Training is essential for team members to build and maintain their BTAM knowledge and skills.
Training is essential for ensuring that team members build and maintain their knowledge and skills with BTAM practices.
Team members should receive recurring training on the organization's BTAM process so they understand their roles.
Team members should receive recurring training on the organization's BTAM process
Team members should engage in comprehensive skill-building to promote program fidelity and build expertise for effective assessment and management.
They should also engage in comprehensive skill-building to promote program fidelity and build expertise for effective assessment and management.
Training should include an overview of the BTAM process, team roles and responsibilities, how the team operates, and information sharing.
Overview of the BTAM process. This should include information about the BTAM process, including roles and responsibilities
Team members should be well trained on what and how behaviors of concern should be reported and how to respond to reports.
BTAM team members should be well-trained in what and how behaviors of concern should be reported in their organization
BTAM team members should be knowledgeable about risk management resources within the organization and in the broader community.
BTAM team members should be knowledgeable about the risk management resources available, both within the organization and the broader community.
Training should describe when it is appropriate to contact law enforcement and the procedures to follow once they are contacted.
Training for BTAM members should describe when it is appropriate to contact law enforcement
Training should give an overview of BTAM policies and procedures and related policies such as disciplinary procedures and the emergency response plan.
an overview of the policies and procedures that guide the BTAM team's day-to-day operations
BTAM team members should be aware of municipal, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations that apply to their work.
BTAM team members should also be aware of municipal, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations that apply to their work.
Other training, such as mental health, de-escalation, mediation, trauma-informed care, and tabletop exercises, can be valuable to team members.
Other training can be valuable to BTAM team members, including training on mental health
NTAC offers free recurring virtual trainings delivered by NTAC staff on research findings and BTAM practice.
The U.S. Secret Service NTAC offers free recurring virtual trainings delivered by NTAC personnel.
NTAC's free recurring virtual trainings share findings from decades of research on targeted violence and guidance on using the BTAM process to prevent violence.
During these presentations, NTAC staff share findings from decades of research on targeted violence and guidance on how the BTAM process can be used to prevent future tragedies in our communities.
Training content for team members should address an overview of the BTAM process, reporting mechanisms, risk management, contacting law enforcement, BTAM policies and procedures, documentation and records management, and legal and privacy considerations.
Training content for team members should address the following:
Documentation training should include when forms are recommended versus required, who must complete the forms, and how the forms should be completed, shared, and/or stored.
This should include when forms are recommended as opposed to when they are required, who must complete the forms, and how the forms should be completed, shared, and/or stored.
To learn more about or register for NTAC's virtual training events, readers can visit https://www.secretservice.gov/ntac/virtual.
To learn more or to register for one or more of these training events, visit: https://www.secretservice.gov/ntac/virtual.
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