Psychological target hardening encompasses strategies used to identify the needs of individual students in order to maintain safety. Psychological target hardening are ways schools prevent violent acts using a variety of student-focused detection (e.g., screening) and response (e.g., disciplinary approaches) tactics. There are a variety of psychological target hardening strategies that are being adopted in schools, such as: 

 

- Disciplinary Instances

- Mental Health Screenings

- Reporting "Red Flags"

- Threat Assessments

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Please refer to the drop-down tabs for more information about each target hardening strategy.