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TRAP-18 On Demand Advanced Training

This course is retired. If you require training, please take the current course: TRAP-18 On Demand Training

CE Credits: 6 Credits
Length: 6 Hours
Level: Intermediate
CE Eligibility: APA, ASWB ACE, ANCC, NBCC, NAADAC, CPA
Training Style: Video
Category: Threat Assessment
Intended Audience: Mental Health, Correctional, and Legal Professionals
Accessibility: To learn more about accessibility accommodations contact [email protected].

Training Description

Lone actor terrorism refers to violent acts carried out in support of some group, movement, or ideology by an individual in the absence of direction by an outside group. How do we ensure a comprehensive assessment of risk factors for such tragic acts before they happen? This exclusive advanced training from the Global Institute of Forensic Research presents the development and utility of the Terrorist Radicalization Assessment Protocol-18 (TRAP-18). The instrument is designed to code for 8 proximal warning behaviors (such as pathway, fixation, identification, and last resort) and 10 longer term distal characteristics (such as personal grievance, ideological framing, failure of sexual pair bonding, and mental disorder). The TRAP-18 provides a means by which mental health, intelligence, law enforcement, and security professionals can organize accumulating operational data on a person of concern, and therefore plan for his or her risk management to reduce the threat of targeted violence. Research concerning the TRAP-18 is ongoing in both North America and Europe, and findings are demonstrating both interrater reliability and criterion validity.

At the end of this training you will be able to…

Describe the background and theory applying to the TRAP-18
List and explain the 8 proximal warning behaviors for targeted violence that may be apparent in a subject at risk for an act of terrorism
List and explain the 10 distal characteristics that may be apparent in a subject at risk for engaging in more proximal warning behaviors for an act of terrorism
Clinically apply to cases to help organize thinking and operational planning

More cost-efficient than attending an in-person workshop but covering the same content, this innovative On Demand training is the first-of-its-kind.

Each TRAP-18 User requires access to an annual license to use the TRAP-18. Licenses can be purchased for online administration via GEARs or hand-scoring. For a license to administer the TRAP-18 by hand or online, please contact [email protected].

Trainer Biography

J. Reid Meloy, PhD is a board-certified forensic psychologist and clinical professor of psychiatry, Univ. of California, San Diego. Dr. Meloy is also a fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and past president of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology. He consults on cases in both North America and Europe, and is the author, co-author, or editor of numerous papers and eleven books. Dr. Meloy is a consultant to the Behavioral Analysis Units of the FBI, Quantico. To learn more about Dr. Meloy, visit http://drreidmeloy.com/

Learning Objectives

This training is designed to help you:

List and explain the 8 proximal warning behaviors for targeted violence that may be apparent in a subject at risk for an act of terrorism
List and explain the 10 distal characteristics that may be apparent in a subject at risk for engaging in more proximal warning behaviors for an act of terrorism
Clinically apply to cases to help organize thinking and operational planning
Recognize and discuss that the TRAP-18 is an investigative template, and has not yet been shown to be a risk assessment instrument
Apply the scholarship and science which provide the theory and rationale for the TRAP-18 to practical knowledge base and daily tasks
Critically explain why the TRAP-18 is only one method that can enhance the skill set of the professional tasked with the assessment of persons of concern for ideologically-driven acts of targeted violence

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.

Multi-Health Systems, Inc. (MHS, Inc.), provider #1371, formerly Global Institute of Forensic Research, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 6/8/2025-6/8/2028. Social workers completing this course receive 6 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.

Multi-Health Systems Inc. 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. Multi-Health Systems Inc. is solely responsible for all aspects of the programing.

NBCC credit is not available for live webinars nor GIFR Member Exclusive Trainings.

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.

Note 1: The CPA's approval of an individual, group, or organization as a CE Sponsor or Provider is restricted to the activities described in the approved application or annual report form. The CPA's approval does not extend to any other CE activity the Sponsor or Provider might offer. In granting its approval, the CPA assumes no legal or financial obligations to Sponsors, Providers, or to those individuals who might participate in a Sponsor or Provider's CE activities or programs. Further, responsibility for the content, provision, and delivery of any CE activity approved by the CPA remains that of the CE Sponsor or Provider. The CPA disclaims all legal liability associated with the content, provision, and delivery of the approved CE activity.

If you wish to request a refund on account of technical difficulties, please contact [email protected].

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.

In order to successfully complete any GIFR on-demand course, you must watch the video(s) in its/their entirety, pass the posttest, and submit the feedback evaluation. Your certificate will automatically generate once all steps are completed.

In order to successfully complete any GIFR book-based course, you must read the entire book, pass the posttest, and submit the feedback evaluation. Your certificate will automatically generate once all steps are completed.

In order to pass the posttest, you must achieve a minimum score of 75%. Should you need to re-take the exam, you will be able to reset it one time. If you do not pass the posttest on the second attempt, contact [email protected].

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TRAP-18 On Demand Advanced Training