{"id":599,"date":"2023-10-25T13:51:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T13:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/schoolsafetycenter\/?page_id=599"},"modified":"2025-08-29T18:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T18:34:07","slug":"school-based-threat-assessment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/schoolsafetycenter\/school-based-threat-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"School-Based Threat Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSchool-Based Threat Assessment\u201d is an evidence-based systematic evaluation process used to prevent violence, help troubled students, and avoid over-reactions to challenging behavior. The Center uses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schoolta.com\/\">Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG) model<\/a>. The CSTAG model was developed in 2001 by Professor Dewey Cornell of the University of Virginia in collaboration with a team of educators and researchers. The model has been rigorously evaluated in controlled studies and large-scale implementation studies involving thousands of schools in multiple states.<\/p>\n<p>The Center can bring the Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG) model to districts in Connecticut <strong>free of charge<\/strong>. If you would like to schedule Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG) training for your district, please email the <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">schoolsafetycenter@wcsu.edu<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the decision tree that provides guidance through the CSTAG evaluation process. You can access all of the forms here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/schoolsafetycenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/2023\/10\/Forms_for_Comprehensive_School_Threat_Assessment_Guidelines_9-22-23.docx\">Forms_for_Comprehensive_School_Threat_Assessment_Guidelines_9-22-23<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-604 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/schoolsafetycenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/2023\/10\/CSTAG_Decision_Tree_9-22-2023.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/schoolsafetycenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/2023\/10\/CSTAG_Decision_Tree_9-22-2023.png 876w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/schoolsafetycenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/2023\/10\/CSTAG_Decision_Tree_9-22-2023-251x300.png 251w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/schoolsafetycenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/2023\/10\/CSTAG_Decision_Tree_9-22-2023-858x1024.png 858w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/schoolsafetycenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/2023\/10\/CSTAG_Decision_Tree_9-22-2023-768x916.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSchool-Based Threat Assessment\u201d is an evidence-based systematic evaluation process used to prevent violence, help troubled students, and avoid over-reactions to challenging behavior. The Center uses the Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG) model. The CSTAG model was developed in 2001 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":314,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-599","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/schoolsafetycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/schoolsafetycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/schoolsafetycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/schoolsafetycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/314"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/schoolsafetycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/schoolsafetycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/schoolsafetycenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}