Beyond Lockdown: Responding to School Violence for Teachers & Staff

This 4-hour in-person course was created to train teachers and staff how to properly respond to School Violence as per the current federal recommendations. This course will cover situational awareness, mental preparedness, history of violence in schools, psychological and physiological effects of a violent encounter, statistics, the origin of traditional school lockdown, U.S. Dept. of Education and Homeland Security federal guidelines, and the fundamentals of controlling bleeding. The training will also involve interactive demonstrations and scenario-based training drills. The rationale behind creating this course was based on the need for teachers and staff to learn techniques that go beyond traditional lockdown, provide options, empower them to make confident decisions, and teach them what to expect from a law enforcement response. Email us about receiving a training quote for your educational institution.

Topics covered:

Awareness and mental preparedness.

Psychological and physiological effects of a violent encounter.

The origin of traditional lockdown and its intended purpose.

School violence history and responses.

Fundamentals of bleeding control.

Understanding of evacuating by non-conventional means.

Understanding of how to barricade a variety of doors using environmental items.

Understanding of the concept of counter/interception.

Understanding of the federal guidelines in place for school
violence.

Cancellation Policy

The course cancellation policy requires a minimum of a 15-day prior notice from the course start date when a student will not be attending the course. The notification to not attend will be made by email through our website, and if they identify no replacement student, cancellations with less than 15-days notice will cause a department credit that can be used towards another future training event within one year from the original course date. We will charge no-shows without email notification the full course fee, even if the payment has not already been made. We offer a one-year future course credit as well for any no-show that is charged a full course fee. This policy is in effect as of June 23, 2021, and you as a representative of your agency agree to abide by this policy by registering for any course. Please contact us by email or phone if you have questions about this cancellation policy. This policy is in place because of students that register for courses and take training slots without attending training, which removes the opportunity for another officer to attend. We pay the instructors teaching these programs based on the number of officers scheduled to attend the event, and we base our travel cost including instructor pay on registration fees. This policy is considered a binding contract between BSTS LLC and the student or student agency or company.