Clinicians

Resources and information on Threat Assessment and Management for Clinicians.

Upcoming Trainings:

Violence Risk Assessment and Behavioral Threat Assessment Management 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. See the event flyer.

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 the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center. This training is appropriate for professionals asked to serve on a threat assessment team (clinicians, law enforcement, school personnel, etc.). See the event flyer.

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

A toolkit for consultations performed by clinicians in the Nebraska Violence Risk Assessment Cadre and by Nebraska certified threat managers. Download the full toolkit.

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.

Join the Cadre

Project Partners

This project is a partnership between the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.

Clinicians

Upcoming Trainings:

Clinical training

Violence Risk Assessment

How Extremism Influences Violence Risk Assessment

Behavioral Threat Assessment

Mental Illness and Violence Risk

Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR)

Clinicians as Consultants

Join the VRA Cadre

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