Legal Issues and Violence Risk
1.5 hours | 1.5 CEs
This on-demand professional training program on Legal Issues and Violence Risk is presented by Stephen D. Hart, PhD, in partnership with Protect International Risk and Safety Services.
Workplaces have made great strides related to establishing threat assessment teams to assess and manage violence risk over the last two decades and ensuring team members have the adequate skills, experience, and training to do this work.
In their experience assessing and managing violence risk, workplaces have encountered complicated legal issues, and some have even faced lawsuits.
This program focuses on critical legal matters related to violence risk assessment and management in workplaces. Increased awareness of these legal issues will assist professionals and workplaces in engaging in best practices and preventing potential liability.
Intended Audience
This on-demand professional training program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals
Experience Level
This on-demand professional training program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.
CE / CPD Credit
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Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe the duty to accommodate in cases where a mental disorder is present
Describe managing parallel investigations
Describe the use of voluntary or involuntary leave as an interim or long-term management strategy
Describe balancing the right to privacy versus freedom of information
Presented By
Stephen D. Hart, PhD
Dr. Stephen D. Hart obtained BA, MA, and Ph.D. degrees in psychology at the University of British Columbia. He has been on faculty in the Department of Psychology at Simon Fraser University since 1990 and has held the rank of Professor since 2001. He also served as a Visiting Professor in the Facult...
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Program Partner
Protect International Risk and Safety Services
We are proud to partner with Protect International Risk and Safety Services for this training. Protect International's threat assessment professionals are internationally recognized experts that have developed some of the world's most widely used and best-validated threat assessment tools. Protect International provides services and products related to violence risk assessment and management, also known as threat assessment and management. Protect International services and products include threat assessment training and support, case assessment and management, legal consultation, policy review and development, and program evaluation and research; along with threat assessment manuals, worksheets, licenses, and software applications for those tools.
