The following case highlights the important role behavioral threat assessment teams have in uncovering risks and preventing violence before it occurs.  

Leakage in plans, especially to another peer, is a common theme seen in the cases housed in the Averted School Violence Database.   The following case illustrates how student voice can spark early prevention efforts and how thorough Behavioral Threat Assessment & Management creates the conditions for student success.  

The ASV database provides invaluable data for educators, law enforcement, and others connected to school communities who seek to identify policies and practices that are proven to prevent violence.

The ASV database provides invaluable data for educators, law enforcement, and others connected to school communities who seek to identify policies and practices that are proven to prevent violence.

The ASV Project aims to serve as a vital resource for school safety planning teams and SROs. Its database features accounts of both completed and averted violence, because lessons can be learned from both acts of violence that were carried out and those that were prevented. Every averted attack represents not only a success story, but a learning opportunity.