Catch it at concern. Not at crisis.

The first 90 days bring the perfect storm for behaviors: new students, new problems carried in—family stress, break-ups, friend groups re-forming, pressure as the social order resets.

The warning signs show up early: a student being bullied, a spike in referrals, a noticeable behavioral shift that nobody has acted on. But the signs aren’t the problem. Missing them is—and so is over-reacting or under-reacting when you do see them.

In this session, Dr. Dewey Cornell, Professor of Education at the University of Virginia and author of the widely-used CSTAG threat assessment model, will walk through what behavioral threat assessment looks like in practice—how to evaluate a concern, when to escalate, and how to distinguish between a transient threat and a serious one.

Navigate360’s Ryan Sladek will then show how to operationalize that framework—documenting steps, coordinating your team, and building a defensible record that holds up if a case is ever questioned.

The prevention clock—from first flag to case management

• Know when to conduct a formal threat assessment—and what process to follow
• Distinguish between threat types and respond at the right level of intervention
• Turn assessment into action: document, coordinate, and track in one place
• Build a defensible case record that stands up if it’s ever questioned