Response of School Personnel to Student Threat Assessment Training

Autor/inn/en	Allen, Korrie; Cornell, Dewey; Lorek, Edward; Sheras, Peter
Titel	Response of School Personnel to Student Threat Assessment Training
Quelle	In: School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 19 (2008) 3, S.319-332 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0924-3453
Schlagwörter	School Safety; Prevention; School Personnel; Urban Population; Zero Tolerance Policy; Staff Development; Violence; Crisis Management; Guidelines; Surveys; Profiles; Content Analysis; Guides; Suburban Schools; Socioeconomic Status; Risk; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prävention; Vorbeugung; Schulpersonal; Stadtbevölkerung; Personnel development; Personalentwicklung; Gewalt; Krisenmanagement; Richtlinien; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Inhaltsanalyse; Handbuch; Leitfaden; Suburban area; Outskirts; Suburb; School; Schools; Vorort; Vorstadt; Schule; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Risiko
Abstract	School safety has become an important area of concern for school improvement. This study examined the effects of staff training as means of improving school responses to student threats of violence. A multidisciplinary sample of 351 staff from 2 school divisions completed pre-post training surveys as part of a 1-day training program using the "Guidelines for Responding to Student Threats of Violence" (Cornell & Sheras, 2006). Analysis of pre-post surveys found large changes in staff attitudes toward school safety and violence prevention efforts. There was a substantial decrease in concerns about school homicide and increased awareness of effective violence prevention efforts. There was a drop in support for zero tolerance and profiling approaches, along with increased knowledge of threat assessment principles and concepts. These changes were sustained across school divisions serving a challenging urban population and a more affluent, suburban population. Similar effects were found across all school personnel. These findings demonstrate the viability of training staff in a student threat assessment approach. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10