Welcome to The NCHERM Group

Systems-level solutions for safer schools and campuses

The NCHERM Group is the umbrella for eight linked organizations which serve to advance holistic, proactive prevention and risk management within K-12 schools and college/university campuses.

Chair: Brett A. Sokolow, Esq.
Vice President: Daniel C. Swinton, Ed.D., J.D. (beginning June 2012)
Executive Director: Cori M. Sokolow, M.Ed.

We invite you to use this site as a gateway to visit each of our organizations and to learn more about the synergistic prevention initiatives that undergird the mission of each entity. Below is a short description of each organization, with a link to its staff. You may also click on the logo of the organization to visit its homepage. We hope you will find this site a useful roadmap to each entity and its relation to the others. We invite your inquiries about The NCHERM Group and any of our eight linked organizations. Email inquiries to NCHERM@NCHERM.org.

Click here for information about the NCHERM Story, and how The NCHERM Group has become an influential voice for preventative law and risk management practices in the education field.

NCHERM: The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management, Ltd.

NCHERM (pronounced EN-KERM) is a law and consulting firm headquarted in Malvern, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia. Founded in 2000, NCHERM's twenty-one consultants and attorneys serve thirty colleges and universities as outside legal counsel, and have served in a consulting capacity to 2,200 colleges and universities on best practices for campus health and safety. NCHERM is a Pennsylvania not-for-profit corporation.

NCHERM Staff Members
NCHERM Partners and NCHERM Affiliated Consultants
Visit the NCHERM website

Association of Title IX Administrators

ATIXA is a membership association for school and college Title IX Coordinators and administrators with over 400 active members. Founded in 2011 with a seed-grant from NCHERM, ATIXA is an independent PA not-for-profit association based in Malvern, PA. It has certified more than 600 campus and K-12 Title IX Coordinators.

ATIXA Staff Members
Visit the ATIXA website

School and College Organization for Prevention Educators

SCOPE is a membership association for school and college prevention educators addressing prevention holistically across many areas of health and risk. With 150 active members, SCOPE was founded in 2011 based on a donation from NCHERM and an anonymous family. It is an independent, PA not-for-profit association based in Hatfield, PA.

SCOPE Staff Members
Visit the SCOPE website

National Behavioral Intervention Team Association

NaBITA is a membership association for school and college behavioral intervention and threat assessment team members. With 1,000 active members, NaBITA was founded in 2009 with a seed grant from NCHERM. In 2011, it became an independent, PA not-for-profit association. NaBITA is based in Malvern, PA.

NaBITA Staff Members
Visit the NaBITA website

Behavioral Mental Health Concerns Team

The BMHCT is a practice group wholly owned by NCHERM. The BMHCT is staffed by four campus mental health professionals and a mental health law expert, and is available for case consultation to college and university behavioral intervention and threat assessment teams. The BMHCT provides violence risk assessments in challenging cases and in cases where local resources are unavailable or cannot offer the level of specialized assessment available from the experts on the BMHCT.

BMHCT Staff Members
Visit the BMHCT website

NCHERM Conflict Resolution

NCHERM-CR is a new practice group launched by NCHERM in 2012 as an autonomous subdivision with its own staff and Chair. Just as NCHERM provides consultation on student conduct best practices throughout the country, NCHERM-CR is tasked with defining and offering consultation to higher education on the best practices for campus mediation, conflict resolution, restorative justice and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.

NCHERM-CR Staff Members
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Student Affairs eNews

SAeN is a wholly owned subsidiary of NCHERM. Managed by Brian Van Brunt, Ed.D., SAeN is the leading news resource for what is happening in the field of student affairs. SAeN maintains a website dedicated to student affairs news, content and events so that you can stay current and ahead of trends in the field. SAeN provides an email of student affairs-related news to over 600 subscribers each week.

Visit the SAN website

Title IX Expert Witness

Title IX Expert Witness is a website run under the auspices of NCHERM to promote the services of NCHERM consultants as expert witnesses in litigation affecting schools and colleges. NCHERM has an active expert witness practice in cases involving Title IX, sexual harassment and misconduct, hazing, student injury, school and campus safety and security and student discipline. Learn more at the link below.

Visit the Title IX Expert Witness website