1 Hour / 1 CE

On Demand | Self-Paced Professional Training

This on-demand professional training program on Violence Risk/ Threat Assessment Case Illustrations: Workplace is presented by Dr. Brianne Layden, Ph.D., in partnership with Protect International Risk and Safety Services. 

Case Illustrations are one of the most powerful ways to demonstrate the use of a tool for assessing and managing violence risk and how it can be implemented in practice. This program focuses on the use of the Guidelines for Stalking Assessment and Management (SAM) to assess and manage the risk for stalking in the workplace. The case illustrations highlight both promising practices and challenging issues related to the use of structured professional judgment guidelines in this sector (e.g., considering the definition of stalking and harassment and implementing tactics related to management strategies)

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

  • 1 Describe an overview of the use of the SAM through case illustrations
  • 2 Describe structured professional judgment guidelines for the assessment and management of risk for stalking
  • 3 Describe promising practices and challenging issues related to the use of structured professional judgment guidelines in workplaces
  • Intended Audience

    This training program is designed for professionals at all experience levels—beginner to advanced—who seek to develop or refresh their skills in assessing and managing stalking and related workplace risks. The course emphasizes the use of structured professional judgment (SPJ) guidelines and is relevant for those specializing in forensic psychology, organizational psychology, threat assessment, or violence risk management. While the primary focus is on workplace cases, the training is applicable to professionals working across a variety of sectors, including law enforcement, corrections, and community-based programs.

  • Experience Level

    This training is applicable for all career stages: entry-level, mid-career, and experienced professionals.

    • Suitable for those new to violence risk/threat assessment

    • Appropriate for experienced professionals seeking an introduction or refresher in the structured professional judgment approach

    • Designed for both entry-level and advanced practitioners working in diverse environments
  • Practice Setting

    • Professionals in forensic psychology, organizational psychology, or related fields
    • Threat assessment and violence risk management specialists
    • Law enforcement personnel
    • Correctional staff
    • Human resources and workplace safety professionals
    • Community-based program staff

Presented By

Brianne Layden, PhD, Threat Assessment Specialist at Protect International Risk and Safety Services Inc.

Dr. Brianne Layden obtained BA, MA, and PhD degrees in psychology at Simon Fraser University. She is a clinical and forensic psychologist specializing in the assessment and management of risk for violence toward the self and others. She works as a Threat Assessment Specialist at Protect International Risk and Safety Services Inc., is a contract psychologist with Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission of British Columbia, is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Simon Fraser University, and is the associate editor of Intelligence, an e-newsletter that keeps professionals up to date about recent advances in threat assessment around the globe. She also serves as a Member-at-Large for the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services. Her expertise involves the assessment and management of self-directed violence and personality disorders, particularly borderline personality disorder, and intersecting risks (e.g., general and self-directed violence). She has provided training workshops and invited presentations for forensic mental health, law enforcement, corrections, security, victim services and higher education, and has co-authored over 50 articles and conference presentations. She is currently in the process of developing structured professional judgment tools for the assessment and management of self-directed violence.

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Training Outline

Key topics covered in this training include:

  • Promising practices

  • Challenging issues

  • Implementation of SPJ

We are proud to partner with

Protect International Risk and Safety Services

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. 

  1. American Psychological Association (APA): Approved sponsor of continuing education for psychologists.

  2. Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB): Approved continuing education provider (ACE program, Provider #1480), 11/22/2023–11/22/2026.

  3. Canadian Psychological Association (CPA): Approved to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.

  4. 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.