Schools typically have few resources to dedicate to securing their campuses, let alone monitoring student behavior. But the behaviors and actions leading up to shootings or other violent incidents can ...

Each devastating school shooting sparks the instinct to “do something,” notes Jameson Ritter, a certified threat manager and security expert in Minneapolis. But too often, that “something” turns into ...

The University of Colorado Boulder has a strong interest in protecting faculty, students, staff, and visitors from harm to themselves or others., In support of that interest, CU Boulder has adopted a ...

The American Hospital Association (AHA), in collaboration with the FBI, has released a series of behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) resources developed in partnership with the FBI’s ...

Editor’s Note: This is part 2 of CS’ two-part series on behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) teams. Part 1 defined BTAM, who should be on a BTAM team, and how cases should be managed.

A new research report found nearly every public K-12 school or district in the United States used a behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) team or an equivalent during the 2024-2025 school ...

At NABITA, we are often asked whether a Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT), CARE team, Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM) team, or, in some instances, the Threat Assessment Team (TAT) ...

In part one of this Tip of the Week series, we explored insights from the 2024 State of the Field Survey related to the structural aspects of team organization and formation. Now, in this second part, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Two Ohio lawmakers want to develop a statewide web portal where school administrators could access student behavioral threat assessments generated by other school districts.

A man has been charged in connection with his wife's death after police were called to a home in southwest Columbus late last month.