This workshop will enhance and promote statewide clinical expertise in violence risk and threat assessment in Nebraska. Practitioners address risk assessment and management issues in their clinical activity. The literature regarding key concepts of risk assessment and threat assessment will be reviewed, including relevant dynamic and static risk and protective factors. Illuminated by case scenarios, the presenter will detail the roles (i.e., linkage and overlap) of risk assessment and threat assessment across different applied contexts.
INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL: Advanced / INSTRUCTOR: Mario Scalora, PhD, CTM
TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Central) on Friday, March 29, 2024.
COST: FREE
CONTINUING EDUCATION: 5.0 continuing education credits for psychologists* / 5.0 continuing education credits for Nebraska LMHP/LIMHP
Credits will be awarded to participants who attend the entire training.
*Continuing education for psychologists may be used by other licensed behavioral health professionals. Please check with your licensing board. Continuing education credit is granted on a one credit per one instructional hour basis.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: clinicians licensed in Nebraska, such as Psychologists, Licensed Mental Health Professionals (social workers, counselors), APRN-Psych, and Psychiatrists
REGISTER AT GO.UNL.EDU/vra-registration
If you are unable to attend the in-person workshop in Omaha, you may register for the virtual session scheduled for April 5, 2024 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. More information for the virtual session is available here.
OBJECTIVES:
- Articulate key concepts of risk assessment and threat assessment as informed by the current literature
- Delineate the roles (i.e., linkage and overlap) of risk assessment and threat assessment within applied contexts
- Enumerate relevant dynamic and static risk and protective factors
- Apply the integration of risk and threat assessment principles to case examples
AGENDA: (all times listed below are in Central Time)
9:00 – 9:30am - Sign-in
9:30 – 10:45am - Training
10:45 – 11:00am - Break
11am – 12pm - Training
12:00 – 12:30pm - Lunch Break (lunch provided)
12:30 – 1:45pm - Training
1:45 – 2:00pm - Break
2:00 – 3:30pm - Training
The University of Nebraska Public Policy Center (NUPPC) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The NUPPC maintains responsibility for this program and content. This event is sponsored by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center.
INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Mario Scalora is the director of the Public Policy Center and a professor of psychology with the Clinical Training and Law-Psychology Programs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, as well as coordinating an active academic research program engaging in collaborative research in targeted violence. He received his B.S. in psychology from St. Joseph’s University and his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.