By Amy K. Onaga, Esq.

This is the only resource that outlines how the procedural rights of students with disabilities under the IDEA, Section 504 and Title II impact and change the threat assessment process. Rely on it to develop and improve your protocols, with explanations of procedural steps you may need to take before conducting a threat assessment for students with disabilities as well as the interventions you may need to provide to mitigate a student's risk of engaging in violence.

Along with model forms, tools and checklist, you get guidance to:

• Develop threat assessment procedures that consider the student's disability-related behaviors and characteristics
• Identify students in distress before their behaviors escalate
• Address threatening behaviors while maintaining the student in the school setting
• Remove from student who poses a threat to others without violating the student's rights
• Ensure protocols obtain accurate results and are nondiscriminatory under federal disability laws
• And more