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Customized Support For Your Organization's Needs
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John Van Dreal Consulting is a practice dedicated to assisting school districts and other organizations improve psychological safety and peace of mind by building effective systems for violence prevention, mitigation, and response. Using leading models such as the Salem-Keizer System as a template, each project focuses on user-friendly applications that are tailored to the unique needs of the client and its culture, community, and budget.
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Headquartered in Salem, Oregon, John has trained or advised hundreds of threat assessment and security teams throughout the country. If he is unable to do a project, he has associates who can. His referral base is a collective of educators, security and law enforcement professionals, and mental health specialists with expertise in all aspects of security, risk management, violence prevention, and organizational health. Together, you can examine your current efforts and systems and determine whether additional resources are needed.
SERVICES
Expertise. Experience. Collaboration.
BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENT
AND MANAGEMENT
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Systemic, Collaborative Threat Assessment
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General Threat Assessment Training
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Basic Training in School Threat Assessment ​and Management​
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Assessing Student Threats in the School: Using the Site-Based Level 1 Student Threat Assessment Protocol
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Threat Assessment System Review
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Threat Assessment System Audit
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Developing a Community-Based Level 2 Threat Assessment and Management Team
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Threat Assessment Team Coaching and Case Consultation
SCHOOL SECURITY
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School Safety/Security Systems Consultation and Fidelity Audit
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Comprehensive School Security: Prevention, Preparation, Response, Recovery
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Managing Trespasses, De-Escalation, and Building Bridges with Hostile Parents
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Training Non-Security Staff Members to Think with A Security Lens: Violence Prevention and Mitigation through Options-Based Decision Making
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Creating and Using an Emergency Operations Center to Address Lockdowns and Other Emergencies in the School
RESPONSE TRAINING
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Implementing Effective Lockdown Strategies and Active Shooter/Violent Intruder Response
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Addressing and De-Escalating Hostile, Angry, and Potentially Combative Adults
