DESCRIPTION: 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. Relevant ethical concerns related to the implementation of threat and risk assessment approaches will be discussed.
INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL: Advanced
INSTRUCTOR: Mario Scalora, PhD, CTM
TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (CT) / 8:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. (MT) on Tuesday, October 21, 2025.
LOCATION: Holiday Inn, 110 2nd Avenue, Kearney, NE 68847 / COST: FREE
CONTINUING EDUCATION: An application has been made for 5.0 continuing education credits for psychologists and Nebraska LMHP/LIMHP.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Clinicians licensed in Nebraska, such as Psychologists, Licensed Mental Health Professionals (social workers, counselors), APRN-Psych, and Psychiatrists.
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.
- Describe at least two ethical considerations with the application of threat assessment strategies.
AGENDA: (all times listed below are in Central Time)
- 9:00 – 9:30 (CT) Registration
- 9:30 – 10:45 (CT) Training
- 10:45 – 11:00 (CT) Break
- 11:00 – 12:00 (CT) Training
- 12:00 – 12:30 (CT) Lunch Break (Lunch will be provided)
- 12:30 – 1:45 (CT) Training
- 1:45 – 2:00 (CT) Break
- 2:00 – 3:30 (CT) 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 Education and the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center.
INSTRUCTOR BIO:
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.