5 Hours / 5 CEs

On Demand | Self-Paced Professional Training

This on-demand professional training program on B-SAFER is presented by P. Randall Kropp, PhD in partnership with Protect International Risk and Safety Services.

Intimate partner violence is a prevalent and serious problem worldwide, and evidence suggests that rates may increase during the pandemic. During this program, the nature of intimate partner violence, general principles of violence risk assessment, and management will be discussed. This program describes how to administer B-SAFER. The B-SAFER is a simplified, brief version of the SARA-V3. Participants are given an opportunity to build their skills in this area through a practice case.

Learning Objectives

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

  • 1 Describe the nature of intimate partner violence and intimate partner violence risk
  • 2 Describe the general principles of violence risk assessment and management, focusing on structured professional judgment (SPJ) approaches
  • 3 Describe the administration of the Brief Spousal Assault Form for the Evaluation of Risk (B-SAFER)

  • Intended Audience

    This training is designed for a wide range of professionals who encounter intimate partner violence (IPV) in their work, including those in behavioral health, justice and public safety, victim services, forensic evaluation, and threat assessment. It is suitable for individuals such as clinicians, justice professionals, advocates, case managers, forensic evaluators, and members of threat assessment teams. No prior experience with the B-SAFER tool is required, though a general understanding of IPV or violence risk concepts is beneficial.


    Examples of Relevant Professionals:
    • Mental health professionals (psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, marriage & family therapists, psychiatric nurses)
    • Probation and parole officers
    • Police officers (including domestic violence units)
    • Prosecutors’ victim-witness staff
    • Pretrial services staff
    • Corrections case managers
    • Domestic violence/sexual assault advocates
    • Shelter and housing providers
    • Child protection/welfare staff
    • Hospital IPV teams
    • Campus safety/Title IX staff
    • Forensic evaluators
    • Threat assessment team members
    • Multidisciplinary case-review panelists

  • Experience Level

    This training is appropriate for licensed and pre-licensed mental health professionals at various stages of experience with intimate partner violence (IPV) risk assessment and management.

    • Beginner: Participants new to IPV risk assessment or structured professional judgment (SPJ) approaches who seek foundational knowledge of IPV, risk concepts, and the B-SAFER tool.

    • Intermediate: Participants with some experience in violence risk assessment or clinical work with IPV who wish to deepen their understanding of SPJ principles, B-SAFER administration, and case formulation.

  • Practice Setting

    Professionals apply B-SAFER within clinical, justice, public safety, victim services, forensic, and threat assessment environments to identify, assess, and manage IPV risk and coordinate safety planning. Work occurs in office-based, community, institutional, and multidisciplinary team contexts involving assessment, case management, supervision, investigation, and consultation.


    Examples of Practice Settings:
    • Behavioral health clinics and hospital-based mental health services
    • Probation and parole agencies
    • Law enforcement domestic violence units
    • Prosecutors’ victim-witness programs
    • Pretrial services
    • Corrections case management units
    • Domestic violence/sexual assault advocacy organizations
    • Shelters and housing programs
    • Child protection/child welfare agencies
    • Hospital IPV response teams
    • Campus safety/Title IX offices
    • Forensic evaluation practices
    • Threat assessment teams
    • Multidisciplinary case-review panels

Presented By

P. Randall Kropp, PhD Threat Assessment specialist for Protect International Inc.

Dr. Randall Kropp is a clinical and forensic psychologist specializing in the assessment and management of violent offenders. He works as a threat assessment specialist for Protect International Inc., is a psychologist with the Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission of British Columbia, Canada, and is Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Simon Fraser University.

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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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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.