Identify, Evaluate, and Manage Risk with Confidence
Equip your non-clinical Behavioral Intervention Teams (BIT) and case management staff with practical, effective tools for their roles. Help your team confidently identify risks, assess the potential for violence or self-harm, and evaluate protective factors using three proprietary NABITA resources. These tools are essential for ensuring the safety of your educational community.
Learn About Multi-Registration Discounts
Registering for multiple courses or multiple participants is a great way to save. Register yourself or your team for two to four courses and receive a 15% discount; register for five or more and receive a 25% discount. Contact events@nabita.org to apply this discount to your order prior to submitting payment.
Risk Assessment Tools Focus Week Options in 2026
Risk Assessment Tools Focus Week Offerings: (Attend one, multiple, or all courses!)
- NABITA Risk Rubric
- Violence Risk Assessment of the Written Word (VRAWW)
- Non-Clinical Assessment of Suicide (NAS)
- Structured Interview for Violence Risk Assessment (SIVRA)
What’s a Focus Week?
Designed as an a la carte event, each individual focus week offers the flexibility to choose the courses that best suit your needs. Whether you prefer to attend a single session or multiple, each course stands alone while complementing the others to provide a well-rounded learning opportunity. This tailored approach allows participants to focus on the areas most relevant to their roles, ensuring a personalized and impactful training outcome.
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NABITA Risk Rubric
This one-day certification course is a valuable opportunity for participants to learn how to use the NABITA Risk Rubric. This tool is designed to consistently assess the general risk of every case referred to the BIT/TAT/CARE team, ensuring consistent scoring across the team.
The interactive, in-depth training will explore the importance of objective risk assessment, teach the NABITA Risk Rubric tool in detail, and provide the opportunity to practice assessing risk and developing interventions across several case studies. By the end of the course, participants will have enhanced their risk assessment skills and be better equipped to manage various cases.
Click here to view Registration Rates.
Faculty Coming Soon
Violence Risk Assessment of the Written Word (VRAWW)
Access to online communication and rising emotional health challenges have led to a significant uptick in written communications that could be perceived as aggressive and threatening. BIT/ TAT/CARE teams are often tasked with identifying whether an individual’s emails, social media, and discussion board posts show a risk or threat of violence. This one-day certification course provides teams with a straightforward process for triaging concerns found in written narratives.
NABITA’s Violence Risk Assessment of the Written Word (VRAWW) is a comprehensive tool designed to evaluate the risk of violence evident in an individual’s narrative content, including social media posts, class writings, journals, blog posts, video narratives, and more. This training certifies participants in using VRAWW and is NABITA’s recommended training on the tool. VRAWW offers an objective approach by considering an individual’s escalating and mitigating factors as well as research on past violent attacks.
Click here to view Registration Rates.
Faculty Coming Soon
Non-Clinical Assessment of Suicide (NAS)
This one-day certification course teaches research-based practices to assess, intervene, and manage suicide risk for students, both on campus and virtually. Using NABITA’s Non-Clinical Assessment of Suicide (NAS) tool, participants will learn how to triage the overall risk for suicide an individual poses. The tool relies on risk and protective factors to help non-clinical professionals conduct assessments.
NABITA’s expert faculty members will train participants in how to identify an individual who may be experiencing suicidal ideation, strategies for asking about suicide in a one-on-one appointment, and in-depth application of NAS as a suicide assessment tool. Additionally, participants will learn how to make an effective referral to clinical mental health services and deploy appropriate interventions based on the level of risk assessed using NAS.
Click here to view Registration Rates.
NABITA Risk Rubric
This one-day certification course is a valuable opportunity for participants to learn how to use the NABITA Risk Rubric. This tool is designed to consistently assess the general risk of every case referred to the BIT/TAT/CARE team, ensuring consistent scoring across the team.
The interactive, in-depth training will explore the importance of objective risk assessment, teach the NABITA Risk Rubric tool in detail, and provide the opportunity to practice assessing risk and developing interventions across several case studies. By the end of the course, participants will have enhanced their risk assessment skills and be better equipped to manage various cases.
Click here to view Registration Rates.
Violence Risk Assessment of the Written Word (VRAWW)
Access to online communication and rising emotional health challenges have led to a significant uptick in written communications that could be perceived as aggressive and threatening. BIT/ TAT/CARE teams are often tasked with identifying whether an individual’s emails, social media, and discussion board posts show a risk or threat of violence. This one-day certification course provides teams with a straightforward process for triaging concerns found in written narratives.
NABITA’s Violence Risk Assessment of the Written Word (VRAWW) is a comprehensive tool designed to evaluate the risk of violence evident in an individual’s narrative content, including social media posts, class writings, journals, blog posts, video narratives, and more. This training certifies participants in using VRAWW and is NABITA’s recommended training on the tool. VRAWW offers an objective approach by considering an individual’s escalating and mitigating factors as well as research on past violent attacks.
Click here to view Registration Rates.
Structured Interview for Violence Risk Assessment (SIVRA)
The SIVRA (Structured Interview for Violence Risk Assessment) is a research-based tool designed to deliver a consistent and objective evaluation of an individual’s risk of violence toward others. This assists Behavioral Intervention Teams (BITs) in proactively addressing the risk and protective factors that influence an individual’s willingness to engage in violence.
Originally developed in 2012, the current version of SIVRA taught in this course is an enhanced version featuring a refined assessment system focusing on 21 risk factors for violence, grounded in the most recent research. It includes an improved user guide, along with supplemental materials such as an interview template and suggested interview questions. Users familiar with the previous version will find the new tool better organized, with clearer descriptions of risk factors and easier scoring.
Click here to view Registration Rates.
Non-Clinical Assessment of Suicide (NAS)
This one-day certification course teaches research-based practices to assess, intervene, and manage suicide risk for students, both on campus and virtually. Using NABITA’s Non-Clinical Assessment of Suicide (NAS) tool, participants will learn how to triage the overall risk for suicide an individual poses. The tool relies on risk and protective factors to help non-clinical professionals conduct assessments.
NABITA’s expert faculty members will train participants in how to identify an individual who may be experiencing suicidal ideation, strategies for asking about suicide in a one-on-one appointment, and in-depth application of NAS as a suicide assessment tool. Additionally, participants will learn how to make an effective referral to clinical mental health services and deploy appropriate interventions based on the level of risk assessed using NAS.
Click here to view Registration Rates.
NABITA Risk Rubric
This one-day certification course is a valuable opportunity for participants to learn how to use the NABITA Risk Rubric. This tool is designed to consistently assess the general risk of every case referred to the BIT/TAT/CARE team, ensuring consistent scoring across the team.
The interactive, in-depth training will explore the importance of objective risk assessment, teach the NABITA Risk Rubric tool in detail, and provide the opportunity to practice assessing risk and developing interventions across several case studies. By the end of the course, participants will have enhanced their risk assessment skills and be better equipped to manage various cases.
Click here to view Registration Rates.
Violence Risk Assessment of the Written Word (VRAWW)
Access to online communication and rising emotional health challenges have led to a significant uptick in written communications that could be perceived as aggressive and threatening. BIT/ TAT/CARE teams are often tasked with identifying whether an individual’s emails, social media, and discussion board posts show a risk or threat of violence. This one-day certification course provides teams with a straightforward process for triaging concerns found in written narratives.
NABITA’s Violence Risk Assessment of the Written Word (VRAWW) is a comprehensive tool designed to evaluate the risk of violence evident in an individual’s narrative content, including social media posts, class writings, journals, blog posts, video narratives, and more. This training certifies participants in using VRAWW and is NABITA’s recommended training on the tool. VRAWW offers an objective approach by considering an individual’s escalating and mitigating factors as well as research on past violent attacks.
Click here to view Registration Rates.
Structured Interview for Violence Risk Assessment (SIVRA)
The SIVRA (Structured Interview for Violence Risk Assessment) is a research-based tool designed to deliver a consistent and objective evaluation of an individual’s risk of violence toward others. This assists Behavioral Intervention Teams (BITs) in proactively addressing the risk and protective factors that influence an individual’s willingness to engage in violence.
Originally developed in 2012, the current version of SIVRA taught in this course is an enhanced version featuring a refined assessment system focusing on 21 risk factors for violence, grounded in the most recent research. It includes an improved user guide, along with supplemental materials such as an interview template and suggested interview questions. Users familiar with the previous version will find the new tool better organized, with clearer descriptions of risk factors and easier scoring.
Click here to view Registration Rates.
Non-Clinical Assessment of Suicide (NAS)
This one-day certification course teaches research-based practices to assess, intervene, and manage suicide risk for students, both on campus and virtually. Using NABITA’s Non-Clinical Assessment of Suicide (NAS) tool, participants will learn how to triage the overall risk for suicide an individual poses. The tool relies on risk and protective factors to help non-clinical professionals conduct assessments.
NABITA’s expert faculty members will train participants in how to identify an individual who may be experiencing suicidal ideation, strategies for asking about suicide in a one-on-one appointment, and in-depth application of NAS as a suicide assessment tool. Additionally, participants will learn how to make an effective referral to clinical mental health services and deploy appropriate interventions based on the level of risk assessed using NAS.
Click here to view Registration Rates.
Frequently Asked Questions
NABITA Member Rates
- One-day Higher Education Courses
- Early Bird – $704.00
- Regular – $781.00
- Last Chance – $866.00
- Two-day Higher Education Courses
- Early Bird – $1,248.00
- Regular – $1,384.00
- Last Chance – $1,512.00
- One-day K-12 Courses
- Early Bird – $424.00
- Regular – $470.00
- Last Chance – $517.00
- Two-day K-12 Courses
- Early Bird – $585.00
- Regular – $645.00
- Last Chance – $713.00
- Workshop
- Early Bird – $424.00
- Regular – $470.00
- Last Chance – $517.00
NABITA Non-Member Rates
- One-day Higher Education Courses
- Early Bird – $829.00
- Regular – $919.00
- Last Chance – $1,019.00
- Two-day Higher Education Courses
- Early Bird – $1,469.00
- Regular – $1,629.00
- Last Chance – $1,779.00
- One-day K-12 Courses
- Early Bird – $499.00
- Regular – $554.00
- Last Chance – $609.00
- Two-day K-12 Courses
- Early Bird – $689.00
- Regular – $759.00
- Last Chance – $839.00
- Workshop
- Early Bird – $499.00
- Regular – $554.00
- Last Chance – $609.00
Early Bird pricing is available until 10 weeks before the course start date. Regular pricing ends 2 weeks prior to the start date of the event. Following the Regular Pricing period, Last Chance Pricing will be in effect until the start date of the event.
Multi-Course Discounted Rates:
- 1st grouped individual – full price of registration
- 2-4 grouped individuals – 15% discount on registrations
- 5+ grouped individuals – 25% discount on registrations
Please create your order, click the “Pay Later” option upon checkout, and reach out to events@nabita.org for discounts to be applied.
There are scholarships available for the Risk Assessment Tools Focus Week. If your application is approved, you will be notified via email 2 weeks prior to your course start date. To apply, click here.
Those attending a certification course will receive a certification for the course as well as recertifying credits (CCCs) for any current certification for a 2-year time period.
All attending our courses will receive a digital badge denoting completion.
Once you register, you will have access to the NABITA Event Lobby. The lobby contains all materials for your course.
The Zoom link and course slides will be accessible 3 days prior to the start of your course. Please note you have access to the NABITA Event Lobby from the point of registration through 3-months post-course.