Diversity Issues in Violence Risk Assessment: General Principles and Best Practice
Presented by: Kelly A. Watt, PhD
1 Hour / 1 CE
On Demand | Self-Paced Professional Training
This on-demand professional training program on Diversity Issues in Violence Risk Assessment: General Principles and Best Practice is presented by Kelly A. Watt, Ph.D., in partnership with Protect International Risk and Safety Services.
Consideration of issues in diversity is a critical component of violence risk assessment and management that is often overlooked. There has been an intense debate in this field about whether established tools consider diversity issues and how these tools can best consider diversity issues.
This program provides an overview of some general principles and best practices that can be applied to consider diversity issues when conducting assessments. Additionally, the program discusses the suitability of these principles and the different approaches used for assessing and managing violence risk, including Unstructured Professional Judgment, Structured Professional Judgment, and Actuarial Risk Assessment. Finally, cases illustrate the importance and implications of the consideration of diversity issues when assessing and managing violence risk. The remaining programs in this series provide focused discussions regarding diversity issues related to youth and emerging adults, culture, gender, and sexuality.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:
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Describe general principles that can be applied to the consideration of diversity issues when conducting assessments. -
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Describe best practices that can be applied to the consideration of diversity issues when conducting assessments. -
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Describe the suitability of these principles and practices when applied to different approaches in risk assessment and management. - 4 Describe the general principles and best practices to violence risk assessment and management.
Presented By
Kelly A. Watt, PhD
Dr. Kelly A. Watt works as a Threat Assessment Specialist at Protect International and is a member of the Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute at Simon Fraser University in Canada. Dr. Watt is the editor of the Intelligence newsletter which is disseminated on behalf of threat assessment professional associations in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia Pacific, and that provides recent advances in research, practice, and the law related to threat assessment around the globe.
Training Outline
Key topics covered in this training include:
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General principles
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Best practices
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Case illustrations
We are proud to partner with
Protect International Risk and Safety Services
We are proud to partner with Protect International Risk and Safety Services for this training. Protect International's threat assessment professionals are internationally recognized experts that have developed some of the world's most widely used and best-validated threat assessment tools. Protect International provides services and products related to violence risk assessment and management, also known as threat assessment and management. Protect International services and products include threat assessment training and support, case assessment and management, legal consultation, policy review and development, and program evaluation and research; along with threat assessment manuals, worksheets, licenses, and software applications for those tools.
CE Sponsorship Information
Palo Alto University, Continuing & Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by, recognized by, or maintains sponsorship provider status with the following boards and agencies. We maintain responsibility for all content in our CE/CPD programs. For more information, visit here.
American Psychological Association (APA): Approved sponsor of continuing education for psychologists.
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB): Approved continuing education provider (ACE program, Provider #1480), 11/22/2023–11/22/2026.
Canadian Psychological Association (CPA): Approved to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC): Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 7190).
Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356 and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6811. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CONCEPT Professional Training, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CONCEPT Professional Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits.