Before the mass shootings at Virginia Tech, threat-assessment teams were largely nonexistent — or dormant. Starting tomorrow they will have their own professional association.
The National Behavioral Intervention Team Association — abbreviated as the relatively pronounceable Nabita (nah-BIT-ah) — will provide professional development and support to colleges, schools, and workplaces that use what the group calls “caring prevention and intervention” to help troubled individuals and prevent violence.
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