6 Hours / 6 CEs

On Demand | Self-Paced Professional Training

This on-demand professional training program on ASAP: Safety Assessment and Planning is presented by Kelly A. Watt, PhD in partnership with Protect International Risk and Safety Services.

Although victim safety planning is a critical management strategy for all violence risk assessments, it is often not given the attention it deserves or requires. During the program, you learn about best practices and challenging issues related to safety assessment and planning and how to administer the Aid to Safety Assessment and Planning Guideline (ASAP), an SPJ for victim safety planning.

Learning Objectives

  • 1 Describe best practices and challenging issues related to safety planning.
  • 2 Describe special issues related to safety planning (e.g., lethality assessment and fear management).
  • 3 Describe administration at the Aid to Safety Assessment and Planning Guideline (ASAP).

  • Intended Audience

    This training is designed for intermediate- to advanced-level professionals whose work involves conducting violence risk assessments and developing victim safety plans. Participants are typically specialists in fields such as forensic psychology, clinical psychology, social work, or related disciplines. The program emphasizes structured professional judgment, risk management, and safety planning, and is relevant for those working in a variety of settings where violence risk and victim safety are key concerns.

  • Experience Level

      This training is applicable for all career stages: entry-level, mid-career, and experienced professionals.
      Those with expertise or specialized training in:
    • Forensic psychology
    • Clinical psychology
    • Social work
    • Risk management
    • Safety planning

  • Practice Setting

    • Professionals involved in violence risk assessment and victim safety planning.
    • Individuals working in criminal justice, security, and victim services.
    • Mental health professionals working in forensic mental health and civil mental health.
    • Staff in general healthcare, social services, human resources, occupational health and safety, and legal services.

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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Training Outline

Key topics covered in this training include:

  • Best practices and challenging issues in safety assessment and planning

  • How to administer the Aid to Safety Assessment and Planning Guideline (ASAP).

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.

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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.