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The Value of Protective Factors for SVP Programs

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CE Credits: 2 Credits
Length: 2 Hours
Level: Introductory
CE Eligibility: APA, ASWB ACE, ANCC, NAADAC, CPA, NYSED
Training Style: Video
Category: GIFR Membership Exclusive
Intended Audience: Mental Health, Correctional, and Legal Professionals

Training Description
Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) programs involve three components which are commonly risk-averse: forensic evaluation, treatment, and community management. In addition, such programs are designed to treat persons who are often demoralized and have a high density of pervasive mental disorders (paraphilias and personality disorders). The protective factors approach provides a way forward for such programs by focusing on the promotion of positive dynamic characteristics that can be internal to the individual, external, or environmental in nature. In this training, the most empirically-supported protective factors for sexual offenders will be identified and discussed in the context of benefitting assessment, management, and monitoring in the SVP context.
Trainer Biography
Dr. David Thornton is a licensed psychologist in private practice who specializes in the assessment and treatment of sexual and violent offenders. Together with others he developed the Risk Matrix 2000, the Static-99, the Static-99R, the Static-2002, the Static-2002R, and the SRA framework for dynamic risk assessment. He was treatment director for the Wisconsin SVP program for over a decade. He has published papers on the relevance of protective factors to sex offenders and is an approved trainer for the SAPROF, an instrument designed to assess protective factors.
Dr. Sharon Kelley is employed as a SVP evaluator with the Sand Ridge Evaluation Unit in Madison, Wisconsin.  She also completes SVP and other forensic evaluations in her private practice.  She is licensed to practice psychology in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and California.  Both within her practical work and research projects, she is interested in empirically based risk assessments that capture risk, change as an effect of treatment, and protective factors.  She is an approved trainer for the SAPROF, an instrument designed to assess protective factors, as well as the VRS-SO, an instrument designed to evaluate the effect of risk reduction due to treatment change.
Learning Objectives
This training is designed to help you:
  • Describe how assessment of protective factors can contribute to forensic evaluation of SVPs who are being supervised in the community
  • Describe how the protective factors approach can contribute to the assessment of treatment targets
  • Describe the consequence of not gradually reducing external protective factors during community supervision of SVPs

1 Sponsorship: The Global Institute of Forensic Research, Inc is approved by the American Psychological Association, National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors, and Canadian Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education trainings. Global Institute of Forensic Research (GIFR) has been approved by NBCC as an approved Continuing Education provider, ACEP No. 6711. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. GIFR is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. The American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts Continuing Education Credit sponsored by the American Psychological Association. The Global Institute of Forensic Research, Inc (provider #1371) is also approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. ACE provider approval period: 6/8/2022-6/8/2025. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval. The Global Institute of Forensic Research, Inc maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.
2 Refund/Cancellation Policy: If you wish to request a refund on account of technical difficulties, please contact [email protected].
3 Commercial Supports: The Global Institute of Forensic Research, Inc reports no conflicts of interest in the development and sponsorship of this training. The Global Institute of Forensic Research, Inc receives no commercial support for its Continuing Education programs or from its presenters.

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