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  • Suicide Risk Assessment in Youth and Young Adults (3.5 Hours)

    $29.99

    Program description from brochure:

    It was well known that many examples of youth-perpetrated catastrophic violence were carried out by highly disturbed young men who were fundamentally suicidal. In many such cases, the suicidal risk of youth perpetrators is well known to parents, teachers, administrators, law enforcement personnel, and mental health professionals, yet tragic outcomes still occur. This presentation will offer practical information on the assessment of suicide risk, the interplay between suicidal and homicidal behaviors and a full range of intervention strategies suitable to a variety of settings. Using a lively case example approach, this presentation will provide critical information about how suicidal youth think, feel, and behave. Contemporary issues such as the influence of media, the role of internet, and peer influences will also be considered. Bottom-line, this training will enable participants to better recognize who is at risk for suicide and what can realistically be done to intervene and save lives.

    On Demand Video

    Continuing Education (CE credit): 3.5 hours. Contact Us for Continuing Education credits and costs.
    Presenter: David Jobes, Ph.D.
    Venue: Live Conference Presentation
    Location: San Diego, CA

    This video is designed to play on a normal cable or DSL broadband internet connection. Dial up connections will probably not load this video quickly enough for proper viewing. Video resolution is very good but not as high as possible to decrease downloading time. Best viewing is done with a mid-sized screen as a full screen will lose some of its resolution.

    This video is from a live conference presentation and is largely unedited. In some cases you may not hear a question asked by a participant however, in most cases the presenter will repeat the question.

    We recommend you take notes just as you would if you were in a live conference as those notes will be helpful to learning and will come in handy for the test which follows.

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  • Testifying in Court (6.5 Hours)

    Original Program Description:

    Testifying in court is a time of anxiety for the first time witnesses and aggressive cross-examinations are particularly stressful, even for the experienced witness. This workshop begins by presenting ways of understanding the common problems faced on the witness stand. No techniques can take the place of good knowledge and careful preparation, and the foundations of such knowledge and preparation are described. The masterful expert witness knows what to expect in direct examinations and in cross-examinations. Drawing on the professional literature, on scientific findings, and on his own experience in court, Dr. Brodsky will present pathways towards reducing anxiety on the witness stand and specific methods for dealing with the most aggressive cross-examinations. This workshop will be didactic in part, but will use a highly interactive format. Participants will have the opportunity to try out the techniques presented for deflecting and mastering cross-examination challenges to their experience, to their thoroughness, to their competency, and to their impartiality. The workshop will include examples of worst scenario examinations and will draw on examples from Dr. Brodsky’s recent testimony.

    Topics may include:

    Preparation for testimony, Meeting with counsel
    The direct examination, Coping with examination in depositions
    Nonverbal behaviors and communication: Gestures, voice, and posture
    Handling anxiety about testimony, Specific techniques for mastery of the witness role
    Suspicion-evoking and trust-evoking testimony, Findings from the Witness Research Lab
    Coping with Cross-Examination: General considerations, The Push-Pull, The Admit-Deny, Answer yes or no, Eye Contact, Pace and Thought, Personal Space, Negative Assertions, Damage Control
    Examples of challenging and difficult questions and answers
    Gender and attempted invasions of personal privacy on the stand, After your testimony

    • Understand the legal context in which testimony is seated
    • Describe the substantive foundations of testimony
    • Master the common anxiety and fears that are associated with testifying in court
    • Utilize meeting times with attorneys in ways that lead to better testimony
    • Appreciate the nature of nonverbal communications and improve the totality of verbal and nonverbal aspects of testimony
    • Anticipate typical patterns of cross-examination
    • Comfortably manage attorney efforts at intimidation and bullying
    • Respond appropriately when areas of lack of knowledge are tapped during cross examination
    • Manage surprise attacks, incorporate responsible and professional techniques in testimony

    On Demand Video

    Continuing Education (CE credit): 6.5 hours – watch the video, take notes, pass the test, print your certificate!
    Presenter: Stanley Brodsky, PhD
    Venue: Live Conference Presentation
    Location: San Jose, CA

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  • Threat Assessment: The State of the Science

    $19.99

    Originally presented live in February, 2011, Dr. Meloy provides an update on advances and research related to Behavioral Threat Assessment. Includes an overview of Structured Professional Judgment tools, including the WAVR-21 and the PCL-R.

    Run time: Approximately 1 hour and 12 minutes.

    Contact Us for Continuing Education credits and costs.

     

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  • Understanding Nonverbal Communications (3 hrs)

    $19.99

    This unique ninety-minute, virtual presentation takes a fresh look at what we know about nonverbal communications and how they can be used in a professional, clinical or personal setting. The training focuses on those human behaviors that professionals must recognize which have a high reliability and are useful in assessing others. It will also provide a roadmap for conducting better, more empathic interviews and interpersonal communication.

    Taught by noted spy catcher, Joe Navarro, the training exposes behaviors (some often ignored) that are useful in understanding the feelings, thoughts, desires, intentions, preferences, fears, and concerns of others. It will examine each area of the body that may be helpful in decoding the true thoughts and emotions of others. Gestures, facial expressions and body movement will be examined within their context for meaning. Additionally, the workshop will focus on other nonverbals, including the tone of voice and cadence of speech which have been shown to establish greater rapport and trust.

    The workshop will also identify those nonverbals which do not have clear meaning and from which behavior is often misinterpreted. The training will also explore the limits of nonverbals, including the danger of trying to use nonverbal communications to detect deception. This program will be of great value to mental health professionals, law enforcement/security, corporate, sales and a variety of other professions.

    Want something more in-depth? Check out Joe’s Body Language Academy (www.jnbodylanguageacademy.com). There you will find a 60 hour program, complete with CE’s. Better yet, get a solid introduction to nonverbal communication through this program and then go for the more in-depth program.

    Workshop Content:
    What are nonverbals and why are they so important.
    Which areas of the body are more honest than others. Why the feet are the most honest part of the body.
    The fifteen most accurate behaviors that reveal issues, concerns, dislike, disdain, or some form of psychological discomfort.
    Myths about nonverbals as they relate to deception and eye behavior.
    How we can use nonverbals to convey empathy.
    How nonverbals encompass more than body language and what that means for influencing others.
    How to assess properly for the spatial needs of others.
    Behaviors that alert us to serious issues between couples.
    What are some best practices for professionals in virtual environment.
    Nonverbal mistakes to avoid.

    Workshop Objectives:
    Identify three areas of the body where nonverbals are most honest
    Describe how to use nonverbals to convey empathy
    Identify five behaviors that convey discomfort
    Demonstrate two behavior that may alert us to serious issues between a couple
    List three practices that professionals should use in a virtual environment
    Describe the most common myths regarding nonverbals as they relate to detecting deception

     

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  • Violent Extremism: 2021 A Threat Assessment Update

    $119.99

    Speakers: Molly Amman, JD, CTM (FBI, ret.); Reid Meloy, PhD, ABPP; Philip Saragoza, MD; Stephen G. White, PhD 

    16 Continuing Education* hours available

    Workshop originally delivered via Zoom in May, 2021

    Domestic terrorism and extreme belief communities are on the rise in the United States as social and political polarization continues unabated. The recent attack on the US Capitol has dramatically demonstrated how serious and how dangerous these trends are in their reach and influence in our culture. Case studies will highlight the factors contributing to radicalization and culminating in the various pathways to extremist violence. Both online and on-ground investigations will be addressed, as will risk assessment instruments for targeted violence and lone actor terrorist violence.

    Topics include:

    • Rising prevalence of violent extremism, conspiracy theory, extreme overvalued beliefs, stochastic terrorism, including incitement to violence from political leaders.
    • Specific belief systems and movements, including: accelerationism and anti-government, militia extremist movements (Boogaloo and the Oath Keepers)
    • White supremacist violence and The Great Replacement theory
    • The Incels and other extreme misogynists
    • Present-day conspiracy theories including QAnon and COVID-19 belief systems
    • Ideologically-motivated groups including Antifa and the Proud Boys; and other domestic terrorists

    Continuing Education* students will be supported to:

    1. Identify ideologically motivated groups in the US
    2. Define warning behaviors suggestive of intended violence
    3. Discuss the prevalence of extremism in the US
    4. Explain the ideology of different American hate groups

    Specialized Training Services, Inc. is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.

    Specialized Training Services is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Specialized Training Services maintains responsibility for the programs and their content.

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