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Address factors of concern and promote positive factors | Redirect potential motives for violence | Create a situation less prone to violence | Utilize the Systems Approach for management Identify negative factors and create strategies to support positive outcomes. | Identify possible motivations and direct resources to address them. | Create an environment in which violence is less likely. | Collaborate with community stakeholders who can contribute.

EXAMPLES: | EXAMPLES: | EXAMPLES: | EXAMPLES: ▪Employment | ▪Address workplace | ▪Limit access to | ▪Leverage campus assistance | grievances | weapons | resources ▪Substance abuse | ▪Intervene to stop | ▪Obtain restraining | ▪Identify counseling treatment | bullying | orders | services ▪Mental health | ▪Deescalate | ▪Seek GPS | ▪Engage family treatment | interpersonal conflicts | monitoring | for support

BTAUs should adopt a prevention mindset and work to address those factors that appear to make violence more likely while promoting any factors in an individual’s life that would reduce the likelihood of violence.

This approach should be tailored specifically to the individual and the factors identified utilizing the Systems Approach and the Assessment Themes described in STEP 4.

For example, a BTAU may learn that an individual who threatened violence is experiencing alcohol dependency and recently lost a job but also has a supportive family and is receptive to receiving assistance. In this case, the BTAU could connect the individual with a local employment assistance program and an alcohol abuse program while also leveraging the support of the individual’s family members.