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The United States Secret Service. (July 2018). Enhancing school safety using a threat assessment model. An operational guide for preventing targeted school violence.
This resource was developed by the United States Department of Homeland Security alongside the United States Secret Service, to create an operational guide to enhance school safety. This document is a comprehensive crosswalk of concepts and practices used to prevent targeted violence in K-12 Schools.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). (n.d.). Enhancing school safety using a threat assessment model: An operational guide for preventing targeted school violence. CISA.
This resource was developed by the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC), specifically created as an operational guide that provides actionable steps that schools can take to develop comprehensive targeted violence prevention plans for conducting threat assessments in schools.

Mulla, C. (2019, January 1). Guidance on threat assessment teams. Security Management, 63(1), 34.
This is a quick resource guide that breaks down the establishment of threat assessment teams into five conclusive steps. This rapid guide provides a method for quick implementation of core threat assessment practices and processes.

Van Brunt, B., Schiemann, M., Pescara-Kovach, L., Murphy, A., & Halligan-Avery, E. (2018). Standards for behavioral intervention teams. Journal of Campus Behavioral Intervention (J-BIT), 6, 29–41.
This document provides a review of behavioral threat assessment teams using a historical overview of how K-12 institutions have implemented behavior TATS to enhance safety. This resource defines the structures, names and types of behavioral assessment teams that may exist within a K-12 institution.

Miller, A. (2014). Threat assessment in action. Monitor on Psychology, 45(2), 36–40.
This resource provides insight into the value of multifaceted threat assessment teams and approaches. Researchers depict the process that has led to broad support for the prevention of violence in schools using practices and processes that are supported by U.S. Department of Education in their recommendation to K-12 Schools.