(from the Chronicle of Higher Education) Motivated by horrific mass-shootings on educational campuses in recent years, at least 900 colleges and universities have formed campus "threat-assessment teams" to prevent students (and others) from harming themselves or one another. Sometimes called behavioral-intervention teams, among other terms, the groups include representatives from campus counseling centers, police departments and student-services divisions, and meet to share and compile concerns, identify early warning signs and decide how best to act to prevent violence.
An organization called NaBITA, the National Behavioral Intervention Team Association, provides training and conducts research on what schools can do differently "to get out in front of these problems," said the group's executive director.
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