Clinicians
Resources and information on Threat Assessment and Management for Clinicians.
Upcoming Trainings:
Violence Risk Assessment workshops enhance and promote statewide clinical expertise in violence risk and threat assessment in Nebraska.
Clinical training
Clinicians assess risk every day. Our goal is to enhance clinical practice by offering a variety of educational opportunities related to risk assessment (see the list below).
Violence Risk Assessment
Assessing the risk for violence is a common task for clinicians. This often involves the use of tools to compare an individual’s risk to others in similar situations. Training includes how violence risk assessment differs from and complements behavioral threat assessment.
How Extremism Influences Violence Risk Assessment
Motivations or grievances can be associated with or stimulated by extremist beliefs or rhetoric. Individuals at risk for violence may be influenced by extremism in media or online, even if they do not identify with the beliefs. This training delves deeper into how to recognize this influence and its impact on violence risk.
Behavioral Threat Assessment
Behavioral Threat Assessment Training is regularly offered through Nebraska’s Educational Service Unit Professional Development Organization. This training is appropriate for professionals asked to serve on a threat assessment team (clinicians, law enforcement, school personnel, etc.).
Mental Illness and Violence Risk
The relationship between mental illness and violence is complex. This training provides an overview of our current understanding about the role of mental health symptoms in violence risk with implications for clinical assessment.
Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR)
Violence risk can overlap with suicide risk. This training is recognized as foundational to clinical assessment of suicide risk. Training is offered online and in-person by the group that owns the curriculum. Visit the AMSR site to learn more or access the training.
Clinicians As Consultants
Coming soon! Clinicians are often asked to “do a threat assessment” or “assess violence risk” by threat assessment teams. This toolkit provides templates and suggestions to help you communicate limits, realistic expectations, and assessment results to others.
Violence Risk Assessment
Assessing the risk for violence is a common task for clinicians. This often involves the use of tools to compare an individual’s risk to others in similar situations. Training includes how violence risk assessment differs from and complements behavioral threat assessment.
How Extremism Influences Violence Risk Assessment
Motivations or grievances can be associated with or stimulated by extremist beliefs or rhetoric. Individuals at risk for violence may be influenced by extremism in media or online, even if they do not identify with the beliefs. This training delves deeper into how to recognize this influence and its impact on violence risk.
Behavioral Threat Assessment
Behavioral Threat Assessment Training is regularly offered through Nebraska’s Educational Service Unit Professional Development Organization. This training is appropriate for professionals asked to serve on a threat assessment team (clinicians, law enforcement, school personnel, etc.).
Mental Illness and Violence Risk
The relationship between mental illness and violence is complex. This training provides an overview of our current understanding about the role of mental health symptoms in violence risk with implications for clinical assessment.
Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR)
Violence risk can overlap with suicide risk. This training is recognized as foundational to clinical assessment of suicide risk. Training is offered online and in-person by the group that owns the curriculum. Visit the AMSR site to learn more or access the training.
Clinicians As Consultants
Coming soon! Clinicians are often asked to “do a threat assessment” or “assess violence risk” by threat assessment teams. This toolkit provides templates and suggestions to help you communicate limits, realistic expectations, and assessment results to others.
JOIN the VRA CADRE
Additional training opportunities will be made available to a select group of clinicians who are interested in further developing their skills in Violence Risk and Threat Assessment. These individuals are part of the VRA Cadre and become a resource for Nebraska schools and law enforcement.
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Project Partners
Project Partners
This project is a partnership between the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.