Public Mass Shooting in K-12 Schools - Predictive Factors, Challenges, & Prevention

Welcome to CEU By Net's sponsored online continuing education course, Public Mass Shooting in K-12 Schools — Predictive Factors, Challenges, & Prevention - published by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), National Institute of Justice (NIJ). Approved by NBCC, NAADAC, IC&RC.

This sensitive, timely material provides some understanding of what motivates and foreshadows these tragic mass shooting events - most often perpetrated by current or former students or employees when the shooting occurs in a K-12 school or in a workplace.

Of major significance is the need for training of both adults and students in the recognition and reporting of leaks and other predictive indicators of planned violence, and the essential need for prevention follow-up.

This newly published research - based on data gathered over the past decade by the US Department of Justice - addresses the inherent challenges in acting on the predictive factors, with guidance in how to move forward to prevention. The importance of utilizing School Resource Officers (SROs) in the development of trust and awareness within the school milieu is included in the research.

The data that track patterns of firearms selection and use by shooters in public mass shootings present some surprising but well-founded guidance for legislative action in regulating access to firearms.

The course material was published in December 2023 by the U.S. Department of Justice and the National Institute of Justice, with a forward by Nancy La Vigne, Ph.D., Director.

CEU By Net sponsors this continuing education course for mental health and addiction professionals with specific GOALS in mind:

1. Learn to recognize patterns of behavior that may foreshadow mass shootings—specifically public mass shootings in K-12 schools and the workplace.

2. Understand the mental well-being challenges and crisis indicators seen in those who plan and commit mass public shootings—such as the trauma of being bullied or friendless—and learn the strategic responses that may avert tragedy when indicators appear.

3. Know the key factors and challenges that serve as barriers to the advance detection and prevention of public mass shootings in K-12 schools.

4. Understand why indicators of planned shootings—including leaking of plans online through social media and verbal sharing with peers—are often not reported or pursued, with specific activities and training to overcome this obstacle.

5. Learn the recommendations of the National Institute of Justice for devising interventions to use when shooting plans are detected and recommendations of actions to avoid after a shooting occurs.

6. Understand the impact of media coverage that currently distorts public perceptions about those who commit mass public shootings and therein discourages accurate prediction and prevention of such events.

7. Understand the varying functions of different types of firearms used in mass shootings—semi-automatics, handguns, high capacity magazines, assault firearms—and the preferences of mass shooters, with implications for legislative action at the state and local levels.

Go here to enroll in the course. Take it for FREE, with our Unlimited Annual Subscription Plan, to earn unlimited CEUs for only $49 per year.

Say the authors, “This Special [Dec 2023] Report of the National Institute of Justice presents a synthesis of select findings from over 60 publications on 18 NIJ-supported research projects on public mass shootings, including school mass shootings, since 2014. It also identifies areas of need and interest for future research and recommendations."

The course earns 4 Clock Hours of credit for multiple State Mental Health and Addiction Boards including Texas Mental Health Boards, Florida CE Broker, Texas' TCBAP-TCB-TAAP, Florida Certification Board for CAP, IC&RC, and NAADAC. The course also awards 2.5 Credit Hours for California BBS and NBCC.

Based on these credentials, our course credits are accepted by most state mental health and addiction licensing boards as an acceptable source of continuing education.

Thank you for visiting CEU By Net, LLC

Welcome to CEU By Net's sponsored online continuing education course, Public Mass Shooting in K-12 Schools — Predictive Factors, Challenges, & Prevention - published by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), National Institute of Justice (NIJ). Approved by NBCC, NAADAC, IC&RC.

This sensitive, timely material provides some understanding of what motivates and foreshadows these tragic mass shooting events - most often perpetrated by current or former students or employees when the shooting occurs in a K-12 school or in a workplace.

Of major significance is the need for training of both adults and students in the recognition and reporting of leaks and other predictive indicators of planned violence, and the essential need for prevention follow-up.

The data that track patterns of firearms selection and use by shooters in public mass shootings present some surprising but well-founded guidance for legislative action in regulating access to firearms.

The course material was published in December 2023 by the U.S. Department of Justice and the National Institute of Justice, with a forward by Nancy La Vigne, Ph.D., Director.

Go here to enroll in the course. Take it for FREE, with our Unlimited Annual Subscription Plan, to earn unlimited CEUs for only $49 per year.

The course earns 4 Clock Hours of credit for multiple State Mental Health and Addiction Boards including Texas Mental Health Boards, Florida CE Broker, Texas' TCBAP-TCB-TAAP, Florida Certification Board for CAP, IC&RC, and NAADAC. The course also awards 2.5 Credit Hours for California BBS and NBCC.

Based on these credentials, our course credits are accepted by most state mental health and addiction licensing boards as an acceptable source of continuing education.

Thank you for visiting CEU By Net, LLC