Innovative Educators

Violence Goes to College: Detecting and Preventing Avenger Violence

Description

Violence Goes to College: Detecting and Preventing Avenger Violence

Available On-Demand

Overview

During this session, John Nicoletti will focus on two main phases in violence prevention: the downward and inward phase which involved detection of early warning signs; and the upward and outward phase which involved interrupting and/or responding to a violent incident.

Objectives

Participants will learn:

1. To identify behaviors associated with a potential violent incident

2. To develop effective prevention and interruption practices

3. To develop effective response strategies for when violence is actually occurring

Who should attend?

Decision makers and others who are responsible for detecting and preventing campus/workplace/school violence.

Who is the speaker?

John Nicoletti received his doctorate in psychology from Colorado State University. Dr. Nicoletti is a Clinical/Police Psychologist who specializes in identifying, assessing and defusing attack related behaviors and violence in various workplaces and schools. He provides on-site psychological screenings and consultations at the U.S. bases of McMurdo and the South Pole in Antarctica.

Dr. Nicoletti has written three books in the areas of violence, entitled Violence Goes to Work (1994); Violence Goes to College (2001), published by Charles C. Thomas; and Violence Goes to School (2002), National Education Services.

Dr. Nicoletti consults nationally to various state and federal law enforcement agencies, airlines, financial institutions and private corporations. Dr. Nicoletti consults nationally to various school districts. He was on-scene at the April 20, 1999 Columbine school shooting and also responded to the Platte Canyon High School

shooting in September 2006. He also provides training for parents of young children on stranger awareness and personal safety. Dr. Nicoletti is on the Colorado Governor’s Task Force on Expert Emergency Response and is past Chair of the Police Psychologist Section for the International Association of Chiefs of Police.