For 2010, the NaBITA Annual Conference will have two Keynote speakers, who will be helping us to deliver a conference strongly focused on the practical mechanics, administration and application of risk and violence assessments. We think you will appreciate the format of the 2nd NaBITA Annual Conference, which has been given much thought and consideration by the NaBITA Conference Committee. The conference has three types of presentation slots: Featured Speakers, Concurrent Sessions, and Roundtables. There are two Featured Speaker sessions in addition to two Keynote presentations. Featured speakers have been invited to present by the conference committee based upon their prominence and contribution to the thought, theory, practice and evolution of behavioral intervention efforts. Their topics have been assigned to them, with the intention of creating a dynamic and progressive curriculum for participants.

The conference committee also recognizes that expertise exists beyond the eleven featured speakers, and has slated three concurrent sessions with eighteen open slots so that you may share your promising models, valuable campus experience and professional expertise with the participants.

Finally, we recognize that learning is more powerful when participants get a chance to digest and apply the concepts shared at a conference, and so we have designed the third format, the Roundtables, to engage participants interactively. Participants will be able to join themed Roundtables facilitated by the featured presenters based on topics of interest to you. Additional opportunities for processing are afforded by the Keynote follow-up Q&A sessions, and the closing panel, where the four panelists are asked to comment on ideas presented throughout the conference and take questions from the participants.

The NaBITA conference, in addition to offering three types of presentations, is designed to allow participants to follow presentations in three tracks, by level of sophistication. The NaBITA conference will be relevant to you , whether you are just beginning a team, have one already established, or have been doing behavioral intervention well for years. The three tracks are Basic, Intermediate and Advanced. Follow one track, or jump around to topics that interest you. Participants can also choose presentations based on area of interest (mental health/law enforcement/legal issues). A complete conference agenda will be posted in late September.

Cordially , the 2010 NaBITA Conference Committee

Conference Schedule

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1st

8:00am to 5:00pm	All-day Pre-Con: How to Identify and Prevent the Next School Shooter
7:00pm to 8:30pm	Opening Keynote by Gary Pavela, J.D.
8:30pm to 9:30pm	Welcome Reception sponsored by HMSA

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2nd

8:00am to 8:30am	Breakfast provided by Tulane University
8:30am to 10:00am	Breakfast Keynote by Mary Ellen O'Toole, Ph.D.
10:15am to 11:30am	Keynote Q&A; Concurrent Session 1
11:30am to 12:30pm	Lunch provided by Tulane University
12:30pm to 2:00pm	Featured Speakers Session 1
2:15pm to 3:15pm	Roundtables
3:15pm to 3:30pm	Snack Break
3:30pm to 4:45pm	Concurrent Session 2
5:00pm to 6:15pm	Concurrent Session 3

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3rd

8:00am to 8:30am	Breakfast provided by Tulane University
8:30am to 10:00am	Featured Speakers Session 2
10:15am to 11:30am	Concurrent Session 4
11:30am to 1:00pm	Luncheon Closing Panel (Gary Pavela, Saundra Schuster, Scott Lewis, Mary Ellen O'Toole, and Brian Van Brunt)

Keynote Speakers

Gary Pavela is the author of Questions and Answers on College Student Suicide: A Law and Policy Perspective (2006). He writes law and policy newsletters to which over 1,000 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada subscribe. He clerked for Judge Alfred P. Murrah of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and was a faculty member for the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, D.C (the training arm of the United States Courts).

Identified by the New York Times as an "authority on academic ethics," Gary Pavela has been a consultant on law and policy issues at many leading universities, including Stanford University, the University of Michigan, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Georgetown University, The United States Naval Academy, Lehigh University, Brown University, Colgate University, Vassar College, Bryn Mawr College, and Smith College, among many others. In 2008 he was designated by the U.S. Department of State to address the "International Interdisciplinary Conference on Implementation of Western Educational Standards in Post-Soviet States" (Kyiv, Ukraine).

Pavela was a consultant to the Governor's Task Force on Campus Safety for the state of Wisconsin and spoke to Virginia Tech faculty and staff at the July 2007 "Symposium for Managing At-Risk Students" (sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education). He has appeared on the CNN, FOX, PBS, and CNBC networks and his work has been cited in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the National Law Journal, Business Week, Time, Newsweek, and U.S. and News and World Report, among many others.

In 2001 Pavela was appointed to the Advisory Board of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. In 2002 he was designated a "Fellow" of the National Association of College and University Attorneys. Fellows of the Association are identified as individuals who have "brought distinction to higher education and to the practice of law on behalf of colleges and universities across the nation." In 2005 he received the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators' "Outstanding Contribution to Literature and Research" award. In 2006 he was recognized as the University of Maryland "Outstanding Faculty Educator" by the Maryland Parents' Association.

Dr. Mary Ellen O’Toole retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2009 after a distinguished 28 year career as an FBI Agent. For nearly half of her career, Dr. O’Toole served as a Supervisory Special Agent in the Bureau’s prestigious Behavioral Analysis Unit where she was recognized as one of the FBI’s preeminent behavioral analysts. She has consulted nationally and internationally on some of the most high profile cases involving school and campus violence, workplace violence, single and serial murder, sexual assault, kidnapping, bombings, threats, extortions, political corruption and workplace violence.

Dr. O’Toole specializes in the assessment of violent criminal behavior and violent crime scenes. She is a highly sought after speaker and has lectured all over the world to multidisciplinary audiences on a wide range of topics including school and campus violence, workplace violence, psychopathy, criminal behavior, serial murder, profiling, crime scene assessment, offender behavior and interview and interrogation. She also lectures at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC in the area of criminal and violent behavior. As a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the International Criminal Investigators Association Fellowship, she has provided lectures to the worlds' recognized experts in criminal behavior and threat assessment.

While serving as an FBI Agent, Dr. O’Toole was selected as adjunct faculty at the FBI’s elite Leadership Development Institute as well as the University of Virginia. She continues to lecture at the FBI on psychopathy, interviewing and interrogation, and campus and school violence.

Dr. O’Toole was the primary researcher and author of the FBI’s seminal publication on school violence entitled The School Shooter: A Threat Assessment Perspective and served as co-author of Premeditated Mass Shootings: Threat Assessment which appeared in the Journal of the American Academy of Child Adolescence. She has written and published in the areas of crime scene analysis, psychopathy, stalking, threat assessment, serial murder and child abduction.

Representing the FBI, Dr. O’Toole has appeared on such programs as Larry King Live, Forensic Files, Discovery Channel, America’s Most Wanted, National Public Radio, Fox News, and CNN. She has consulted on books, television programs and movies. She is an analyst for MSNBC’s new series, Criminal Mindscapes.

Featured Speakers

The 2010 NaBITA Annual Conference features presenters chosen for their topical expertise by the conference committee. This year's eleven featured presenters are listed below. The conference committee also invites those with promising models, valuable experience and professional expertise to share your knowledge in our concurrent sessions.

Featured Speaker Sessions

Should Students at Risk of Suicide Be Dismissed?

Opening Keynote by Gary Pavela, J.D.

College administrators are concerned about liability risks posed by suicidal students. But is our fear misplaced? What does the data tell us about college environments and the risk of student suicide? What are the educational policy issues? What are the courts saying about liability risks? What due process/fundamental fairness issues are involved? Is the greater legal risk associated with trying to identify and dismiss troubled students?

The Mission Oriented Shooter: School--Campus – Workplace: A Behavioral and Operational Perspective
Breakfast Keynote by Mary Ellen O'Toole, Ph.D.
In order to understand the person who comes into a school, or onto a college or university campus to kill other people, their actions and motivations must be understood in the broader context of violent behavior. This behavior does not occur in a vacuum, and is not the result of someone who just snaps. Too frequently, specific acts of random and targeted violence of this degree are discussed without any reference to the broader concept of violence, its etiology, development and evolution. This presentation will provide an “assessment model” to better understand the differences in behavior and motivation among these types of individuals. Case examples of mission oriented and predatory shooters will be presented in terms of how these cases are distinct from other types of violence, particularly school and campus violence (including work place violence at schools). Offender motivation, leakage, warning behaviors, preplanning behaviors, and presence of psychopathic traits and characteristics will also be discussed from an operational perspective. The implications for threat assessment, intervention, mental health, educators and law enforcement professionals will be the focus of the presentation.

The Perfect Storm

Featured Speaker session by W. Scott Lewis, J.D.

The so-called "millennial generation" has arrived on campus, and they've brought with them new and serious challenges. It doesn't matter if your institution is large or small, private or public–you've likely already encountered this perplexing group. They are generally defined as younger than 27 and sometimes called 'Generation Me,' or 'Generation Q(uiet)'. Millennial students defy traditional approaches to management and communication. Yet it is vital to learn how to work with them effectively. The millennial generation has ushered in a new era of campus health and safety concerns, the most alarming being a dramatic rise in mental health issues and an increased threat of violence. This session explores the "perfect storm" of social and environmental factors that contributed to the development of the millennial generation and offers practical advice for working with this unique group.

BIT and the Bystander

Featured Speaker session by Brett A. Sokolow, Esq.

In April, the second generation (Post-- Virginia Tech shootings) of behavioral intervention efforts on college campuses will be four years into its ongoing evolution. We should be asking at this point where our efforts have taken us, and where we need them to go to get us where we need to be? This session will explore the role that bystander intervention can, should and must play in campus behavioral intervention strategies. Bystander intervention is a tool of primary prevention for BITs, unlike many of the BIT actions that can only be responsive to events as they are reported or encountered. How can BITs successfully empower campus bystander engagement? Why do bystanders fail to engage? How can we actualize their intervention inclinations and improve their intervention efficacy? This interactive session will engage us all in exploration of successful models, barriers to implementation, and dynamic problem-solving.

Why Are People Violent & What Are the Cues to Look for?
A Featured Speaker Session and Institute Track Session by James Cawood
In this session, attendees will be introduced to the psychological and behavioral motivations for violence-including the difference between emotion-based and predatory violence, the Control Vector Analysis, behavioral cues to look for, and how violence can progress from thought to action. This presentation will serve as the foundation for the 2nd session, which will introduce a practical and defensible process for violence risk assessment that can be applied in any organizational setting. Learning outcomes include:

- The Value of Violence Assessment

- Violence Risk Assessment & Management: In Brief

- Only Reason for Human Intra-Species Violence

- Macro Influences for Increased Violence

- Major Organizational Concerns Related to Violence Risk

- Types of Relationships of Concern

- Types of Incidents Proactively Addressed by this Incident Management Team Approach

- Path to Intended Violence

- The “Myths” of Managing Organizationally-Centered Violence

- The “Warning Signs” of Possible Organizationally-Centered Violence

- Hare- Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R)

- Psychopaths by Sub-Type

What Is a Threat: Deciding When to Take Action
Featured Speaker session by Dr. Elizabeth M. Stanczak and Detective Sergeant Thomas Calucci

Knowing how to identify a threat on your campus is important. However, more importantly, knowing when to take action and what that action might look like is essential. UTSA uses a variety of tools, a mixture of professionals, and a case by case approach to deal with various incidents. Furthermore, UTSA trains, research, and follow current trends to ensure that the campus remains on the cutting edge of current Behavior Intervention related sciences. The team is consistent, well trained, and compliments one another in its composition. This session will include UTSA’s team purpose, membership composition, and intent, as well as current trends, using threat assessment tools,, and successes and areas in need of improvement.

How to Identify and Prevent the Next School Shooter

Featured Speaker session by John D. Byrnes

Would you like to significantly enhance the probability of preventing the next campus shooting? College and universities are increasingly concerned with identifying risk factors and preventing violence from occurring on their campus. This workshop will help higher education faculty, staff, counselors and psychologists better understand aggressive behavior and how to prevent this aggression from manifesting on campus as violence. The training will offer insights into the difference between cognitive and primal aggression, the early stages of cognitive aggressio, how individuals move through the stages of the aggression continuum (trigger, escalation and crisis) and what attitudes; behaviors and qualities are likely to be associated with individuals who make the ultimate decision to take the lives of others on their path towards revenge. Those completing the training will be better prepared to prevent violence on their campus as they become more fluent in the Campus Aggression Prevention System (CAPS).*

* This session is intended for participants who are not attending the pre-con or the Threat Management Institute, for whom it will be repetitive.

Effective Mental Health Crisis Management

Featured Speaker session by Brian Van Brunt, Ed.D. and Mitchell Levy, Ph.D.

This program will focus on the basics of dealing with crisis intervention and management for student affairs professionals and law enforcement officers. We are often called to work with at-risk or unstable students at the moment of crisis. This occurs in the front line offices of the registrar, financial aid, campus safety/police and conduct office. Residential life staff, parking and food service are called to manage students in distress---this training will provide para-professional staff and administrators a foundational understanding of how to work with students in crisis. The training will also review the "top ten" common mental health difficulties on campus and how to manage these problems.

Preventing Preventable Violence
Featured Speaker session by Brett A. Sokolow, Esq. and W. Scott Lewis, J.D.

Most campus violence is preventable. It's true, and this presentation will help participants to understand why it is true. If we are failing to prevent it, it is because we don't have the right tools and structures in place to fulfill the promise of strategic prevention. In this session, participants will explore the conceptual and research framework for preventable violence, and a set of BIT and CUBIT (NCHERM Model) best practices that campuses are using and innovating to give behavioral intervention efforts the most proactive, preventive focus possible. As an overview, this session will benefit those try to see the BIT big picture as well as those looking to ensure they have each of the right strategic elements in place.

Now What? A Practical Defensible Process for Violence Risk Assessment

Featured Speaker and Institute track session by James Cawood

In this session, building on the information from the 1st session, a practical assessment process will be introduced to the attendees. This process will include intake of the initial report, a sample assessment protocol, how to conduct a background investigation to gather behavioral information, and then how to apply that information in a structured process to determine what level of risk might be present. A practical exercise will be conducted to anchor this material, so attendees can leave the session with some knowledge concerning how they might immediately apply their knowledge to cases in their organizations.

Case Management in a High-Risk Student Environment
Featured Speaker session by Erica Woodley
Participants will be introduced to case management in higher education as a best practice for student support. The evolution of case management will be briefly covered, as will the predominant models of case management in higher education. The second part of the session will focus on building, maintaining, and enhancing community provider networks. Using Tulane University as a case study, the speaker will walk through her experience in building this network in a city plagued with mental health challenges. Participants will also have the opportunity to hear from professionals who have been involved in this development including: Kim Crowley from the Tulane University Student Health Center Department of Psychiatry, Dr. Mordecai Potash from the Tulane University Emergency Room, Dr. Nicholas Pejic, Private Practice Psychiatrist; and Kevin Bourgeois, LCSW in private practice.

BIT Admissions Screening and Criminal Background Checks

Featured Speaker session by Saundra K. Schuster, Esq.

As college and universities become more concerned about the safety and security of their communities there is a perennial question about conducting background checks of all entering students. This presentation will address the issues involved with background checks, including verification of student identity, credentials and past behavior. This session will explore the role BITs can and should play in admissions screening. This session will identify what information an institution may expect to receive from a background check and the pros and cons, benefits and limitations of engaging in this practice. In addition, the program will address the important protocols needed to analyze and respond appropriately to the information obtained from the background check.

Concurrent Sessions

Click on the session title to view the session abstract.

Threat Assessment: A Community Based Approach
Sandra Smith, Dean of Students and Eric Plummer, Chief of Police
Southern Arkansas University

CD PASS: Knowing You’ve Done All You Can and Feeling Good About It
Corlisse Thomas, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Marco Dinovelli, Student Affairs Coordinator
Baruch College

What Is “Enough” for Disruptive Students with Psychological Challenges? (Optional Institute track)
Mark S. Schuster, Senior Dean of Students; Jill Richards, Director of Alcohol & Other Drug Assistance Program and Counseling & Psychiatric Services; Lisa Wahler, Associate General Counsel; and Delia Pitts, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs

Rutgers University

Conquering the Overwhelming Task of Creating a BIT at a Community College
Lynn Perkins, Director Enrollment Management and Judicial Affairs; Brad Fleming, RVC Police Sergeant; Litesa Wallace, Counselor; and LaShun McGhee, BIT Liason

Rock Valley College

The Role of Technology in BIT (Optional Institute track)
Presented by Aaron Hark, Director of Product Development
Maxient, LLC

Proactive Faculty and Counseling Partnerships for Preparedness and Prevention: A collaborative academic and student affairs model to prepare faculty at a multi-campus community college for proper and consistent response to students in distress

Christine Hagedorn, Assistant Dean, Student Services

Bucks County Community College

Five Legal and Practical Issues When including (or not including) Parents in the Process
Brian Van Brunt, Director of Counseling and Testing Services
Western Kentucky University

Carolyn Reinach Wolf, Mental Health Educator and Senior Partner
Abrams Law Firm

The Role of Student Affairs Professionals in Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Higher Education

Dee Dee Anderson, Ed.D, Association Vice Chancellor for Student Development
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Mental Health and Behavioral Consultation on Campus (Optional Institute track)
Josh Gunn, Director of Behavioral Response Program and Bob Mattox, Assistant Dean of Student Success
Kennesaw State University

A Case Study on Success: An Example of What Does Not Reach the Front Pages of Newspapers; A Safe and Successful Intervention

Dr. Alan Pasternak, Psychologist, Coordinator of Personal Counseling Services and Debbie Gravelle, Director of Leadership, Career, Health and Recreation

California State University Channel Islands

Early Alert Program: A Comprehensive Approach to Academic and Behavioral Intervention
Peggy S. Scott, Director, Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities and Whitney Koltonski, Early Intervention Coordinator, Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities
Stephen F. Austin State University

Connecting the Dots to Improve Campus Safety

Rick Shaw, CEO/President

Awareity

Using a Crisis Prevention Team to Assess, Educate and Retain Students

John E. Adams, Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs/Dean of Students, and Barbara Byers, Director of Counseling

Shepherd University

Workplace Violence: Prevention and Response
Raquelle Solon, Associate Director of Preparedness Training
Crisis Prevention Institute

Summer Fun: Behavioral Intervention for Summer Programs

Mary Gonzalez, Assistant Vice President, Student Affairs, Special Programs and Dianne Brown, Assistant Vice President, Student Affairs, Student Health and Wellness, Campus Recreation and Fitness

Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Collect, Connect and Prevent: Overview of the Successful Behavior Intervention Process at Buffalo State College

Charles B. Kenyon, Associate Vice President and Dean of Students and Ronald A. George, CRC, Senior Counselor and Case Manager, Counseling Center
Buffalo State College

When Egos Collide: Managing Partnerships Between Campus Police Departments, Residence Life Professionals, and Counseling Centers

John Delony, Assistant Dean for Residence Life Education and Housing; Jimmy Ellison, Chief of Police and Director of Campus Security; and Steve Rowlands, Director of Counseling Center

Abilene Christian University

Three Case Studies in Psychological Assessment and How the Information Is Used by BIT (Optional Institute track)

Brian Van Brunt, Director of Counseling and Testing

Michael Crowe, Chair of Campus Partners Team, Director of Judicial Affairs

Kenneth Johnson, Coordinator of Student Activities and Organizations

Western Kentucky University

Engaging, Teaching, Training – Reaching the Millennial Student

Rodnie Williams, CPP, Founder and CEO

360 Stay Safe and North Arrow Group

Confronting Hate: Understanding the Current State of Federal Hate Crime Legislation (Optional Institute track)

Jacqueline Conforti Barnett, Director of Institutional Equity

Tulane University

2010 NaBITA Campus Threat Management Institute

Each year, NaBITA strives to expand programmatic events for our members. In 2010, we have created the first NaBITA Campus Threat Management Institute, allowing participants to attain a Campus Threat Manager Certificate of Completion after four days of engaging, interactive training. Designed as an annual event, the NaBITA Institute offers an intense level of depth and training for those charged with campus behavioral intervention and threat assessment responsibilities. At this time, the Institute is only open to current NaBITA members.

Dates: December 1st-5th, 2010 (Wednesday evening to Sunday afternoon). The NaBITA Institute runs concurrently with the NaBITA Annual Conference, and then continues for two additional days. Institute registrants will attend the NaBITA Conference (included in the Institute registration fee), in a special track for Institute registrants. Attending the 2010 NaBITA Conference is a pre-requisite to attending the 2010 NaBITA Institute.

The NaBITA conference begins with the Opening Keynote on Wednesday, December 1st, at 7:30pm. The conference runs through Thursday, December 2nd until 1:00pm on Friday, December 3rd. The Institute continues for the remainder of Friday the 3rd, all day on Saturday the 4th, and then concludes at 1:00pm on Sunday, December 5th, 2010.

Location: Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

Intended Participants

Campus law enforcement/threat assessment professionals
Campus behavioral intervention team members, especially team Chairs
Campus threat assessment team members, especially team Chairs
Campus mental health/violence risk assessors

Format

Institute registrants will receive intensive training on behavioral assessment, threat management and violence prevention over four days. The Institute is capped at 35 registrants. With 7 faculty members, the Institute has a 1:5 faculty/participant ratio, and participants will have individual and small-group opportunities to interact with each of the expert faculty members. Institute registrants will participate in the NaBITA conference from Wednesday night to Friday afternoon in a specially designated track with sessions designed to create a comprehensive four-day training curriculum when combined with the longer, more intensive sessions of the Institute on Friday afternoon, Saturday, and until noon on Sunday. The Featured Speakers for the conference will also serve as Faculty for the Institute, including:

Gary Pavela – Campus Mental Health Expert
James S. Cawood – Factor One Consulting (Violence Risk Assessments)
Mary Ellen O’Toole – Former FBI Behavioral Assessment Expert
John Byrnes – President, The Center for Aggression Management
W. Scott Lewis – NCHERM Partner
Saundra K. Schuster - NCHERM Partner, NaBITA 2010-2011 President
Brett A. Sokolow - NCHERM Managing Partner, NaBITA 2009-2010 President

At the conference, Institute participants will be assigned to a faculty mentor for the duration of the conference and Institute. The conference roundtables will be facilitated by the assigned faculty mentor, as will case study and roundtable sessions at the Institute. At the end of the Institute, a Campus Threat Manager Certificate of Completion will be presented to each participant.

Content

Institute participants will each experience:

Up to six hours of aggression management™ training with John Byrnes
Six hours of violence risk assessment training with Jim Cawood
Up to four hours of behavioral assessment training with Mary Ellen O’Toole
Up to four hours of mental health, disability and campus conduct-related training with Gary Pavela
NaBITA Threat Assessment Tool Training
Application case studies
Roundtable interaction with Institute Faculty
Threat management skills testing
Several elective sessions on related topics

Logistics

Conference Hotels will also be used to house Institute participants, who should plan lodging for December 1st-5th, minimally. Shuttles will run from the hotels to Tulane University for all sessions. While we understand that illnesses and emergencies do occur, Institute participants must attend the NaBITA conference and the ENTIRE Institute in order to receive a certificate of completion.

Food: Breakfast, Lunch and afternoon snacks are included in the registration fee. Dinner is on your own in NOLA!

NaBITA Threat Management Institute Schedule

Please click on each session title for more information.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3rd

1:15pm to 5:00pm

Recognizing Aggression (Part 1 of 2) presented by John Byrnes

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4th

9:00am to 12:00pm	Defusing Aggression (Part 2 of 2) presented by John Byrnes OR Warning Signs: Behaviors that Precede Targeted Acts of Violence presented by Mary Ellen O'Toole
12:00pm to 1:00pm	Lunch
1:00pm to 4:00pm	Responding to Troubled Students: A Law and Policy Perspective presented by Gary Pavela OR The NaBITA Threat Assessment Tool presented by Brett Sokolow, Scott Lewis and Saundra Schuster
4:00 to 5:00pm	Breakout Groups for Case Studies led by Gary Pavela, Mary Ellen O'Toole, John Byrnes, Jim Cawood, Brett Sokolow, Scott Lewis and Saundra Schuster

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5th

9:00am to 12:00pm	Violence Risk Assessment and Intervention with a Proven Assessment Tool presented by Jim Cawood
2:00pm to 1:00pm	Lunch and Roundtable Discussions/Wrap-up led by Gary Pavela, Mary Ellen O'Toole, John Byrnes, Jim Cawood, Brett Sokolow, Scott Lewis and Saundra Schuster

NaBITA 2010 Pre-Conference Session

NaBITA will host a pre-conference session, How to Identify and Prevent the Next School Shooter, on Wednesday, December 1st from 9:00am to 5:00pm. Presented by John D. Byrnes of the Center for Aggression Management, and Brian Van Brunt, Ed.D. from Western Kentucky University. The cost is $169 per person, for all registrants. Please click here for more information and to register and pay by check. If you plan to attend the Institute, there is no need to attend the pre-con.

2010 NaBITA Annual Conference Registration

Conference registration provides admittance to the conference December 1st to 3rd, 2010, including an opening reception, continental breakfast, lunch and snacks each day.

Registration Rates:

Pre-Conference Rate

All Members and non-members -- $169 per person

Early Bird Registration Deadline was November 1, 2010

Regular Registration after November 1, 2010

Basic NaBITA Members and non-members -- $429 per person
Standard NaBITA Members -- $395 per person
Enhanced NaBITA Members -- 1st Registrant free; additional registrants -- $345 per person***

REGISTRATION DEADLINE WAS NOVEMBER 17th, 2010

2010 NaBITA Campus Threat Management Institute Registration

Institute registration provides admittance to the conference on December 1st to 3rd, 2010 and Institute sessions from December 3rd to 5th, 2010. The Institute is only open to current NaBITA members. Please note that member discounts have been applied to the Institute rates.

Rates:

Early Bird Registration Deadline was November 1, 2010

Regular Registration after November 1, 2010

Individual Basic Member Rate= $1,399.00
Individual Standard Member rate: 1stperson= $1,249.00, additional registrants= $1,369.00
Individual Enhanced Member rate: 1st person= $1,149.00, additional registrants= $1,349.00
Group rate* (4 or more individuals from same institution): $1,099.00 per person

* Group rate is only available for Institute registrations.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE WAS NOVEMBER 17th, 2010

Host Site/City Information

Click here to learn more about Tulane University

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Call for Programs

The call for programs deadline was September 15th. Thank you to everyone who submitted a program proposal! Presenter slides, materials and other handouts are due by October 15th.

2010 NaBITA Annual Conference Sponsors

The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management

NCHERM is a law and consulting firm that is dedicated to best practices for campus health and safety. NCHERM is a repository for systems-level approaches and models that will enhance and advance your campus risk management and preventive law efforts. NCHERM emphasizes best practices for policy, training, and educational programming as proactive risk management. NCHERM specializes in advancing culture change strategies and problem-solving for the tough wellness, compliance and liability issues colleges and universities face today. When you engage our services, you benefit from the collective wisdom, experience and constant collaboration of our ten consultants.

Maxient LLC

As the nation’s foremost provider of student conduct administration software, Maxient offers a one-stop, completely customizable, web-based solution that fits college and university budgets in these tight economic times. In addition to increasing office productivity, Maxient’s Conduct Manager suite features tools specifically designed to assist behavioral intervention teams in connecting the dots. Founded by individuals who previously worked in student affairs, their experience in the field shows with a product that is highly functional and very intuitive.

The Campus Assistance Program

The Campus Assistance Program is a nationwide provider of customized

24/7 behavioral health counseling and support services. Through our

proven programs, we help students thrive – emotionally, academically

and financially – while also helping to prevent campus violence.

(A division of Health Management Systems of America.)

Click here to download a copy of the CAP brochure.

360° Stay Safe at College

Without the right information, college and university students are increasingly at risk when violent crime, school shootings and Internet stalking are on the rise. 360° Stay Safe is an organization focused on being the single-best source of information on personal safety and security. The “Stay Safe at College” DVD is a new personal safety training program geared specifically for the millennial generation that helps students understand how crimes are perpetrated, and offers helpful prevention and avoidance techniques.

Prepare Training

Crisis Prevention Institute’s adaptable Prepare Training

program gives employees the skills to manage aggressive and potentially dangerous workplace behaviors, including

those that occur on campus. The program’s proven strategies can reduce the frequency and severity of disruptive incidents, increase campus safety, and improve employee confidence to safely intervene.

Exhibitor Information

Exhibiting at the NaBITA conference is $1,000 for a table and listing in the conference program. For more information on exhibiting, please contact samantha@nabita.org.

Conference sponsorships are available, either by becoming a NaBITA Gold Partner, or by agreeing to sponsor a conference event. Six events are available (breakfast on Thursday, lunch on Thursday, breakfast on Friday, lunch on Friday, snack break on Thursday, and a dinner hosted by the sponsor on Thursday night) at the actual catering cost. For more information on sponsoring an event, please contact samantha@nabita.org.

Lodging and Ground Transportation

HOTEL

NaBITA has blocked rooms at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel

500 Canal Street

New Orleans, LA 70130

(504) 525-2500

Block rate per night (evenings of November 28th through December 5th)

	Single	Double
Main House	$99	$99
Club Level	$129	$129
1 BR Suite	$229	$229
Add a person	$25 per person	$25 per person

Click here to reserve online now. These rates are valid until November 10th, 2010. Please make your hotel reservations early! Reservations made after November 10th will be subject to the standard rate.

Tulane University will provide shuttle service from the Sheraton to campus each day. There are many wonderful places to stay in New Orleans. Click here for other options. However, please note that Tulane will only offer shuttle service to/from the Sheraton.

AIRPORT TRANSPORATION

Airport Shuttle New Orleans offers service to and from the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY). Rates are $38.00 round-trip or $20.00 one way, per person. For more information, please visit http://www.airportshuttleneworleans.com/.

Taxi service to or from the airport is $33.00 one way for 1 or 2 people, and $14.00 for each additional person above 2.

For more information, please visit www.unitedcabs.com/id1.html.

LOCAL TRANSPORTATION

Want to see the sites of New Orleans? We recommend the streetcar service provided by the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority. Fares start at $1 and can take you up and down Canal Street, St. Charles and the Riverfront. For more information, please visit www.norta.com.

Join NaBITA -- Discounted Registration Rates

Interested in joining NaBITA and registering for the conference or institute all at once? Please email Samantha Dutill at samantha@nabita.org for more information.

Guests With Disabilities

Please contact Samantha Dutill at samantha@nabita.org if you require accommodations.

Education Credits

The American College Counseling Association (ACCA, www.collegecounseling.org) will be providing CEU certificates for $15 per person. Registrants will be able to sign up and pay for this service on-site during registration.

Refund Policy

Registration cancellation by August 1, 2010= 100 % refund

Registration cancellation by September 1, 2010= 75% refund

Registration cancellation by October 1, 2010= 50% refund

Registration cancellation by November 1, 2010= 25% refund

Registration cancellation after November 1, 2010 = no refunds

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