From left, Dr. James Barrett and Dr. Craig Murphy will lead upcoming Risk Assessment Training opportunities for The Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth. (Photo Courtesy Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth)
WAKEFIELD — Executive Director Margie Daniels of Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth (MPY) is pleased to share the details of an upcoming Risk Assessment Training led by two psychologists — Dr. James Barrett and Dr. Craig Murphy.
The in-person training — Fundamentals of Risk Assessment — will occur on March 28, followed by two virtual trainings on April 2 and 16.
The March 28 training, facilitated by Dr. Barrett, will be held in person from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School, 758 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA, 02421. The follow-up April 2 and 16 trainings, facilitated by Dr. Murphy, will be hosted virtually from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
The Fundamentals of Risk Assessment workshop is designed for school clinicians who have completed the Intensive Threat Assessment Workshop. It will focus on the principles of a thorough and complete school-based risk assessment for students in crisis. Participants will learn best practices in risk assessment using a structured professional judgment model. They will also learn risk mitigation and protection strategies and methods to assess the effectiveness of school risk management plans.
In the virtual follow-up trainings, Dr. Murphy will present actual cases from schools in Massachusetts to illustrate the complexities of threat assessments and the benefits of applying a structured protocol that integrates key information from all respective stakeholders. Specific tools will be reviewed and shared, and report formats will be distributed to school-based teams to utilize and/or modify for use in their respective districts.
In addition to his role as Director of Clinical Support Services at the Cambridge Police Department, Dr. Barrett, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School. He is the former Director of School-Based Programs in the Division of Child/Adolescent Psychiatry at the Cambridge Health Alliance. Dr. Barrett has presented at numerous national conferences on juvenile justice, preventing retaliatory violence, juvenile risk assessment, and police-mental health partnerships.
Dr. Murphy, Ph.D., is the founder and executive director of the Family and Educational Wellness (FEW) Center. He is a nationally certified school psychologist with over 20 years of experience in public schools. He was an Associate Professor of School Psychology at William James College for 15 years before returning to working in schools and private practice.
Dr. Murphy is currently the clinical director of the Summit Therapeutic Program for the Bi-County Collaborative (BICO) in Walpole. In his role at BICO, Dr. Murphy conducts comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations, risk assessments, and threat assessments for over 50 school districts throughout Massachusetts and consults with school districts to overcome emotional and educational barriers to learning. His research efforts have focused on changing educator and parent perceptions of students with problem behaviors and fragile emotions and integrating developmental factors into children’s mental health treatment. Dr. Murphy is the author of The Influential School Leader: Inspiring Teachers, Students, and Families Through Social and Organizational Psychology (2021), a book he co-authored with Dr. John D’Auria.
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education-approved Professional Development Points (PDPs) and Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are offered at no additional cost to participants who attend the in-person March 28 and virtual April 2 and 16 sessions.
Questions about the Threat and Risk Assessment Trainings can be directed to MPY School Safety Coordinator John Oteri at john@mpyinc.org.
About the Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth, Inc.
Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides training, fosters collaboration and develops programming to increase the health and safety of students. MPY is committed to bringing cutting-edge information and high-quality trainings to constituents and endeavors to provide solution-oriented, community-based, multi-disciplinary approaches to reducing and ideally eliminating risky behaviors for youth. MPY programming reaches nearly 6,000 educators per year in Massachusetts, spread across approximately 300 districts, with more than 150 webinars and over a dozen conferences.
Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth is governed by a Board of Directors made up of school superintendents, police and fire chiefs, and other community leaders who work closely with MPY staff to deliver this mission. To learn more, visit: massachusettspartnershipsforyouth.com.
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