UM CSI Spring Workshop: Behavioral Threat Assessment and Intervention

Clinicians are consistently being called upon to help the people they work with navigate quickly changing environments and broken systems. As client acuity and the complexity of mental health concerns continue to rise, clinicians find themselves frequently having to manage and respond to crises and high-risk situations. Assessing and managing these concerning and threatening behaviors can leave clinicians feeling overwhelmed and ill-equipped. This workshop will provide a survey of systematic and structured frameworks for identifying, assessing, and working with individuals who may pose a risk of violence. Topics will include:

• The critical role that clinicians play in preventing acts of violence
• Distinguishing between targeted and affective violence
• Current models for understanding and conceptualizing violence
• Risk factors, warning signs, underlying behaviors, and mitigating factors
• Evidenced-based models for assessing risk of violence
• Overlap between assessing risk to self and risk to others
• Structured professional judgement tools
• Best practices for managing concerning and threatening behaviors

Learning Objectives - By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the clinician’s role in violence prevention, including key distinctions between targeted and affective violence and contemporary frameworks for understanding violent behavior.
2. Identify and evaluate risk factors, warning signs, and mitigating variables associated with violence risk, including areas of overlap between risk to self and risk to others.
3. Apply evidence-based and structured professional judgment models to assess and manage concerning or threatening behaviors in clinical practice.

Schedule:
8:00-8:30 Registration and Refreshments
8:30-10:00: Morning Session Part I
10:00-10:15: Break
10:15-12:00: Morning Session Part II
12:00-1:00: Lunch on your own
1:00-2:30: Afternoon Session Part I
2:30-2:45: Break
2:45-4:00: Afternoon Session Part II

CE Information:
Six (6) Contact Hours will be awarded for a full day of attendance. Attendees should also successfully complete an evaluation at the end of the day. No partial credit will be awarded. The University of Montevallo Counselor Education Program has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP #4323. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The University of Montevallo Counselor Education Program is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Contact Dr. Daniel Birdsong with CE questions (ZGFuaWVsICEgYmlyZHNvbmcgfCBtb250ZXZhbGxvICEgZWR1; 205-665-6378).

Accessibility:

Individuals needing disability-related accommodations or access during this event should contact the host department or Access and Compliance ((205) 665-6250, QUFDIHwgbW9udGV2YWxsbyAhIGVkdQ==) as early as possible. Efforts will be made to accommodate all access requests regardless of timing, but the University cannot guarantee that requests made with less than one week’s notice can be met.

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