Incident Setup

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Introduction

State reportable incidents must be created at the school level via Special Functions. Non-state reportable incidents may be created at the student, school, or district level.

Incident Rules

Use the following rules when creating incidents.

Incident Type

State reportable incidents must be associated with the incident type SDFS Reportable.

Offender

At least one student must be assigned the role of offender for each incident.

At least one behavior must be defined for each offender. After you create a behavior, you must drag the behavior to the participant to associate the two elements.

At least one action must be assigned to each violent behavior assigned to an offender. After you create an action, you must drag the action to the behavior to associate the two elements. After the action is associated with the behavior, it no longer appears under the Incident Elements heading.

Victim

Victims are not required for incidents.

Victims must not have any associated behaviors.

Victims must have at least one associated action to be reported.

Witness

Witnesses are not required for incidents.

Witnesses must not have any associated behaviors.

Witnesses do not have state reportable actions.

Reporter

At least one reporter must be defined for each incident.

Reporters must not have any associated actions or behaviors.

Attribute

At least one attribute must be associated with each incident involving a violent behavior. Attributes indicate if the incident was violent and involved physical injury. Attributes are associated to the incident itself, i.e. it is not necessary to drag the attribute to an offender or behavior.

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Setup Elements

The following data elements are required for discipline incidents. Incident types, as well as incident codes and subcodes, must be set up at the district level prior to creating discipline incidents. See District Setup for more information.

Data Element	Additional Information	[Table]FieldName	Used in these Reports
Defining Incident Details Start Page > Special Functions > Incident Management > Edit/Create New Incident > Incident Detail Note: Security groups must be granted access to Incident Types in order to create incidents. Review additional information about incident management.
Incident Description
Incident ID	This field is view-only and appears for existing incidents. The ID is populated automatically when the incident is first submitted.	[Incident]Incident_ID	Required Setup
School	The current school name appears. State reportable incidents must be created at the school level.	[Incident]School_Number	Required Setup
Incident Type	Choose the Idaho incident types from the pop-up menu: SDFS Reportable.	[Incident_LU_Code]Code_Type=incidenttypecode [Incident_LU_Code]Incident_Category	Required Setup
Incident Date	Enter the date and time that the incident occurred.	[Incident]Incident_TS	Required Setup
Time Frame	Choose the time frame that the incident took place from the pop-up menu.	[Incident_LU_Code]Code_Type=timecode [Incident_LU_Code]Incident_Category	Required Setup
Time Frame Comment	If applicable, enter a comment regarding the time frame.	[Incident_Detail]Lookup_Code_Desc	Optional Setup
Title	Enter a title for the incident.	[Incident]Incident_Title	Not Required
Description	Enter a description of the incident.	[Incident]Incident_Detail_Desc	Not Required
Location	Choose the location where the incident occurred from the pop-up menu.	[Incident_LU_Code]Code_Type=locationcode [Incident_LU_Code]Incident_Category	Required Setup
Location Subcode	Choose the location subcode from the pop-up menu.	[Incident_LU_Sub_Code]Sub_Catetory [Incident_LU_Sub_Code]State_Detail_Report_Code	Required based on the Location Code
Location Description	If applicable, enter the description of the location of the incident.	[Incident]Location_Details	Optional Setup
Prepared By	Not Required	N/A	Not Required
Financial Impact	Not Required	N/A	Not Required
Created By	The system-generated record of the person logged into PowerSchool who recorded the incident.	[Incident]Created_By	System Generated
Created On	The system-generated date and time that the incident was recorded in PowerSchool.	[Incident]Created_TS	System Generated
Adding Students or Staff Members Incident Builder: Participants: Add Student or Staff Member Use the following steps to add participants to the incident. Click the plus (+) next to Participants. The Search for Student, Staff, or Other Participants dialog appears. Enter criteria for the search and click Search. The Results section is populated with matching participants. Highlight the appropriate participant in the search results and click Add.
Name	The full name, school, grade level, Gender and type (student or staff member) of the participant. The identity of the participant is saved in PowerSchool. The name, school, grade level, Gender and type data are referenced from the student or staff member record.	[Incident_Person_Role]StudentID [Incident_Person_Role]TeacherID	Required Setup
Attributes	This field refers to participant attribute codes, which are not used for Idaho.	N/A	Not Required
Role	Choose the role that best describes the participant’s involvement in the incident. Each incident must be associated with at least one offender. Valid values: Reporter Victim Offender Witness Note: In order to assign more than one role, click the plus (+) next to Select Role(s).	[Incident_Person_Role]Role_Incident_Detail_ID	Required Setup
Adding Other Participants Incident Builder: Participants: Add Other Participant Use these steps to add a non-student/non-staff participant to the incident. Click the plus (+) next to Participants. The Search for Student, Staff, or Other Participants dialog appears. Click Create Other. The Add Other Participant dialog appears.
Mark Person as Unknown	Select the checkbox if the person is unknown.	[Incident_Other_Person]Is_Unknown	Not Required
First, Middle, Last	Enter the first, middle, and last names of the participant, if available.	[Incident_Other_Person]First_Name [Incident_Other_Person]Middle_Name [Incident_Other_Person]Last_Name	Required Setup
Position	Not Required	[Incident_Other_Person]Position	Not Required
Age	Not Required	[Incident_Other_Person]Age	Not Required
Gender	Enter the Gender of the participant, if available.	[Incident_Other_Person]Gender	Required Setup
Role	Choose the role that best describes the participant’s involvement in the incident. Each incident must be associated with at least one offender. Valid values: Reporter Victim Offender Witness Note: In order to assign more than one role, click the plus (+) next to Select pRole(s).	[Incident_Person_Role]Role_Incident_Detail_ID	Required Setup
Adding Discipline Actions Incident Elements: Add Action Use these steps to add a disciplinary action to the incident. Click the plus (+) next to Incident Elements. The Incident Elements dialog appears. Click Add Action. The Add Action dialog appears. Note: After you create an action in response to a behavior, you must drag the action to the behavior to associate the two elements. After the action is associated with the behavior, it no longer appears under the Incident Elements heading.
Action Code	Choose the action code from the pop-up menu: Expelled, Suspended from school or Convicted. Note: At least one action must be assigned to each violent behavior.	[Incident_LU_Code]Code_Type=actioncode [Incident_LU_Code]Incident_Category	Required Setup
Action Subcode	Choose the action subcode from the pop-up menu. Subcodes are required for Expelled and Suspended from school.	[Incident_LU_Sub_Code]Sub_Catetory [Incident_LU_Sub_Code]State_Detail_Report_Code	Required Setup
Duration Code	Choose the duration of the disciplinary action from the pop-up menu.	[Incident_Detail]LU_Code_ID [Incident_LU_Code]Code_Type=durationcode	Required Setup
Adding Behaviors Incident Elements: Add Behavior Use these steps to add behavior to the incident. Click the plus (+) next to Incident Elements. The Incident Elements dialog appears. Click Add Behavior. The Add Behavior dialog appears. Note: After you create a behavior for a participant, you must drag the behavior to the participant to associate the two elements.
Behavior Code	Choose the behavior code from the pop-up menu. Note: At least one behavior must be defined for each offender.	[Incident_LU_Code]Code_Type=behaviorcode [Incident_LU_Code]Incident_Category	Required Setup
Behavior Subcode	If available, choose a behavior subcode from the pop-up menu.	[Incident_LU_Sub_Code]Sub_Catetory [Incident_LU_Sub_Code]State_Detail_Report_Code	Required Setup
Behavior Code Comment	If appropriate, enter a comment regarding the behavior.	[Incident_Detail]Lookup_Code_Desc	Required Setup
Adding Attributes Incident Elements: Add Attribute This section defines whether a violent incident involved physical injury. Click the plus (+) next to Incident Elements. The Incident Elements dialog appears. Click Add Attribute. The Add Attribute dialog appears.
Attribute Code	Select the checkbox for Violent Incident without Physical Injury or Violent Incident with Physical Injury, if applicable (do not select both checkboxes). Note: At least one attribute code must be associated with each incident involving a violent behavior.	[Incident_LU_Code]Code_Type=attributecode [Incident_LU_Code]Incident_Category	Required Setup
Attribute Comment	Enter a comment related to the attribute code, if applicable.	[Incident_Detail]Lookup_Code_Desc	Optional Setup

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Introduction

Incident Rules

Setup Elements

Defining Incident Details

Adding Students or Staff Members

Adding Other Participants

Adding Discipline Actions

Adding Behaviors

Adding Attributes