Lunch and 3 CE credits are available with registration for this workshop. Register early - this workshop will be capped at 50 attendees!

Presented by Peter Langman, PhD

The workshop will identify and describe three psychological types of school shooters. Each of these types will be presented through case histories of actual perpetrators. The workshop will also discuss the life circumstances of the perpetrators, who often endured multiple blows to their identities. The workshop will then address warning signs of impending violence. A distinction will be made between reactive emergency response procedures such as lockdown drills that are utilized after an armed intruder has entered a building or campus, and threat assessment as a proactive approach to identify a potential violent attacker before he shows up armed and ready to kill.

Objectives

1.      Describe the three psychological types of school shooters.

2.      List three common domains of failures that shooters often experience.

3.      Explain the terms “threat assessment,” “attack-related behavior” and “leakage” and describe warnings signs of potential rampage attacks.

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More about the presenter:

Peter Langman, Ph.D., is a sought-after expert on the psychology of school shooters. He conducts  trainings  on understanding the psychology of school shooters and identifying potential school shooters for professionals in mental health, education, and law enforcement. He has spoken at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA, been hired by Homeland Security to train professionals in the United States, and been recruited by the State Department to speak to international audiences.  

Dr. Langman served on Pennsylvania’s Joint State Government Commission’s Advisory Committee on Violence Prevention. In the wake of the Sandy Hook attack, his recommendations on preventing school shootings were presented by the CEO of the American Psychological Association to President Obama. His research on school shooters has been cited in congressional testimony on Capitol Hill.

Dr. Langman’s new book,School Shooters: Understanding High School, College, and Adult Perpetrators, was published in January 2015.