Events

This webinar discusses the latest epidemiological trends in marijuana use highlighting treatment admissions and emergency department visits (with a particular focus on youth and young adults), the changing policy landscape including the potential negative impacts of state legalization, and effective protective strategies for youth and young adults. The webinar also spotlights SAM’s (Smart Approaches to Marijuana) ongoing activities and initiatives to address the harmful effects of cannabis use.

This virtual training provides an overview of the realities of bomb threats and swatting hoaxes and includes a detailed review of statistics and current trends seen across the country. The training also covers the characteristics of hoax calls, law enforcement best practices for assessment and response, and the decision-making process for evacuation or sheltering in place.

This virtual training features an interactive panel discussion that equips K-12 administrators with practical strategies to integrate emergency response drills, trainings and exercises as core components of a safe and secure learning environment. It also provides actionable tools and guidance to support the implementation of developmentally-appropriate preparedness efforts throughout the school year.

This webinar leads participants through a simulated data breach and explores how to assess online educational technology for privacy protections and general Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act compliance.

This webinar dives into scenarios faced by schools and districts and highlights the Privacy Technical Assistance Center's research on transparency.

This webinar covers the basics of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and provides training on current data security best practices for education data systems.

This virtual event highlights key insights from the National Threat Assessment Center’s newest publication, which focuses on how education practitioners can best align behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) programs alongside multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) in K-12 schools. Presenters discuss how aligning and integrating BTAM with MTSS creates a more comprehensive, proactive approach to prevention and intervention and leads to a safer school environment and better outcomes for students and staff.

In this virtual training event, NTAC researchers highlight the key findings and implications from their research on school violence prevention. In this training, you will learn about the background, thinking, and behavior of school attackers and how some schools discovered and stopped plots before violence occurred. This training will provide guidance on how schools may develop or improve existing violence prevention programs utilizing a behavioral threat assessment model.

In this virtual training event, NTAC researchers discuss important findings from research on mass attacks perpetrated in public and semi-public spaces, including businesses, restaurants, bars, retail outlets, houses of worship, schools, open spaces, and more. This training will provide guidance on how communities may develop or improve existing violence prevention programs utilizing a behavioral threat assessment model.