Virtual Presentation with Kevin J. Cameron: Parents/guardians and educators invited to learn from crisis response expert

Virtual Presentation with Kevin J. Cameron
Parents/guardians and educators invited to learn from crisis response expert

The expert who led the crisis response following the 1999 school shooting in Taber, Alberta – just eight days after the Columbine school shooting – will deliver a special presentation for the community on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 from 6:30 pm to 8 pm. This not-to-be missed virtual event with Kevin J. Cameron, Executive Director of the North American Centre for Threat Assessment and Trauma Response, is being hosted by the Violence Threat Risk Assessment Steering Committee. 

The Violence Threat Risk Assessment Steering Committee brings community partners together to provide a collaborative response to a person of concern’s threat making behaviours. The goal is to keep the community safe by intervening before a violent incident occurs. 

A dynamic speaker, Kevin Cameron will build on the lessons learned from Frank DeAngelis, retired principal of Columbine High School, who will be in Sudbury to share his experience on Monday, April 11, 2022. Participants will gain insight into how a collaborative response to complex events, such as trauma or serious violence, better serves the overall community.

Kevin Cameron is a Board-Certified Expert and a Diplomate for the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. After being seconded by the Alberta Government to study the aftermath of the school shooting in Taber, Kevin Cameron developed the Traumatic Event Systems Model, Canada’s first comprehensive, multidisciplinary Violence Threat Risk Assessment (VTRA) training program, in concert with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Behavioural Sciences Unit.

An expert in Threat Assessment and Trauma Response for British Columbia’s ERASE initiative, Kevin Cameron is the Lead Clinician for the Surrey Wrap Youth Gang Prevention Program and oversees the largest urban VTRA training initiative in North America funded by a Federal Government Public Safety Grant.

Close to 100 various agencies across the province are applying the multi-agency VTRA Model to address all forms of violence, with a special emphasis on Violent Extremism.

In 2018, Kevin Cameron organized the North American Center for Threat Assessment and Trauma Response’s first ever U.S. specific operation. From this partnership came “NACTATR US” and the development of VTRA software which will be the first human-assisted technology to apply the highest levels of VTRA from single incident cases to complex community violence prevention initiatives.

Everyone is welcome to join this free presentation online via Zoom:  

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83492894755?pwd=aHZYYjltMG5rbHgybGJhcGF3Zy9ydz09

For more information:
Contact Anna Barsanti
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