When concerning student behavior is reported, know what to do next.

A practical on-demand webinar for K–12 school leaders, administrators, safety personnel, counselors, and student-support teams.

Learn how to evaluate concerning behavior with more than one question, make timely decisions, document your process, and connect threat assessment to emergency response planning.

Prepare for the Crisis. Lead Through It. Recover Stronger.

“Did they make a threat?” is not enough.

A student posts something vague on social media. It is angry, unsettling, or out of character, but it does not clearly say what they plan to do.

If the only question is whether the student made an explicit threat, important information can be missed.

The better question is broader:

What is happening, what does it mean, and what does the school need to do now?

Behavioral threat assessment helps school teams look at concern in context, check immediate safety needs, and move toward a documented management plan.

Built for school teams that may have to act before everything is clear.

This webinar is for:

  • K–12 school leaders and administrators
  • Private and independent school leadership teams
  • School safety and security personnel
  • Counselors, psychologists, and student-support professionals
  • Deans, division heads, and conduct teams
  • Emergency management and crisis response teams

If your school receives reports about concerning student behavior, this webinar gives your team a practical structure for the next step.

A practical framework for moving from concern to action.

In this on-demand webinar, you will learn how to:

  • Receive a report of concerning behavior and determine what needs immediate attention
  • Triage ambiguous information without overreacting or dismissing it too quickly
  • Assess behavior, context, capability, stressors, and protective supports
  • Gather and corroborate information from multiple sources
  • Use a multidisciplinary team to improve decision-making
  • Document decisions, rationale, and follow-up steps
  • Assign responsibility for each part of the management plan
  • Identify triggers that should prompt reassessment
  • Monitor the situation over time instead of closing a case too quickly

Receive. Triage. Assess. Manage. Monitor.

Behavioral threat assessment is not a single interview, a discipline decision, or a checklist that ends when the first concern is addressed.

It is a structured process for asking better questions, coordinating the right people, and managing concern over time.

Receive

Capture the report clearly. Identify who reported the concern, what was observed, when it happened, and whether there are immediate safety issues.

Triage

Determine whether urgent protective action is needed while the team gathers more information.

Assess

Consider behavior, context, capability, stressors, and protective supports. Look beyond the presence or absence of an explicit threat.

Manage

Create a plan that assigns responsibility, supports the student, addresses safety concerns, and reduces risk.

Monitor

Set follow-up steps, track changes, and define what would trigger reassessment.

Avoid the gaps that can leave schools exposed.

This webinar addresses common mistakes school teams make when responding to concerning behavior:

  • Focusing only on explicit threats
  • Treating discipline as the assessment
  • Relying on one person to make the decision alone
  • Failing to corroborate information
  • Not documenting the rationale for decisions
  • Creating a plan without assigning responsibility
  • Closing a case before conditions have changed
  • Missing the connection between threat assessment and emergency response

Presented by Allen “AJ” Edwards

Allen “AJ” Edwards is the founder of AJ Edwards Consulting. He is an emergency management and continuity practitioner and a Hoover Institution Veteran Fellow.

AJ helps schools and organizations prepare for crisis, lead through complex incidents, and recover with greater clarity and resilience.

Move from concern to coordinated action.

Watch the replay and give your team a practical structure for responding when student behavior raises concern.