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Empower your Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) and CARE team members to enhance their skills in conducting comprehensive risk assessments, articulating justifications, and recommending appropriate interventions. Designed for practitioners already familiar with NABITA’s proprietary tools, this focus week emphasizes best practices, including early intervention, collaboration, and trauma-informed approaches. Improving risk assessment and intervention strategies can prevent harmful incidents, promote student well-being, and enrich the learning experience for everyone in 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.
Register for your selected sessions and choose the Pay Later/Create Invoice option at checkout, then contact events@nabita.org to apply this discount to your order prior to submitting payment.
Risk Assessment in Practice Focus Week Options
Risk Assessment in Practice Focus Week Offerings: (Attend one, multiple, or all courses!)
- Structured Interview for Violence Risk Assessment (SIVRA) in Practice
- Non-Clinical Assessment of Suicide (NAS) in Practice
- Building an Individualized Threat Management Plan
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.
Structured Interview for Violence Risk Assessment (SIVRA) in Practice
This one-day certification course boosts practitioners’ comfort and skills in using NABITA’s SIVRA tool. It provides a refresher on SIVRA and detailed training on conducting interviews for accurate results. Designed for those looking to improve their interviewing skills, the course uses case scenarios to facilitate the live role-play of a SIVRA interview in a supportive setting, allowing practitioners to practice and get feedback on their skills.
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Non-Clinical Assessment of Suicide (NAS) in Practice
This one-day certification course builds upon concepts learned in the Non-Clinical Assessment of Suicide (NAS) training. This training provides extensive practice and skill-building in conducting NAS in variable contexts.
Assessing suicide risk can be complex and overwhelming. Participants will develop skills related to conducting an interview to determine an individual’s risk. Following a brief review of NAS, participants will practice conducting a NAS by engaging in scenarios and receiving feedback on their interview skills. By engaging in role-play practice of the interview, participants will develop skills for building rapport, asking questions, and gathering information to facilitate the assessment of suicide risk.
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Building an Individualized Threat Management Plan
This one-day certification course focuses on how to build and implement a practical threat management plan following a violence risk assessment (VRA).
After completing our SIVRA course, participants are equipped with the necessary skills to assess a broad spectrum of risks posed by individuals. This course not only broadens that skill set but also empowers practitioners to apply assessment findings effectively. Participants will learn how to manage and mitigate risks identified during the Violence Risk Assessment (VRA), enhance protective measures, and bolster an individual’s capacity to positively impact their campus community.
Click here to view registration rates.
Structured Interview for Violence Risk Assessment (SIVRA) in Practice
This one-day certification course boosts practitioners’ comfort and skills in using NABITA’s SIVRA tool. It provides a refresher on SIVRA and detailed training on conducting interviews for accurate results. Designed for those looking to improve their interviewing skills, the course uses case scenarios to facilitate the live role-play of a SIVRA interview in a supportive setting, allowing practitioners to practice and get feedback on their skills.
Click here to view registration rates.
Violence Risk Assessment Report Writing Workshop
This four-hour writing workshop is designed to enhance the professional writing skills of all experience-level practitioners who administer violence risk assessments. Participants will learn how to significantly improve written findings, leading to more effective interventions and measures for ensuring the safety of individuals and communities.
A Violence Risk Assessment (VRA) is a crucial tool for gauging an individual’s potential for violence based on their protective and risk factors. A well-crafted report can effectively harness a VRA. Such a report empowers professionals to implement the most fitting interventions and supportive measures, thereby ensuring the safety of both the individual and the community.
Click here to view registration rates.
Building an Individualized Threat Management Plan
This one-day certification course focuses on how to build and implement a practical threat management plan following a violence risk assessment (VRA).
After completing our SIVRA course, participants are equipped with the necessary skills to assess a broad spectrum of risks posed by individuals. This course not only broadens that skill set but also empowers practitioners to apply assessment findings effectively. Participants will learn how to manage and mitigate risks identified during the Violence Risk Assessment (VRA), enhance protective measures, and bolster an individual’s capacity to positively impact their campus community.
Click here to view registration rates.
Non-Clinical Assessment of Suicide (NAS) in Practice
This one-day certification course builds upon concepts learned in the Non-Clinical Assessment of Suicide (NAS) training. This training provides extensive practice and skill-building in conducting NAS in variable contexts.
Assessing suicide risk can be complex and overwhelming. Participants will develop skills related to conducting an interview to determine an individual’s risk. Following a brief review of NAS, participants will practice conducting a NAS by engaging in scenarios and receiving feedback on their interview skills. By engaging in role-play practice of the interview, participants will develop skills for building rapport, asking questions, and gathering information to facilitate the assessment of suicide risk.
Click here to view registration rates.
Frequently Asked Questions
| Training Type | Member Pricing | Non-Member Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| One-Day K-12 | $420 | $525 |
| Two-Day K-12 | $580 | $725 |
| One-Day Higher Ed | $700 | $875 |
| Two-Day Higher Ed | $1,240 | $1,550 |
| Workshop | $420 | $525 |
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
Register for your selected sessions and choose the Pay Later/Create Invoice option at checkout, then contact events@nabita.org to apply this discount to your order prior to submitting payment.
There are scholarships available for the Risk Assessment in Practice 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.