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Member Rate:
$499 (early bird)
Non-Member Rate:
$599 (early bird)
Join us this fall for NABITA’s 15th Annual Conference in West Palm Beach, FL, from November 12-17, 2023. Connect with behavioral intervention and safety and threat assessment experts nationwide, and elevate your team’s knowledge through pre- and post-conference certification training courses.
As the premier behavioral intervention and threat assessment conference in the country, this is an opportunity you want to take!
Register TodayFind Your People
The nature of our confidential work often leaves us siloed at our educational institutions and workplaces. For that reason, we design our annual conferences to provide you with ample networking opportunities. We encourage you to find your people by attending receptions and social events. Or take a mental health break at one of the many restaurants and shops nearby in West Palm Beach. Our staff is made up of considerate and helpful individuals who take great care of our members and attendees, ensuring you feel valued and supported. Join us this year in Florida and allow us to inspire, energize, and educate you!
Exciting Speakers & Topics
This year, we plan to have a keynote session and three featured sessions, with multiple expert speakers at each! Discover the latest developments in behavioral intervention and best practices from industry leaders. During the event, our speakers will tackle the most pressing issues and offer practical solutions to the distinct challenges encountered in your profession.
Stay tuned for our list of conference speakers and topics!
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*Please note that conference registration rates will increase by $100 after September 29th.
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Use any remaining membership inclusions for pre- & post-conference training and certification courses.
Conference Highlights
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Conference Schedule and App
A comprehensive schedule of conference sessions, networking opportunities, and hands-on learning experiences are being designed to support, educate, and inspire you in your work. Our conference app, Whova, will help attendees connect and communicate throughout the event.
Further details will be released soon!
Member Rate:
$499 (early bird)
Non-Member Rate:
$599 (early bird)
Discount:
20%
Save 20% on your conference registration by bundling with a NABITA training.
Show DetailsThis course delivers an interactive and in-depth look at the standards of practice for team operating procedures and protocols.
Whether you are a new team just getting off the ground, or a seasoned team with a few years of experience under your belt, this course can help bring your team in line with best practices.
This course contains content related to: defining BITs, using an objective risk rubric for all BIT referrals, developing appropriate interventions, utilizing mandated assessments, and marketing/advertising the team based on survey data, research, and literature in the fields of threat assessment, psychology, and law enforcement. This course allows time for discussion and interactive case examples.
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The Structured Interview for Violence Risk Assessment (SIVRA-35) is a 35-item inventory that is used to assist behavioral intervention team members and clinical staff in conducting a more thorough and research-based violence risk assessment. The SIVRA-35 is designed to assess the risk and protective factors related to an individual’s willingness to engage in violence.
This course will provide an in-depth teaching of how to conduct an effective interview and gather information to score an individual using the SIVRA-35. This will include strategies for increasing likelihood of truthfulness, a discussion on how to phrase questions to probe for specific risk and protective factors, and the opportunity to watch demonstration videos and practice scoring them.
Click here to view more information.
Equip your non-clinical BIT and case management staff to identify and assess an individual’s risk related to suicidal ideation.
Participants in this course will learn how to triage risk related to suicide using the Non-Clinical Assessment of Suicide tool (NAS). The NAS relies on research-based risk and protective factors to help non-clinical professionals triage the overall risk for suicide an individual poses. The instructors in this course will provide an overview of how to identify an individual who may be experiencing suicidal ideation, strategies for asking about suicide in a one-on-one appointment, and in-depth teaching of the NAS as a suicide assessment tool. Additionally, participants will learn how to make an effective referral to clinical mental health services and deploy appropriate interventions based on the level of risk assessed using the NAS.
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Join us anytime between 3:00pm-6:00pm ET to check in for the 2023 Annual Conference. Meet with NABITA staff and take a sneak peek at the exhibitor tables.
Aaron had a chaotic and violent childhood and by the time he was a teenager he was homeless, angry, and traumatized. After his attempts to reach out for help were not only unhelpful, but actually destructive, he began to plan a mass attack of violence. Aaron planned his attack to occur at either the local high school or mall food court and began considering ways to obtain a firearm to carry out the attack. However, before he could secure a firearm, his best friend changed the course of his life with a small, simple act of kindness.
Aaron now travels the country to raise awareness around why mass attacks happen and how we can all play a role in preventing them. Aaron was featured on multiple national and international news channels including MSNBC, CNN, and The Washington Post. Aaron’s TEDtalk, “I was Almost a School Shooter”, currently has over 14 million views.
Join Aaron in this compelling keynote as he discusses his personal experiences and how the trajectory of his life was changed with one simple act of kindness. Aaron will share takeaways on how you can intervene, in even the smallest ways, to prevent violence and harm.
Join NABITA for our Welcome Reception. All attendees and traveling companions are welcome to attend.
The U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) has over 20 years of experience in conducting research on the thinking and behaviors of those who commit acts of targeted school violence, in an effort to prevent future tragedies. Key findings from this research indicate that those who engage in violence, or plot to do so, often communicate their intentions to others prior to the attack. This session will focus on guidance for local education agencies to establish and strengthen bystander reporting so that students exhibiting concerning or threatening behaviors can receive assistance as early as possible.
Join the presenters as they walk you through an overview of legal pitfalls and challenges BITs to face as related to student conduct, ADA/OCR, free speech, threat assessment, parental involvement, FERPA, HIPAA, and state confidentiality laws.
This presentation will focus on interviewing skills for your BIT/Case Manager. The presentation will provide your BIT/Case Manager a solid foundation for interim and long-term actions, as well as using additional threat and risk assessment tools, such as the SIVRA-35. Attendees will learn how to prepare, conduct, and document BIT interviews, as well as discuss how to manage interviews. Presenters will also review key issues regarding trauma-informed interviewing, open and close-ended questioning, reframing, credibility, and reliability.
Effective case management plays a crucial role in supporting student success and well-being. A key component of the case management process is the intake session, which sets the foundation for understanding and addressing student concerns. This session aims to equip case managers with the skills and knowledge necessary to conduct effective intake sessions. The presenters will explore the importance of the intake process in building rapport, assessing student needs, and establishing appropriate interventions. Participants will learn strategies to create a welcoming and supportive environment that is also conducive to good information collecting, such as using active listening techniques, engaging in non-judgmental communication, considering culturally sensitive approaches, and actively building rapport.
Choose one of our concurrent sessions to attend.
Concurrent session proposal applications are now open! Click here to learn more and submit your proposal.
Super Members and K-12 Professional Development Package holders are invited to join NABITA experts at a special lunch. Travel partners are welcome to attend.
Choose one of our concurrent sessions to attend.
Concurrent session proposal applications are now open! Click here to learn more and submit your proposal.
Choose one of our roundtable sessions to attend. Roundtable topics coming soon!
Students with disabilities can present unique challenges when applying the basic principles of school based behavioral threat assessment. State laws and federal protections are factors to consider when disabled students exhibit behaviors that can be interpreted as threatening. This presentation explores the steps to take and legal factors to consider when conducting behavioral threat assessments for students with disabilities.
Session description coming soon!
Ensuring the safety of our communities is a responsibility that belongs to everyone. For over 20 years, the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) has conducted research on the thinking and behaviors of those who commit acts of targeted violence in an effort to prevent future tragedies. This presentation will highlight past incidents as well as relevant findings and recommendations from NTAC’s latest research, which indicates that targeted violence is preventable. It will also discuss how communities can use a multidisciplinary approach to identify, assess, and intervene with individuals exhibiting concerning or threatening behaviors.
Ever wonder how to demonstrate that your case management services are effective? Join the presenters as they discuss strategies for engaging in ongoing evaluation processes using research methods to measure the effectiveness of case management services. This presentation will provide strategies for implementing a strategic approach to evaluating the overall effectiveness of the case management program and services.
Session description coming soon!
Behavioral Intervention Teams and Title IX Teams have distinct roles in managing risk and responding to behavior-related concerns; however, given the overlap and intersection of cases between the two teams, administrators need to be prepared to collaborate and communicate to fulfill their compliance obligations and best meet the needs of the individuals involved and the broader community. This presentation will discuss the overlap of BIT and Title IX and provide strategies for ensuring effective communication and collaboration. Additionally, the presentation will explore the role of Title IX on the BIT, jurisdictional requirements that govern institution’s response to Title IX incidents, processes for addressing problematic behaviors that do not fall within Title IX jurisdiction, and ways BITs can partner with Title IX offices in addressing concerning behaviors.
Involuntarily removing a student from an institution can be a complex issue, often involving due process requirements as well as disability elements. A case manager can serve a significant role in managing circumstances when an individual’s behavior or expression of self harm or harm to others raises concerns and questions about suitability for continued enrollment. The role of your BIT will be important in establishing the nature of the risk posed and the severity of the risk to assist other institutional processes in applying an ADA-based Direct Threat standard or adjudicated through the student conduct process. This session will discuss current cases and challenges and provide recommendations for best practices in addressing these complex cases.
Culturally informed case management practices are essential for providing effective and equitable services to clients from diverse backgrounds. This can be challenging and when not done properly, processes may be unduly influenced by bias or prejudice. This session explores the effects of bias and ways BITs/Case Managers might mitigate it’s influence on referrals, risk assessment, and interventions.
Choose one of our concurrent sessions to attend.
Concurrent session proposal applications are now open! Click here to learn more and submit your proposal.
Choose one of our concurrent sessions to attend.
Concurrent session proposal applications are now open! Click here to learn more and submit your proposal.
Higher education has always been central to the social issues of its generations. The last two decades have challenged higher education with an array of vexing social challenges including the unprecedented rise in mental health distress and mental illnesses, the lack of capacity to meet these needs, the arrival of social media now linked to mental health outcomes, an epidemic of loneliness, the need to advance and affirm diversity, equity and inclusion of all students, the burden of rising tuition with the calls for a better return on investment as defined by student success, political and social injustices and a global pandemic.
This closing session will seek to challenge us to examine the possibility that one of key drivers of mental health distress is that we have lost sight of one of our most important values-the value of personhood. These last two decades have ushered in a view of our students, faculty, and staff more as commodities, than the unique people they are. They are our tuition dollars, our salaries, our hopes and dreams, our liabilities and risks to be managed, our future endowers of funds; they are GPA’s in a march towards high paying jobs with the message that only happiness comes with such incomes and which students internalize; they are the faculty and staff who are expected to do more and more with less and less; and all of these themes are reinforced in narratives on social media. What if we were to re-center and re-focus this value of personhood in our institutions, our policies and practices, our classrooms, in our messaging and even in our families? Could a values-based lens create a greater sense of belonging and safety and alleviate distress across our campuses? Come with curiosity and a willingness to wonder “what if?”
The Violence Risk Assessment of the Written Word (VRAWW) is an expert system designed to assess the risk level and potential for violence present in written content. Relying on research of past violent attacks and the written narratives accompanying them, VRAWW presents an objective approach to assessing risk and threat present in written content (e.g. social media posts, journals, blog posts, narratives) by weighing the risk and protective factors for the author. This course will provide an in-depth teaching of the VRAWW tool and use case studies to demonstrate the application of VRAWW.
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Designed to provide participants with the skills and knowledge to deliver effective 1:1 case management services.
Building on the Case Management Standards and Best Practices course, participants learn how to work 1:1 with students to address presenting issues, reduce risk, and increase safety. The course will deliver an overview of high-impact case management practices, as well as focus on the application of case management techniques with specific presenting issues.
Using an interactive format, participants will watch video demonstrations of case management services in action and engage in discussion with the presenters and fellow participants regarding the skills and techniques demonstrated in the video.
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The Structured Interview for Violence Risk Assessment (SIVRA-35) is a 35-item inventory that is used to assist behavioral intervention team members and clinical staff in conducting a more thorough and research-based violence risk assessment. The SIVRA-35 is designed to assess the risk and protective factors related to an individual’s willingness to engage in violence.
This two-day course will provide an in-depth teaching on how to conduct an effective interview and gather information to score an individual using the SIVRA-35. This will include strategies for increasing likelihood of truthfulness, a discussion on how to phrase questions to probe for specific risk and protective factors, and the opportunity to watch demonstration videos and practice scoring them.
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Consultant, TNG & NABITA Advisory Board Member
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//=$i?>Managing Partner, TNG & Chair, NABITA Advisory Board
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//=$i?>Social Science Research Specialist, National Threat Assessment Center, Protective Intelligence and Assessment Division, U.S. Secret Service
//=$i?>FLDOE - Office of Safe Schools Threat Management Specialist
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//=$i?>With the help of a panel of expert presenters, we will create an engaging platform for interactive dialogue and knowledge exchange. The Call for Proposals closed on Friday, September 15th.
All notifications will go out by Friday, September 29th.
The NABITA Annual Conference is the premier gathering place for professionals working in the field of behavioral intervention. As such, our members are conducting exemplary work at their institutions to provide early intervention and support to community members dealing with a wide range of challenges. The Case Analysis Competition aims to display this work and allow the winning team to share their experience with others as a concurrent presentation.
NABITA invites you to submit a case highlighting your team’s effectiveness and alignment with best practices.
The selected presenters will be able to share their case analysis with a national audience of BIT practitioners in a concurrent session presentation at the NABITA Annual Conference.
We encourage proposals from K-12 and higher education teams.
The Call for Proposals closed on Friday, September 15th. All notifications will go out by Friday, September 29th.
The NABITA Annual Conference is the premier gathering place for professionals working in the field of behavioral intervention. Many attending individuals represent BITs or CARE teams looking for innovative and effective marketing and outreach strategies. To showcase examples of the excellent work BIT and CARE teams do with marketing, the 2023 Annual Conference will launch the NABITA Marketing Hall of Fame!
The NABITA Marketing Hall of Fame will be hosted in the common area of the conference and will include displays of the marketing campaign strategies used by BITs and CARE teams. You are invited to submit examples of your behavioral intervention team’s marketing and outreach efforts for display in the Marketing Hall of Fame.
The Call for Proposals closed on Friday, September 15th. All notifications will go out by Friday, September 29th.
Want to Partner with Us?
Sponsors can engage with attendees and form partnerships that extend beyond the conference. Likewise, exhibitors can share their products, services, and experiences with attendees. Learn about the 2023 Sponsorship Package.
If you are interested in participating as a sponsor or exhibitor, please apply here.
In service to the field, NABITA welcomes scholarship applications to the upcoming conference. Please note that scholarships are for registration only and do not include hotel accommodations, flights, transportation, or meals.
The application closed on Friday, September 15th. All notifications will go out by Friday, September 29th.
NABITA is accepting nominations for its Best Practices and Institutional Impact Award.
This award is intended to recognize a practice or program that can be modeled by other institutions as a best practice and has been shown to have a significant evidence-based impact on the originating institution. These practices or programs can be specific to the functioning of a BIT or serve to educate, provide interventions for, or reduce risk among target populations.
Practices and programs may be nominated, or program directors may apply on the program’s behalf. The selected institution’s team will be honored at the Conference and will receive a token worthy of display at the institution.
Please apply at this link.
For questions, please email conference@nabita.org.
Book Your Stay at the Hilton West Palm Beach Hotel
We’ve secured special room blocks for conference attendees. Be sure to reserve your room well before the cutoff date, Friday, October 13th.
Reservations can be made online at this link or by calling the hotel at 561-231-6000 (Option 1) or the reservations team at 1-855-757-4985. Please use Group Code “ZNC23” to receive the contracted rate.
All conference sessions and training courses will be held at the Palm Beach County Convention Center, at 650 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33401.
Hotel accommodations will be at the hotel attached to the Convention Center, the Hilton West Palm Beach, at 600 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33401. Contact the hotel directly at 561-231-6000 (reference group code “ZNC23“) or click here to book your room today!
Discounted rates end Friday, October 13th. NABITA cannot make special arrangements or assist in capturing discounted room rates after the room block sells out.
NABITA will provide a continental breakfast each morning, a mid-morning coffee and tea break, and an afternoon snack each day. Lunch and dinner each evening will be up to you.
Click here for more information on dining near the Hilton West Palm Beach.
Yes, discounts are available. Registering for multiple courses or multiple participants is a great way to save.
Register yourself or your team for two to four courses or conference registrations and receive a 15% discount; register for five or more and receive a 25% discount. Please create your order, click the “Pay Later” option upon checkout, and reach out to conference@nabita.org for discounts to be applied.
NABITA understands that circumstances change, and issues may arise that prohibit you from attending this event after registering. Our cancellation and refund policy is outlined below:
All credits will expire within one year from the date credit is given. Please refer to our event policy for more information.
No, your conference registration only allows you to attend non-certifying conference sessions on Nov. 13-15. You can purchase pre-conference courses separately, which will be Nov. 12-13, or post-conference courses, which will happen Nov. 16-17.
Your conference attendance will give you 12 continuing certification credits which will renew any NABITA 2-year certification. Click here to learn more about CCCs.
NABITA has created downloadable Supervisor Justification Letters to customize and send to your supervisor to attend the conference and/or training courses!
Upon purchase completion, you will receive a registration confirmation email. You can access the NABITA Event Lobby at that time by logging in with your email address (no password is required).
If you enter your email address and the event lobby does not allow you access, or you gain access to the lobby but it does not show the 2023 NABITA Annual Conference or courses, then you are not registered correctly.
Please contact NABITA at conference@nabita.org so we can provide assistance, or use the chat feature in the lower right-hand corner of this site.
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Member
NABITA members receive member pricing on all NABITA events, trainings, and products. Individual and institutional-level memberships are available. Learn more about NABITA membership.
Conference registration rates will increase to the following after September 29th:
Conference attendees will receive 12 continuing certification credits (CCCs) that will renew any current 2-year NABITA certification.
Those attending a pre- or post-training course will receive a 2-year certification or 12 CCCs to renew a current certification.
Click here to learn more about CCCs.
Yes, NABITA Annual Conference scholarships are available. All attendees can apply for a NABITA Annual Conference scholarship or pre- or post-training certification course scholarship here.
Please note that your application only covers conference registration or training certification course registration. Flights, meals, hotel accommodations, and transportation are not included.
Yes, in-person and virtual conference sponsorship opportunities are available. School districts, institutions, businesses, and organizations are welcome to apply.
If you want to participate as a sponsor or exhibitor, please apply here. Sponsorship applications are due by Friday, September 15th. You will be notified via email by Friday, September 29th.
For a complete list of sponsorship opportunities available with NABITA, please contact inquiry@tngconsulting.com.
There are no virtual attendance options at this time. Click here for all upcoming virtual events.
Pre- & Post-Conference Training Courses and Workshops:
Member:
Workshop – $299
One-Day Higher Ed. Certification Training – $699
One-Day K-12 Certification Training – $399
Two-Day Higher Ed. Certification Training – $1,299
Non-Member:
Workshop – $349
One-Day Higher Ed. Certification Training – $799
One-Day K-12 Certification Training – $499
Two-Day Higher Ed. Certification Training – $1,399
There are no early bird discounts available for our certification courses and workshops. Multi-course discounts are available. Please contact conference@nabita.org before purchasing to inquire.
NABITA would like to provide an update on our statement regarding our events located in states with inequitable laws. We have partnered with SocialOffset to offer summit attendees the opportunity to contribute to local organizations in West Palm Beach that make a difference in people’s lives, focusing on the issues of racial justice and LGBTQ+ equality. NABITA worked closely with SocialOffset to select two vetted charities that work towards our equity goals to help balance the scale. We invite you to use this campaign to offset any tax spending in West Palm Beach that doesn’t align with your values by supporting local charities that do. Click here to learn more and donate. NABITA will match all donations received up to $1,000.
All donations go directly to these vetted and pre-selected charities:
Sure, that is always an option. However, SocialOffset provides the resources—that charities often do not have—to manage the tracking and reporting that associations want to see to understand if their campaigns were successful. The reporting runs through SocialOffset’s site, an administrative cost that NABITA has covered. 100% of your donations go to the selected charities. NABITA will also match all donations received via SocialOffset up to $1,000.
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