Short Term Assessment of Risk & Treatability
Presented by Sarah Desmarais, PhD, and Tonia Nicholls, PhD
This self-paced training program on Short Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START): An Introduction to Structured Professional Judgement is presented by Sarah Desmarais, PhD, and Tonia Nicholls, PhD
This training program provides foundational training on the use of the Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START), a 20-item structured professional judgement guide developed to support decisions and case planning for persons with mental health and/or criminal justice needs and who may pose a risk of violence to self or others. The START provides for the differential coding of clinically relevant strengths and vulnerabilities to inform the assessment and management of violence and related risks (suicide, self-harm, substance abuse, victimization, etc.). This approach has been implemented and evaluated in more than 70 studies and translated into eight languages. It is recognized as a best practice for the assessment and management of violence and related risks.
This training program describes the development, design, and format of START as well as the results of existing and ongoing research. A case-based approach will be used to focus this training on the process of using the START to guide assessment and the use of START assessments to improve outcomes.
Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
Describe the rationale for adopting the START into clinical practice
Describe the relevance of the START for diverse populations, settings, and decision contexts
Describe the various components of the START and how to assess them
Describe how protective factors and risk factors can both be simultaneously present or absent
Describe how to integrate historical and current information to empirically inform evidence based risk assessment
Describe the intersection of related case outcomes (e.g., suicide, substance abuse, violence)
Implement and justify a START assessment
Describe the empirical research support for START
Describe how the START can be used in practice to support rapport building and engagement
Describe how the START can inform case formulations
Sarah L. Desmarais, PhD
Tonia L. Nicholls, PhD
Review Before Proceeding
Lesson 1 Video
START: The Case for a New Structured Professional Judgment Scheme
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 2 Video
START Item Explanations
Case Study - Clare
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 3 Video
START Risk Estimates
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 4 Video
Case Study - Billy
START Coding Form
START Summary Sheet
Billy Case Submission
Submission Verification
Lesson 5 Video
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 6 Video
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 7 Video
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 8 Video
Case Study - Mr. L
START Coding Form
START Summary Sheet
START - Mr. L Case Submission
Submission Verification
Lesson 9 Video
Lesson 10 Video
Lesson 11 Video
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 12 Video
Instructions
Evaluation
Submission Verification
Custom training options for groups of 5 to 500+