The Power of Prevention

Description

Threat Assessment Training

This premium, on-demand course offers world-class foundational education on pre-violence warning signs and risk factors; related stressors and triggers; mental disturbance and its relationship to targeted violence; personal grievance and ideological motivations; signs of potential imminent violence; gathering information, understanding social media impact, and avoiding various critical biases. This course will also teach practical threat assessment and management, offering instruction on the full life cycle of a case including intake, triage, critical threat assessment stages, changing levels of concern, full-spectrum threat management strategies, and responsible follow-up including case closure. Threat assessment team composition, logistics and mechanics will also be covered, as well as common challenges and barriers to success. Special topics include intimate partner violence, K-12 school issues, and understanding threat assessment tools and their use.

Reid Meloy, PhD, ABPP

Dr Reid Meloy is a board-certified forensic psychologist and the co-editor of the International Handbook of Threat Assessment (Oxford, 2021), which won the Guttmacher Award from the APA in 2022. He has been a consultant to the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit for the past two decades. He is widely published as a scholar and often quoted by major news outlets.

Molly Amman, JD, CTM

Retired from the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit, profiler and attorney Molly Amman has authored numerous scholarly publications including “Making Prevention a Reality: Identifying, Assessing and Managing the Threat of Targeted Attacks” (FBI, 2017). Also an experienced front-line investigator, she offers unparalleled commentary on the realities of assessing and managing threats of violence of all types.