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.