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Standards of BIT Teams

NABITA Standards for Behavioral Intervention Teams outlines 20 core standards for Behavioral Intervention Teams.  For more help understanding the threat assessment, refer to NaBITA's supplement, 20 Questions: A Supplemental Flowchart for the NaBITA Threat Assessment Tool

Assessing the level of threat

  • An initial assessment: CPTC has developed a threat assessment tool aligned with NABITA’s standards.  BIT Teams classify an individual's level of risk: mild, moderate, elevated, severe or extreme.  The NABITA tool can be found here:
  • For those at elevated or above risks: The Structured Interview for Violence Risk Assessment (SIVRA-35) serves as a starting place for BIT to conduct a more standardized, research-based violence risk assessment.