Digital Threat Assessment® (DTA)

Teaches participants to establish a Digital Behavioral Baseline through a SS/TA lens. By engaging with popular social media applications, you will learn how to find and document worrisome digital media content originating from your school community. This training solidifies your understanding of how to effectively use DTA® as a critical part of any modern-day threat assessment. This training includes: How to apply the principles of Behavioral Threat Assessment to DTA®. How to identify the digital behavioral baseline of individuals on the pathway to violence. How to assess the language of online threat-related behavior searching within commonly used platforms such as, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat. How to utilize Boolean operators, people search engines and access cached data. How to validate the source of images and video best practices for online navigation and ensuring privacy safeguards. How to use law enforcement guides to request user identifying information (preservation and production orders). How to crowdsource localized and time relevant social media posts from your school and area. How to use the latest updates to stories, reels, hashtags and IGTV to identify concerning trends and create awareness to ensure safety and mental wellbeing. How to gather public social media data with geolocation relevance—what are the most effective ways to identify potential witnesses in a public act of violence? How to use social media to find a missing person and how to document your digital findings.

This training is for: School Safety/Threat Assessment Teams, School Administrators, Law Enforcement Agencies and Community Partners

REGISTRATION: 8:00 a.m. CENTRAL Time (9am EST)

CLASS START: 8:30 a.m. CENTRAL Time (9:30am EST)

CREDIT HOURS: 6

RESOURCES: Participants are encouraged to bring their devices to access social media (Instagram, Snapchat) and to work through the case study scenarios.