Education Technology
Behavior Threat Assessment and Management in the Digital World
Schools must now assess threats across both physical and digital environments to protect students effectively
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Key takeaways
Incorporating a student's digital presence is essential for a complete and accurate behavioral threat assessment.
Including a tech-savvy educator on the threat assessment team improves the quality of digital environment reviews.
Building and maintaining trust with stakeholders is critical to sustaining an effective campus safety culture throughout the assessment process.
In this episode of School Safety Today, host Dr. Amy Grosso speaks with Lea Bauer, an expert in threat assessment and protective intelligence. Lea highlights the value of incorporating a student's digital world into threat assessments and offers schools practical guidance and resources for success. She also provides guidance on how to build and maintain trust with various stakeholders.
Integrating a student's digital world is vital for a thorough behavioral threat assessment.
KEY POINTS:
- Integrating a student's digital world is vital for a thorough behavioral threat assessment.
- Adding a tech-savvy educator to the team ensures the student's digital presence is accurately assessed.
- Building and maintaining trust is essential for sustaining campus safety throughout the threat assessment process.
Our guest, Lea Bauer, brings over 25 years of expertise in threat assessment, protective intelligence, physical security operations, executive protection, and investigations. She is the founder of Bauer S&I Specialists, LLC, a private investigative and security firm serving corporate and individual clients, with a specialized focus on protective intelligence and security solutions for the entertainment industry.
As a consultant for SIGMA, now part of Raptor, Lea provides expert guidance and training in threat assessment and management to K-12 schools, colleges, workplaces, and high-profile individuals and families. A licensed private investigator, she is also an active member of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).
Lea's impressive career includes her tenure as a Senior Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service, where she conducted threat assessments, provided physical security, and safeguarded national leaders. She also worked closely with the Department of Defense to deliver training on counterterrorism strategies, including tackling extremist threats and terrorist financing. Before her law enforcement career, Lea was a licensed professional counselor, giving her a unique perspective on human behavior and risk dynamics.
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