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BTAM teams would respond to serious concerns such as self-harm, suicide risk, violence fixations

schools’ BTAM teams would respond to other serious concerns, such as students at risk of self-harm or suicide or students with fixations on past school violence incidents or interest in violence or extremist movements.

• Mental Health
• Scope Severity Focus

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14 percent of schools have a school-based team for serious concerns not called a BTAM team

Sample (N = 1746) · All principals who completed the survey and received a weight (weighted to national K-12 public school principals/schools)

some schools (14 percent) have a school-based team that makes decisions about serious student behavioral concerns but is not referred to as a BTAM team (a BTAM-like team).

• Alternative Teams
• BTAM Adoption Prevalence

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Comparing official and BTAM-like teams shows the scope of official teams versus broader-remit teams

Comparing and contrasting the responses of schools that have official BTAM teams versus these school-based BTAM-like teams help provide some insight as to the scope of official BTAM teams compared with teams that would have a broader remit by definition.

• Alternative Teams
• Scope Severity Focus

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Few official BTAM teams deal with low-level behavior such as classroom disruption

As shown in Figure 4.1, few official BTAM teams deal with low-level concerning behavior, such as regular classroom disruption and disrespect of school staff.

• Scope Severity Focus

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Principals' responses suggest lower-level concerns are appropriately handled by other teams

Principals’ responses suggest that these lower-level behavioral concerns are appropriately addressed by other teams schools may have in place, such as MTSS or PBIS teams that operate alongside, but separate from, the school BTAM team.

• Alternative Teams
• Scope Severity Focus

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Official BTAM teams appear to be focused on the most serious concerns

Official BTAM teams appear to be focused on the most serious concerns.

• Scope Severity Focus

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BTAM-like teams responded more often to low-level incidents and less serious behavior

Principals also reported that such teams as the ones described above responded more often to low-level incidents and less serious behavior.

• Alternative Teams
• Scope Severity Focus

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Fig 4.1 Serious: threats at/violent toward other students: official 93 pct, alternative team 69 pct

Sample (column N undeterminable) · Figure 4.1 columns: official-team schools and alternative-team schools

Serious: Students who have directed threats at or may be violent toward other individual students* | 93 | 69

• Alternative Teams
• Scope Severity Focus

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Fig 4.1 Serious: threats/violent toward school staff: official 92 pct, alternative team 68 pct

Sample (column N undeterminable) · Figure 4.1 columns: official-team schools and alternative-team schools

Serious: Students who have made threats or may be violent toward school staff*a | 92 | 68

• Alternative Teams
• Scope Severity Focus

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Fig 4.1 Serious: mass violence threats/intent: official 88 pct, alternative team 55 pct

Sample (column N undeterminable) · Figure 4.1 columns: official-team schools and alternative-team schools

Serious: Students who have made threats of or may be intending to commit mass violence against the school or school community* | 88 | 55

• Alternative Teams
• Scope Severity Focus

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Fig 4.1 Serious: self-harm or suicide risk: official 83 pct, alternative team 74 pct

Sample (column N undeterminable) · Figure 4.1 columns: official-team schools and alternative-team schools

Serious: Students who may be at risk of self-harm or suicide* | 83 | 74

• Alternative Teams
• Scope Severity Focus

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Fig 4.1 Serious: fixations on past violence/extremism: official 81 pct, alternative team 54 pct

Sample (column N undeterminable) · Figure 4.1 columns: official-team schools and alternative-team schools

Serious: Students with fixations on past school violence incidents, interest in violence or extremist movements*b | 81 | 54

• Alternative Teams
• Scope Severity Focus

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Fig 4.1 Serious: regular aggression toward peers: official 69 pct, alternative team 78 pct

Sample (column N undeterminable) · Figure 4.1 columns: official-team schools and alternative-team schools

Serious: Students who are regularly involved in aggressive behavior towards peers*c | 69 | 78

• Alternative Teams
• Scope Severity Focus

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Fig 4.1 Lower-level: regularly disruptive to instruction: official 27 pct, alternative team 71 pct

Sample (column N undeterminable) · Figure 4.1 columns: official-team schools and alternative-team schools

Lower-level: Students whose behavior is regularly disruptive to instruction* | 27 | 71

• Alternative Teams
• Scope Severity Focus

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Fig 4.1 Lower-level: disrespectful to staff: official 20 pct, alternative team 54 pct

Sample (column N undeterminable) · Figure 4.1 columns: official-team schools and alternative-team schools

Lower-level: Students who are disrespectful or argumentative with teachers or other school staff* | 20 | 54

• Alternative Teams
• Scope Severity Focus

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Figure 4.1 source item and n: scope of behavior to which the BTAM team responds (n = 1,635)

This figure depicts response data from the following survey questions: “What is the scope of the threatening or concerning behavior to which your school or district's BTAM team responds?” (n = 1,635).

• Scope Severity Focus
• Survey Methodology

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Figure 4.1: respondents were instructed to select all that apply

Respondents were instructed to select all that apply.

• Survey Methodology

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Figure 4.1 asterisk marks statistically significant official versus unofficial team differences

An asterisk (*) indicates that the percentage of principals in schools with official BTAM teams who reported their team responded to that type of student behavior was statistically significantly different from the percentage of principals in schools with unofficial BTAM teams who said similarly.

• Alternative Teams
• Methodology

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Footnote a: threats against teachers as an example of threats toward school staff

For example, threats against teachers.

• Scope Severity Focus

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Footnote b: fixation examples are Columbine, animal cruelty or abuse, extremist or violent sites

For example, fixation on Columbine attacks, fixation on animal cruelty or abuse, or viewing websites with extremist or violent content.

• Scope Severity Focus
• Targeted Violence

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Footnote c: regular aggression examples are verbal or limited physical conflicts, bullying, fighting

For example, frequent verbal or limited physical conflicts without concerns about weapon use, bullying, or fighting.

• Scope Severity Focus

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