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Risk Management

Cost of risk Edvita's Risk Management and Loss Control (RM/LC) program applies the Edvita professional development programs and violence response curricula to meet the challenge of reducing the frequency and severity of claims from episodes of violence.

Working with organizations and their brokers, third party administrators, risk pools, and insurers, the Edvita RM/LC program focuses on measurable results in the following areas:

	Reduced risk exposure -- effective violence prevention and episode management; awareness and compliance with Titles VII and IX of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 covering institutionalized racism, deliberate indifference, excessive force, etc.; compliance with anti-bullying and related laws, and more.
	Reduced liability following episodes of violence -- reduced incidence and severity of claims; reduced civil suit frequency, settlement amounts, and judgments; reduced litigation expense.

Building a risk management database Additionally, the RM/LC provides an opportunity for organizations and their insurance product and service affiliates to expand employee customer trust, demonstrate their commitment to their communities, foster improved customer loyalty, and provide a positive demonstration of the organization's ability to meet challenges and solve problems.

The Edvita RM/LC is designed to work with school districts, law enforcement agencies, municipalities, healthcare systems, and other organizations in partnership with their insurance service and product providers.

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The program is based upon the Violence Integrative Prevention and Restoration (PAR) Model -- a powerful approach which:

1.	Provides a practical, easy to understand, and effective approach to reducing and ending violence.
2.	Can be applied to all forms of violence -- interpersonal to international.
3.	Eliminates the inhibiting qualities of the punitive model -- the emphasis on fear, outrage, revenge, scapegoating, and punishment.
4.	Makes violence understandable. Understanding of a disease, problem, or challenge is the first step in creating positive solutions.
5.	Allows the practitioner to overcome many of the hidden myths, problems, and barriers which frustrate the effort to reduce and end violence.
6.	Provides a logical and practical process for diagnosis, identification of risk factors and drivers, response, and evaluation of results (the public health approach).
7.	Is flexible and responsive to cultural, economic, developmental, contextual, and other factors.

The Edvita Professional Briefing: Risk Management and the Violence Integrative Prevention and Resoration Model (viewing requires Acrobat Reader) provides more information about the application of the PAR model in a risk management environment. The RM/LC program includes:

	The PAR Professional Development program -- providing a broad range of courses and trainer certification programs focussing on effective violence prevention and intervention.
	The Violence Response curriculum -- a set of Lesson Packages (combining learning materials, PowerPoint presentations, and MP3 digital audio recordings) geared to middle and high school education levels.
	Assessment instruments for schools -- covering requirements at the district, school, and classroom levels. These include a student self-assessment and individual confidential assessments used by teachers.

Information on the PAR professional development programs, the violence response curriculum, and assessment instruments is available on this web site. If your organization would like to explore the opportunities provided by Edvita's Risk Management and Loss Control, please don't hesitate to us.

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