Announcing Understanding School Shootings an online course.
Author: Dr. Marisa Randazzo
Course level: Introductory survey
Cost: $49.95
Blue Water Partners Global has produced Understanding School Shootings, an online course that features Dr. Marisa Randazzo, a renowned expert in the field of school and campus violent behavior assessment and management. Understanding School Shootings is for anyone interested in “best practices” and perspectives around these incidents and in trying to prevent school shootings. Through this course, you will learn what those behaviors are and what schools, campuses, communities, and individuals can do if they observe similar behavior in a student they know.
Who Should Take the Course
This is an introductory survey course, based
on Dr. Randazzo’s years in practice with th United
States Secret Service and her ongoing consulting
practice. It
is ideal for all types and levels of staff
who regularly communicate, observe and interact
with students and other staff members – teachers,
instructors and professors; advisors, mentors
and guidance counselors; nurses; security
professionals including campus police, security
officers, monitors, SROs and guards; coaches;
and administrative personnel. Because
case studies show that parents are often
as unprepared as school officials to acknowledge
their child’s
warning signs or that children’s friendships with
troubled kids could affect them, parents
should also take the course. Understanding
School Shootings won’t
make you a “profiler”…. but it will
teach you to notice and
think about the warning signs. And it may
startle you about how much you can help through
sound observation, good judgment and utilizing
your institution’s
process to record your assessment, escalate
it appropriately and participate in any intervention
that officials determine may be necessary.
