as a method for reducing student suspensions. In D. Losen (Ed.). Closing the School Discipline Gap: Research for Policymakers. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
9. Nekvasil, E., Cornell, D. (2015). Student threat assessment associated with positive school climate in middle schools. Journal of Threat Assessment and Management 2, 98‐113. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tam0000038
Threat Assessment Outcomes
1. Threats are not carried out
2. Reduced suspension rates
3. Increased use of counseling
4. Improved school climate • Less bullying• More student willingness to seek help
Programs include anonymous survey questions to measure learning. Answers will be used for research purposes. For more information, contact Dr. Jennifer Maeng at [email protected]
Excerpt from online program for students
SHP Training at NO COST …
• Safety Assessment & Intervention – 1 day training program by Dr. Cornell and associates
• See Sandy Hook Promise here at the conference, email [email protected] or go to sandyhookpromise.org