Members of the Greater Essex County District School Board were joined by a number of community agencies, including local police services, and youth mental health groups to unveil a violent threat risk assessment protocol Tuesday afternoon.
Education Superintendent, Sharon Pyke, says it’s meant to prevent and reduce serious violent behaviour among young people by identifying troubled youth before there is violence.
Following the Columbine High School shooting 15 years ago, a social worker from Alberta created a threat risk assessment program.
It took professionals more than a year to take that program and develop a local plan, which allows the board, police and medical professionals to work more closely together and share information about children and youth who pose a risk of violence toward themselves or others.
The 14 community partners, including all local law enforcement agencies signed the final plan.
