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    Canopy Case Management by Branching Minds

    Safety Insights to Support Every Student—Proactively and Effectively

    Canopy Case Management
    Behavioral Risk Identification Software

    Ensure the Safety That Students Need to Thrive at Every Tier of Support

    Evaluate Students at Risk of Harming Others

    Understand the Root Causes of Safety and Behavior Challenges

    Evaluate Students at Risk of Self-harm

    🛡️ Only 5% of threats end up requiring a safety plan, but
    100% of threats are signals that students need support.

    - Dr. Dewey Cornell, Clinical Psychologist, Professor, and Principal Author, Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines

    Strengthen Your MTSS Practice with Canopy Case Management

    Evaluate Safety Risks

    Leverage built-in suicide risk screening and threat assessment protocols to understand level of risk.

    Understand Root Causes

    Use Functional Behavior Assessments to uncover behavioral drivers and create effective support plans.

    Provide the Right Level of Support

    Create confidential case plans in parallel to tiered support plans.

    Monitor and Collaborate

    Track every step in one secure system, with integrated communication tools and enhanced visibility, so no students fall through the cracks.

    1. Evidence-Based Evaluation of Risk

    Built for early detection and response, Canopy Case Management helps schools:

    • Identify students at risk with tools like the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) and the Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage (SAFE-T) protocol.
    • Conduct easy-to-use school threat assessments aligned with guidelines from the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC), such as the Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG).
    • Leverage data from Branching Minds to guide appropriate risk evaluations.
    Student Support Software

    2. Comprehensive, Collaborative, and Confidential Case Management

    Bring everything under your district canopy:

    • Manage confidential information with tight permission controls, ensuring sensitive information is limited only to those who need it.
    • Support students holistically, with visibility into patterns of behaviors at both the individual and system level.
    • Combine academic, attendance, behavior, and safety data into one powerful student support platform.
    MTSS Case Management

    3. Effective, Consistent Responses

    Move from reactive to proactive with:

    • Guided screening and assessment workflows.
    • Integrated Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) software for deeper insight into challenging behaviors.
    • Scaffolding for evidence-based safety plans.
    School Behavior Management System

    4. Streamlined Workflows for Safety Teams

    • Use a confidential, intuitive platform to collaborate across teams.
    • Align behavioral risk identification software and response strategies within your MTSS framework.
    • Save time and effort managing cumbersome workflows, when time is of the essence.
    Streamlined Workflows for Safety Teams

    Unifying Safety for all Students

    Give administrators and behavioral health teams the ability to evaluate and detect suicide risks and threats early using built-in, research-backed screening tools and protocols.

    Deliver consistent, tiered interventions through an integrated school behavior management system and address the root causes of student behavior and safety concerns with personalized, data-driven support.

    Choose a Best-in-Class MTSS Platform that Integrates Student Safety Insights

    Canopy Case Management unifies safety, behavior, and academic data—empowering a smarter, more responsive approach to student well-being.

    K-12 Student Support Platform

    Discover How Canopy Case Management Simplifies Safety and Behavior Workflows

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    Uncompromised Data Privacy

    Our security practices are audited annually as part of our SOC 2 Type II compliance, ensuring that we continuously meet industry standards for data privacy and security. Learn more.

    Canopy Case Management FAQ

    What is Canopy Case Management?

    Canopy is Branching Minds’ safety suite for managing suicide risk assessments (self-harm), threat assessments (harm to others), and functional behavior assessments (FBA for root cause). It helps safety teams document, track, and manage cases with clarity, while integrating that data into your MTSS ecosystem so support doesn’t stop at the safety team’s door.

    What assessment protocols does Canopy support?

    Canopy supports the most widely recognized and research-backed protocols in K–12 safety:

    • Threat Assessment: Choice of Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG) or National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) Model.
    • Self-Harm: Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS).

    Each is structured as a guided, step-by-step flow in the platform, ensuring teams follow the protocol in a user-friendly interface.

    Does Canopy make recommendations or classify student risk?

    No. Canopy doesn’t make decisions for your team. The protocols built into Canopy—like CSTAG, C-SSRS, and NTAC—are designed to guide your process, not override it.

    You’ll get structured workflows and built-in prompts aligned to each protocol, but your team leads the judgment, classification, and next steps. 

    Is Canopy prescriptive in how we assess or respond to a threat?

    Not at all. Canopy provides structure without restriction. It supports your district’s chosen protocols but doesn’t dictate safety decisions, next steps, or outcomes. Your team stays in control while Canopy guides documentation, visibility, and compliance.

    How does Canopy support MTSS?

    Canopy creates a layer of protection—like the canopy of a tree—over your MTSS system by ensuring that safety data isn’t siloed or overlooked.

    By bringing suicide risk, threat assessments, and behavioral evaluations into the same platform as academic, SEL, and intervention data, Canopy helps teams move response from reactive to proactive, risk-aware MTSS. It doesn’t just track student crises, it helps you see them in the context of long-term support.

    What if we haven’t been trained on CSTAG, C-SSRS, or NTAC protocols?
    • For C-SSRS and NTAC: Branching Minds provides free asynchronous training on how to use these protocols within the platform.
    • For CSTAG: Formal certification and methodology training is required. We partner with protocol creators and can connect your district with the right training partner when needed.
    How is Canopy different from other case management or safety tools?

    Most safety tools focus on documentation. Canopy focuses on documentation AND follow-through. It’s designed for practicality,  usability, and real-world team dynamics with features like auto-saving, pause-and-resume flows, a built-in dashboard, change logs, and individual profiles detailing the historic safety information of a student.

    What doesn’t Canopy do?

    Canopy is intentionally focused on case management, not surveillance or automated detection. It’s designed to help teams document, manage, and follow up on student safety concerns, not flag students or predict behavior.

    Here’s what Canopy does not do:

    • It does not monitor web activity, social media, or search history.
    • It does not integrate with anonymous tip lines or third-party alert systems.
    • It does not use AI to recommend interventions or identify students at-risk.
    • It does not provide pre-filled or automated decisions based on historical data.

    Canopy picks up where concern begins, not where it's predicted. It's built to support professional judgment, not replace it.

    Is student data in Canopy secure and private?

    Absolutely. Canopy is fully FERPA-compliant, with strict role-based permissions and encryption in transit and at rest. Only authorized users can access safety cases, and every action is logged for auditing. Your most sensitive student data stays protected, organized, and accessible only to the right people.

    Is Canopy included in the Branching Minds platform?

    Canopy is a separate add-on, not part of the core Branching Minds platform.

    It’s designed to complement your existing MTSS workflows by supporting student safety protocols, but it’s purchased and implemented as its own solution. If your district is already using Branching Minds, Canopy integrates seamlessly. If not, it can still be used independently for suicide risk, threat assessment, and case management.