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  • Pathways from Childhood Aggression to Adolescent Violence

    Pathways from Childhood Aggression to Adolescent Violence (3.5 Hours)

    $29.99

    One of the important developmental starting points in understanding violence is that physical aggression is essentially universal in infants (and equally so for males and females). Early trauma creates risk that this early aggression will coalesce into violent behavior in adolescence. The experience of abuse sets the child up for the kind of “risky thinking” that leads to chronic patterns of aggression, bad behavior, acting out and violating the rights of others that can lead to a diagnosis of “conduct disorder.” If no intervention occurs, this pattern of childhood conduct disorder becomes the entryway into adolescent delinquent and antisocial violent behavior. The more socially toxic (and traumatic) the environment in which childhood and adolescence occur, the more likely it is that childhood conduct disorder will translate into adolescent violence. Changing patterns of aggression in girls provide a useful insight into how and why these processes take place. This presentation will analyze these behaviors in girls and boys for their similarities and differences and discuss the implications for violence in adolescence.

    Four elements of “risky thinking” that link early trauma to conduct disorder in childhood
    Three elements of social toxicity that affect the prognosis for childhood conduct disorder
    Two risk factors and two protective factors affecting the impact of early trauma on subsequent aggression and violence

    On Demand Video

    Continuing Education (CE credit): 3.5 hours– watch the video, pass the test, print your certificate!

    Presenter: James Garbarino, Ph.D.

    Venue: Live Conference Presentation

    Location: San Diego, CA

    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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  • Obsessive-Compulsive and Histrionic Personality Disorder

    Obsessive-Compulsive and Histrionic Personality Disorder (3.5 Hours)

    $29.99

    Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is one of the most common clinical entities on Axis II of DSM-IV. It is frequently confused with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the differences will be outlined. The psychodynamic underpinnings of OCPD will be discussed, and the optimal psychotherapeutic approaches will be illustrated. Randomized controlled trials validated the efficacy of psychodynamic psychotherapy in the treatment of OCPD.

    Histrionic personality disorder has a time-honored tradition that links it with hysterical personality disorder. The two can be considered as residing on a continuum with histrionic personality disorder having more in common with borderline personality disorder, while hysterical personality disorder has more in common with character neuroses. Some of the underlying psychodynamic features will be discussed, and psychotherapeutic strategies will be outlined.

    This training covers:

    • The major psychodynamic themes in obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
    • The difference between obsessive-compulsive disorder and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
    • Optimal psychotherapeutic strategies with patients who have obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
    • The major psychodynamic themes in histrionic and hysterical personality disorders
    • Diagnostic differences and the strategic therapeutic differences between hysterical and histrionic personality disorders
    • Management of erotic and eroticized transferences in histrionic personality disorder as well as patients who are hysterically organized

    On-Demand Video

    Continuing Education (CE credit): 3.5 hours – This is the NON-CE Version (Video Only; no certificate). To purchase the Continuing Education version (with exam and certificate) or if you need a certificate for your employer, CLICK HERE

    Presenter: Glen Gabbard, M.D.

    Venue: Live Conference Presentation

    Location: San Diego, CA

    This has been approved for 3.5 APA, SHRM, or ASIS Continuing Education hours/credits.



    Specialized Training Services is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Specialized Training Services maintains responsibility for this program and its content. AI was not used in the development of this program or any of its content.

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

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  • Assessing Risk of Juvenile and Young Adult Violence

    Assessing Risk of Juvenile and Young Adult Violence (3.5 Hours)

    $29.99

    This is for the video only. For the APA Continuing Education version, with Exam, Course Evaluation and Certificate, Click Here

    Program description:

    There has been a swell of concern among the public and among professionals working in schools, juvenile justice, law enforcement and behavioral health services about violent behavior among children and adolescents. There is a need to advance the practice of assessing violence risk in juveniles to parallel the progress made in assessing adults, and to develop a systematic and thoughtful approach to assessing situations where an adolescent may come to official attention because of some threatening or otherwise inappropriate communication or behavior of concern.

    This presentation addresses precisely those issues and will review recent trends in youth violence, summarize and distill twenty years of research on violence risk factors in youth, and discuss principles for conducting an effective, developmentally-informed risk assessment for youth including the use of structured assessment instruments. Special attention will be given to distinguishing between assessments of risk for general violence and those for targeted violence. The training will also help participants to understand the current “state of the science” in providing effective interventions for youth violence .

    Child/Adolescent Development and Violence Risk
    Types of Aggression in Youth
    Risk Factors for Violence in Adolescents
    Understanding and Assessing “Psychopathic Traits” in Youth
    Risk Assessment vs. Violence Prediction
    Principles for Effective Risk Assessment
    Targeted Violence and Threat Assessment
    Current Approaches to Assess Risk for Targeted Violence
    Principles of the Threat Assessment Approach
    Principles for Conducting an Effective Threat Assessment
    What works in Treating Violent Adolescents

    Presenter: Randy Borum, Psy.D.

    Venue: Live Conference Presentation

    Location: San Diego, CA

    This video is from a 2008 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.

    $29.99

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  • Adolescent and Young Adult Mass Murder: Assessment and Management of a Catastrophic Risk

    Adolescent and Young Adult Mass Murder: Assessment and Management of a Catastrophic Risk (3.5 Hours)

    $59.99

    This on-demand presentation covers understanding adolescent and young adult mass homicide perpetrators from a threat assessment and management perspective.

    The training will support the learner in understanding:

    • Offender and offense characteristics in adolescent and young adult mass murders
    • Differences between predatory and affective modes of violence in mass murders and the legal implications of such a distinction
    • Markers along the pathway toward violence in known school shootings and mass homicides

    On Demand Video

    This is the NON-CE Version (Video Only; no certificate). To purchase the Continuing Education version (with exam and certificate) or if you need a certificate for your employer, CLICK HERE

    Continuing Education Credits: 3.5 hours

    Presenter: Reid Meloy, 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.

    This has been approved for 3.5 APA, SHRM, or ASIS Continuing Education hours/credits.



    Specialized Training Services is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Specialized Training Services maintains responsibility for this program and its content. AI was not used in the development of this program or any of its content.

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

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  • The Scientific Pursuit of Stalking

    The Scientific Pursuit of Stalking

    $4.99

    August, 2006, 374 pages.

    Dr. Reid Meloy’s ninth book provides his vast research on stalking and obsessional following and summarizes the implications of that research. Framed with a beautifully haunting cover painting by Konstantin Dikovsky titled, “The Hidden,” Dr. Meloy has produced the most comprehensive chronology of what we know about stalking yet published. It is a must for every forensic library and any professional working in this area.

    From the Foreword
    “Stalking is neither new nor rare. Examples of intrusive behaviors that would now be identified as stalking have been described for centuries, but in the late 1980s these behaviors finally found a name. Initially, the American media applied the evocative term “stalkers” to those who pursued the famous. This label gripped the public’s imagination and rapidly propelled stalking into the public’s consciousness. It exposed a once obscure form of social deviance and provided the impetus for its criminalization.”

    Though not a new behavior, stalking may well be more prevalent in a new millennium characterized by…”

    Table of Contents

    Foreword
    1. Unrequited Love and the Wish to Kill
    2. Nondelusional or Borderline Erotomania: A Disagreement
    3. A Case Study: Revisiting the Rorschach of Sirhan Sirhan
    4. Demographic and Clinical Comparison of Obsessional Followers and Offenders with Mental Disorders
    5. A Case Study: Erotomania in a Shi’ite Islamic Male
    6. Stalking (Obsessional Following): A Review of Some Preliminary Studies
    7. A Case Study: “All I wanted was to love you…”
    8. The Clinical Risk Management of Stalking: “Someone is watching over me…”
    9. A Comparative Study of Psychotic and Nonpsychotic Stalking
    10. Domestic Protection Orders and the Prediction of Subsequent Criminality and Violence Toward Protectees
    11. Stalking: An Old Behavior, A New Crime
    12. A Case Study: Erotomania, Triangulation, and Homicide
    13. A Replication Study of Obsessional Followers and Offenders with Mental Disorders
    14. Risk Factors for Violence Among Stalkers
    15. Stalking and Violence
    16. Communicated Threats and Violence Toward Public and Private Targets: Discerning Differences Among Those Who Stalk and Attack
    17. Pathologies of Attachment, Violence, and Criminality
    18. Stalking, Threatening, and Harassing Behavior by Patients – The Risk Management Response
    19. When Stalkers Become Violent: The Threat to Public Figures and Private Lives
    20. Female Stalkers and Their Victims
    21. A Research Review of Public Figure Threats, Approaches, Attacks, and Assassinations in the United States
    22. Some Thoughts on the Neurobiology of Stalking
    Acknowledgements

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  • The Stop Child Molestation Book

    The Stop Child Molestation Book

    $4.99

    Published in 2001, 363 pages

    Contents
    1. The Stop Child Molestation Plan: Into a New Era
    2. Childhood Beginnings of the Desire to Molest
    3. Child Molesters by Accident
    4. Victims of Molestation Who Become Molesters
    5. A Child Molester in the Family: Father Molests Daughter
    6. The Magic of Early Diagnosis
    7. Treatment: The Medicines and the Therapies
    8. How Many Children can you Save?
    Appendices

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  • Threats in Schools: A Practical Guide for Managing Violence

    Threats in Schools: A Practical Guide for Managing Violence

    $9.99

    Published 2002, 154 pages
    Joseph T. McCann, PsyD, JD

    In the wake of several highly publicized school shootings, the problem of school violence has increasingly become a focus of concern for the general public as well as teachers, school officials, and students. Drawing on case studies from publicized violent incidents as well as from Dr. McCann’s private practice, Threats in Schools: A Practical Guide for Managing Violence provides techniques for identifying, conceptualizing, assessing, and managing threatening behavior by students in school settings. Offering specific case management strategies for a variety of situations, this indispensable volume provides guidance on formulating questions to ask and suggestions for developing strategies for managing potentially violent situations.

    Integrating threat assessment and risk management models, this approach will help you target potential threats to property, other students, teachers, and school staff. The interdisciplinary approach recognizes that violent behavior is dependent on the characteristics of the perpetrator, victim, and setting, and that the relationship between threats and violence is not always clear.

    Threats in Schools offers well-grounded research, detailed case studies, and theoretical approaches to help you deal with the tough issues, including:

    • zero-tolerance policies and their more effective alternatives
    • why profiling techniques to identify violence-prone students are of limited use
    • interventions to defuse potentially violent situations
    • critical incident stress management
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  • Violence Risk and Threat Assessment

    Violence Risk and Threat Assessment

    $37.99

    230 pages, published by Specialized Training Services 08/00

    ISBN: 0970318901 / Paperback

    Perhaps the most readable and practical book on violence risk ever written. Reflects the standard of practice in the field.

    “Reid Meloy is a leader in the arena and I highly recommend this book to members of the criminal justice and mental health communities. He has written about a very complex subject in a clear and understandable manner, insuring that this book will become a standard for others.” Roy Hazelwood, M.S., FBI (ret.)

    Table of contents:

    Chapter 1 – Introduction

    Chapter 2 – Some Necessary to Understand Technical Models

    Chapter 3 – Model for Assessing Violence Risk

    Chapter 4 – Individual/Psychological Domain

    Chapter 5 – Social/Environmental Domain

    Chapter 6 – Biological Domain

    Chapter 7 – Applying the Model

    Chapter 8 – Affective and Predatory Violence

    Chapter 9 – Psychopathy

    Chapter 10 – Other Risk Assessment Instruments

    Chapter 11 – Threatening Communications

    Chapter 12 – Stalking (Obsessional Following)

    Chapter 13 – New Research on Targeted Violence

    Chapter 14 – Communicating Risk

    Chapter 15 – Professional Office Safety, Footnotes, Recommended Books, Acknowledgments

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  • Youth Violence Prevention

    Youth Violence Prevention

    $34.99

    Preventing Youth Violence: The Pathway Back through Inclusion and Connection Published in 2022. John van Dreal, principal author, author of Assessing Student Threats, 2nd Edition This is a book about behavioral threat assessment that focuses on prevention and early intervention. It’s about thoughtful connection, inclusion, prosocial relationship building, and the restoration of meaningful and positive…

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  • Female Sexual Abusers

    Female Sexual Abusers

    $9.99

    394 pages, published in 1999.

    While a few more resources exist now then ten years ago, literature on female sexual abusers is still meager.  Female abuser typologies are in flux, motivations rely more on assumptions than research results. Treatment modalities continue to be adapted from those used with men, and treatment outcomes remain undocumented.  Every step we take to add to our knowledge of these hidden abusers is a step toward a safer society.

    Female Sexual Abusers: Three Views is one such step, or perhaps more accurately, three. Drs. Davin Davin, Dunbar, and Hislop look at different aspects of female sexual abusers.  Their rigorous, detailed research provides a deeper understanding of why woman abuse. Beginning with extensive literature reviews, their examination of women who abuse ranges from the characteristics of co-offenders, to factors in etiology of offending for women, to comparisons of psycho-social histories of women abusers and non-offending women in the same milieus.

    A good but slightly dated book on this emerging topic.

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  • Children Who Witness Homicide and Other Violent Crimes

    Children Who Witness Homicide and Other Violent Crimes

    $4.99

    Published 2002, 239 pages

    This one of a kind book provides information on how to conduct investigative interviews with children who have witnessed a homicide or other violent crime. The second part of the book discusses counseling children who have seen violent crimes. Forensically sound techniques, interview processes, environment, are all discussed. The author, Tascha Boychuk-Spears, has interviewed or counseled over 3000 children and is considered the foremost expert in the field.

    “Enormously instructive and without a doubt a must for criminal justice and mental health professionals” Lt. Brad Simpson, MFT, Las Vegas Metro Police Dept.

    “Gripping… the first book of its kind by one of the foremost authorities on children who witness homicide” Caryl Ainley, Ph.D., Psychologist, former clinical director Children’s Advocacy Center of Phoenix

    “Dr. Spears has presented an excellent resource for persons functioning in the fields of law enforcement, child protection services, mental health, education and corrections. With devastating clarity, Spears has unveiled the suffering of children touched by violence.” Det. Donald Morris, NYPD

    Chapter titles:
    Prologue: Entering the World of Children’s Grief
    Chapter 1. Foundations of Investigative Interviews
    Chapter 2. When the Basic Principles Don’t Work
    Chapter 3. Interviews With Preschool Children: Two Dynamic Cases
    Chapter 4. Investigating Child Deaths in Foster Care
    Chapter 5. Child Witnesses in Cold Case Homicides
    Chapter 6. Managing Active Children During Interviews
    Chapter 7. Children’s Accuracy in Describing Homicide of a Family Members: Preliminary Research Findings
    Chapter 8. Children Who Witness Domestic Violence
    Chapter 9. Child Abductions: Victims and Witnesses
    Chapter 10: Charley and Sammy: The Quiet Children
    Chapter 11: Grief and Trauma: Counseling Children Who Witness Severe Violence
    Chapter 12. Compassion Fatigue
    Epilogue, References, Recommended Books

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  • Schools at Risk: Managing Bullying, Gangs and Violent Females

    Schools at Risk: Managing Bullying, Gangs and Violent Females (3.5 Hours)

    $29.99

    Maintaining a safe school environment means managing bullying, gangs, violent males and increasing female violence. Problems associated with bullying, gangs, and violence are well documented in their adverse affects on a positive learning environment. Nevertheless, many successful programs have been implemented nationwide to address these issues. Participants will be presented with overview of how these behaviors impact the social environment of the school, attendance and academic performance of students. State of the art, research-based prevention and intervention approaches will be presented in a “nuts and bolts” format. Attendees will be able to follow and implement five planning steps to improve school climate, attendance and academic achievement. Many of these interventions are valid for those working with youth in a non-school environment as well. School site teams will be able to personalize the information directly to their school site.

    The Impact of Bullying, Gangs and Female Aggression in Schools
    Early Warning Signs
    Gang Behaviors and Intervention Strategies
    How to “Bully Proof” the School Environment
    Recognize and Intervene with Aggressive and Potentially Violent Females

    On Demand Video

    Continuing Education (CE credit): 3.5 hours)–This is the NON-CE Version (Video Only; no certificate). To purchase the Continuing Education version (with exam and certificate) or if you need a certificate for your employer, CLICK HERE
    Presenter: Wayne Sakamoto

    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.
    This has been approved for 3.5 APA, SHRM, or ASIS Continuing Education hours/credits.



    Specialized Training Services is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Specialized Training Services maintains responsibility for this program and its content. AI was not used in the development of this program or any of its content.

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

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  • Suicide Risk Assessment in Youth and Young Adults

    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

    Testifying in Court (6.5 Hours)

    $129.99

    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<strong>This is the NON-CE Version (Video Only; no certificate). To purchase the Continuing Education version (with exam and certificate) or if you need a certificate for your employer, <a href=”https://specializedtraining.com/product/adolescent-and-young-adult-mass-murder-assessment-and-management-of-a-catastrophic-risk-apa-with-ceus/”>CLICK HERE</a></strong>
    Presenter: Stanley Brodsky, PhD
    Venue: Live Conference Presentation
    Location: San Jose, CA

    <strong>This has been approved for 3.5 APA, SHRM, or ASIS Continuing Education hours/credits.</strong>
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    Specialized Training Services is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Specialized Training Services maintains responsibility for this program and its content. AI was not used in the development of this program or any of its content.

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

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  • Testifying in Court (6.5 Continuing Education Hours / Units)

    Testifying in Court (6.5 Continuing Education Hours / Units) (6.5 Hours)

    $84.99

    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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