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Mitigating the Threat of Campus and Corporate Violence with the WAVR-21 V3 (Workplace Assessment of Violence Risk Version 3) On Demand Training

US$335 Regular Price

-US$25 GIFR Member Price


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CE Credits: 5 Credits
Length: 5 Hours
Level: Intermediate
CE Eligibility: APA, ASWB ACE, ANCC, NBCC, CPA
Training Style: Video
Category: Threat Assessment
Intended Audience: Mental Health, Correctional, and Legal Professionals

Training Description
The Workplace Assessment of Violence Risk-21, Version 3 (WAVR-21) is a 21-item coded instrument for the structured assessment of workplace and campus targeted violence risk. Consisting of both static and dynamic risk factors, the WAVR-21 can be used to reliably identify and assess the risk, frequency, and severity of both homicidal and non-homicidal aggression in work and higher education settings. Relevant behaviors of concern such as stalking, anger problems, menacing behavior, and bullying are also coded, as well as organizational contributors to violence risk. The WAVR-21 may be used by the members of multi-disciplinary threat assessment and management (TAM) teams who typically work in organizations, as well as by risk assessment mental health professionals who consult or conduct formal assessments in work or campus settings. Workplace violence security consultants will also find the WAVR-21 helpful, as will law enforcement professionals who assist the organizations in their communities. Presented by the developers of the WAVR-21 and offered exclusively through the Global Institute of Forensic Research, this On Demand training will provide attendees with a solid introduction to the WAVR-21 while earning 5 hours of valuable Continuing Education Credit.
It is recommended that attendees have access to the WAVR-21 V3 Manual, purchasable through the instrument’s distributor, Specialized Training. For details, visit: https://www.specializedtraining.com/p-1187-wavr-21-workplace-assessment-of-violence-risk.aspx
Trainer Biographies
Drs. Stephen G. White and J. Reid Meloy are the developers of the WAVR-21 V3 (www.wavr21.com), a structured professional judgment instrument for the assessment of targeted workplace and campus violence risk.
Stephen G. White, PhD, is a psychologist and the president of Work Trauma Services Inc., a threat assessment consulting and training group. For the past 30 years, Dr. White has consulted on several thousand violence risk cases and conducted in-depth threat assessment training for numerous Fortune 500 companies, private and public organizations, law firms and their clientele, colleges and universities, law enforcement and federal government agencies. He has authored or co-authored peer-reviewed publications and chapters on stalking, workplace and campus mass murder, violence risk assessment, autism and violence, and workplace trauma management. This includes his collaboration with Dr. Meloy, with whom he co-developed the WAVR-21. Dr. White is a Contributing Editor for the Journal of Threat Assessment and Management and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, where he has co-facilitated professional development groups for medical students. He is a frequent guest lecturer at regional, national, and international forums for security, human resource, and mental health professionals, campus administrators, law enforcement agencies, and employment law attorneys.
J. Reid Meloy, PhD, is a board-certified forensic psychologist (ABPP) and consults on criminal and civil cases throughout the U.S. and Europe. He is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, and a faculty member of the San Diego Psychoanalytic Center. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and is past president of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology. He has received several awards and honors, and was the Yochelson Visiting Scholar at Yale University in March 2015 and Visiting Scholar at University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich in May 2018. He has authored and co-authored over 240 papers published in peer-reviewed psychiatric and psychological journals, and has authored, co-authored or edited 12 books. He has been testifying, consulting, researching and writing about personality disorder, psychopathy, stalking, narcissism, criminality, mental disorder, and targeted violence for the past 30 years. Dr. Meloy has been a consultant to the FBI, Quantico, for the past 18 years, and is the originator and developer of the TRAP-18 (Terrorist Radicalization Assessment Protocol, https://gifrinc.com/trap-18-manual/). He is associate editor of the Journal of Threat Assessment and Management.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this training you will be able to…
    • Describe the background, theory, and rationale for using the WAVR-21 Version 3
    • Apply the item coding criteria for the WAVR-21 Version 3
    • Observe how a case study demonstrates the utility of the WAVR-21 Version 3 in practice
    • Professionally apply the WAVR-21 to cases to help organize thinking, data collection, and operational planning

1 Sponsorship: Multi-Health Systems, Inc. (MHS, Inc.) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. MHS maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts Continuing Education Credit sponsored by the American Psychological Association. The Global Institute of Forensic Research, provider #1371, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Global Institute of Forensic Research maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 6/8/2022-6/8/2025. Social Workers completing this course receive continuing education credits. Multi-Health Systems, Inc. (MHS, Inc.) is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. MHS maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Multi-Health Systems, Inc. (MHS, Inc.) has been approved by NAADAC as an approved Continuing Education, Provider No. 144308. Programs that do not qualify for NAADAC credit are clearly identified. MHS maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The 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. Global Institute of Forensic Research (GIFR) is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0337. Multi-Health Systems, Inc. (MHS, Inc.) is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0036.

2 Refund/Cancellation Policy: If you wish to request a refund on account of technical difficulties, please contact [email protected].

3 Commercial Supports: Multi-Health Systems, Inc. (MHS, Inc.) reports no conflicts of interest in the development and sponsorship of this training. MHS receives no commercial support for its Continuing Education programs or from its presenters.

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