TRAINING
Our Training Programs
Comprehensive, evidence-based courses across threat prevention, intervention, and response — available in individual and group formats, and customizable for your organization.
THREAT PREVENTION
Prevention Courses
VGI Threat Detection & Reporting Certificate
4 Contact Hours
Builds the observation skills needed to identify, evaluate, and report concerning behavior before it escalates.
- ✓Offender Motivation and Behavior
- ✓Pre-Attack Indicators of Targeted Violence
- ✓Behavioral Baselines and Anomalies
- ✓Accurate Reporting
VGI Behavioral Threat Assessment Certification
16 Contact Hours
Behavioral threat assessment methods for identifying, preventing, and mitigating planned, lethal violence.
- ✓Planned Lethal Violence
- ✓Pathway to Violence
- ✓Direct and Sequential Behaviors
- ✓Avoiding False Positives and Negatives
VGI Behavioral Threat Detection & Assessment Instructor Certification
16 Contact Hours
Prepares professionals to instruct VGI behavioral threat detection and assessment courses based on the work of Dr. Gregory Vecchi.
- ✓Detection & Assessment Best Practices
- ✓Adult Learning Principles and Lesson Plans
- ✓Assessing Trainee Comprehension
- ✓Teach-Back Sessions
Risk Analysis, Vulnerability Assessment & Violence Mitigation
Offender-based risk and vulnerability assessment principles to prevent targeted violence in schools and workplaces.
- ✓Identifying and Analyzing Potential Risks
- ✓Developing Risk Mitigation Strategies
- ✓Conducting Vulnerability Audits
- ✓Physical and Cyber Environments
THREAT INTERVENTION
Intervention Courses
De-Escalation and Crisis Intervention
The role of crisis and suicide intervention in behavioral threat assessment and the prevention of targeted violence.
- ✓Recognizing Suicide Warning Signs
- ✓De-escalation Strategies
- ✓Crisis Communication and Active Listening
- ✓Immediate Support and Intervention
Engaging Individuals with Mental Illness & Personality Disorders
The role of mental illness and personality disorders in behavioral threat assessment and targeted violence prevention.
- ✓Common Mental Illnesses and Personality Disorders
- ✓Interacting Safely
- ✓Delusions and Hallucinations
- ✓Psychosis and Psychopathy
THREAT RESPONSE
Response Courses
Situational Awareness and Pre-Attack Behaviors
Developing situational awareness and identifying pre-attack indicators as critical components of threat assessment.
- ✓Heightened Situational Awareness
- ✓Pre-Attack Indicators and Behavioral Cues
- ✓Environmental Scanning
- ✓High-Risk Decision-Making
Escaping, Evading & Engaging Targeted Violence
Life-saving strategies for escaping, evading, and, if necessary, engaging threats of targeted violence.
- ✓Escaping and Evading Targeted Violence
- ✓Using Cover and Concealment
- ✓Defensive Strategies
- ✓Case Studies and Scenarios
HANDS-ON TRAINING
Rapid Action Tactics
Beyond our threat assessment curriculum, VGI delivers RAT — a hands-on self-protection system taught in short, topic-specific courses. Nine modules covering core concepts, the law of self-defense, perception, avoidance, verbal de-escalation, unarmed defense, stick, knife, and firearm response.
- Two-day live courses on a single module
- Instructor certification pathway
- Free video training and ongoing membership