This certificate course consists of 4 contact hours of instruction on the observation skills necessary to successfully identify, evaluate, and report concerning behaviors of planned lethal violence in the workplace and educational settings.

Upon completion of the course instruction, the participant must pass a written test to receive a certificate of completion.

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE?

This course is deal for professionals in education, workplace safety, law enforcement, security, mental health, or anyone requiring knowledge of how to understand and accurately report concerning behaviors of violence.

PREREQUISITES

  ·    None.  

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

 ·    Gain knowledge of offender motivations and behavior as the basis for understanding the threat of targeted violence.

·    Identify and interpret behaviors indicative of planned lethal violence, including evidence of grievances, violent intent, researching, planning, and preparing.

·    Recognize indicators of personal crisis, situational stress, and other threat enhancers that can increase the likelihood of violence.

·    Understand the core principles of behavioral threat detection, including identifying and reporting various threats.

·    Describe barriers to reporting and how to foster a proactive behavioral threat detection culture.

·    Develop skills to effectively report detected behaviors and provide critical information to behavioral threat assessment teams.

·    Gain knowledge through case studies to enhance behavioral threat detection and reporting.  

These objectives ensure participants gain knowledge and skills to accurately detect and report behavioral indicators of targeted violence to behavioral threat assessment teams.

KEY TOPICS

·    Offender motivation

·    Behavioral indicators of planned lethal violence

·    Behavioral baselines and anomalies

·    Crisis state

·    Pre-attack indicators

·    Accurate reporting

·    Barriers to reporting

·    Case studies and scenario-based exercises