Violence Risk Communication
Presented by Kelly A. Watt, PhD
1.5 Hours | 1.5 CEs
This on-demand professional training program on Violence Risk Communication is presented by Kelly A. Watt, PhD in partnership with Protect International Risk and Safety Services.
This program provides an overview of the basic elements and core virtues of risk communication when considering both written and oral reports. How the findings and opinions of violence risk assessments are communicated with others has major implications for helping evaluators to justify decisions, to manage liability, and to prevent violence.
Conducting a violence risk assessment to reach findings and opinions is only the first step in the process of assessing and managing violence risk. How the findings and opinions of this assessment are communicated to others is what is most likely to contribute to the prevention of violence.
This program also discusses key issues influencing risk communication, including the tension between an individual’s right to privacy and a professional’s or organization’s duty to protect.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
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Describe an overview of the basic elements and core virtues of risk communication
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Describe findings and opinions of violence risk assessments
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Describe major implications for helping evaluators to justify decisions, manage liability, and to prevent violence
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Describe key issues influencing risk communication, including the tension between an individual’s right to privacy and a professional’s or organization’s duty to protest
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.
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