Forensic Training Academy

05/23/2024

Stay ahead of the curve and invest in your professional growth with our curated lineup of training programs this June. Gain multi-faceted perspectives and cultivate specialized competencies in these critical topics.
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6/4 – Veteran Identity & Mental Health: Military Service & Trauma - Part 3
https://hubs.li/Q02ykYkD0
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6/5 – Evidence-Based Practices in Partner Abuse Treatment: Assessment & Working with Victims
https://hubs.li/Q02yk_hn0
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6/11 – An Introduction to Correctional Mental Health
https://hubs.li/Q02ykZ4f0
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6/12 – Socioeconomic Disadvantage: Implications for Mood, Behavior, Cognition & Physical Health
https://hubs.li/Q02ykSnp0
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6/13 – Advanced Strategies in Partner Abuse Interventions: Working with Perpetrators, the Systems Perspective & Family Interventions
https://hubs.li/Q02ykYjH0
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6/14 – California Child Abuse & Neglect Assessment & Reporting
https://hubs.li/Q02ykSs_0
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6/17 – Assessing Research Related to Transgender & Nonbinary (TNB) Youth
https://hubs.li/Q02yk_jk0
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6/18 – Veteran Identity and Mental Health: Post-Military Life - Part 4
https://hubs.li/Q02ykXsl0
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6/25 – Teaching Decision-Making & Reasoning in Forensic Supervision
https://hubs.li/Q02ykZ3b0

05/13/2024

Ma*****na & Cannabinoids: An Overview for Forensic Mental Health Professionals
In partnership with the American Academy of Forensic Psychology (AAFP)
June 27, 2024 | 4 Hours, 4 CEs
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During this live training program, Shawn K. Acheson, PhD, will provide a broad overview of ma*****na and related natural and synthetic cannabinoids. Topics to be covered will include the history of their use and the evolution of THC content and synthetics; the basic pharmacology of how cannabinoids affect the brain and how they are processed by the body; and the cognitive, behavioral, and psychomimetic effects of cannabinoids.
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Training Outline includes:

➡️ Brief History of Cannabis & Cannabinoids
- Crime & Use statistics
- Changes in potency & the designer craze
- The evolution of delta-9 alternatives (e.g., CBD, Delat-8, Delta-10)

➡️ Basic Pharmacology of Cannabinoids (natural & synthetic)
- Structure & function
- Drug detection & clinical laboratory findings
- Acute Intoxication, Chronic Use, & Withdrawal

➡️ Cognitive, Behavioral & Psychotomimetic effects of cannabinoids

➡️ Forensic Applications
- Criminal Competencies
- Mental State
- Mitigation

04/16/2024

Live Training! Reshaping Law Enforcement Interactions with Persons with a Mental Disability: Suggestions and Solutions | May 15, 2024 | 1.5 Hours | 1.5 CEs
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This training program will dive deep into the complex issues surrounding police encounters with individuals experiencing mental health crises. We'll explore the media narratives, research, and programs that aim to improve outcomes for all involved.

Key topics include:
+ Analyzing "police reform" efforts and their successes/failures
+ Evaluating crisis intervention training models like CIT, CAHOOTS, and mobile crisis teams
+ Ensuring continuity of care between law enforcement, mental health providers, and hospitals
+ Highlighting the latest academic research on these critical challenges

This training is designed for a wide range of professionals - from social workers and police officers to psychologists and ER staff. The goal is to provide a clear roadmap for realistic, evidence-based solutions that benefit both law enforcement and the mental health community.

Register now to join this important discussion: https://hubs.li/Q02sVqS80

Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates

08/08/2023

Ensuring the safety of our communities is a responsibility that belongs to everyone. For over 20 years, the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) has continued to lead the field of behavioral threat assessment by conducting research, training, and consultation on the prevention of all forms of targeted violence. This presentation will highlight NTAC’s latest research report, Mass Attacks in Public Spaces: 2016-2020, which analyzed 173 attacks that resulted in harm to three or more individuals in the United States.

Lina Alathari, PhD presents a live virtual professional training program on Threat Assessment: A Behavior-Based Approach to Preventing Mass Attacks in Public Spaces in partnership with the American Board of Police and Public Safety Psychology ().

➡️ Early registration discount for this live training program.
https://hubs.li/Q01ZXQ0T0

05/12/2023

"As counselors, if we simply don't acknowledge that these experiences are violent and that they can have an impact on clients regardless of what we believe about police officers or not... that's one way in which we are neglecting and ignoring that impact [to our clients]."

Listen to the full episode and view links from out show here: https://hubs.li/Q01PKBTQ0

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We do offer a free 1 hour training that might be of interest: Building a Career in Police & Public Safety Psychology | Presented by Heather McElroy, PhD, ABPP
https://hubs.li/Q01PKFdl0

05/03/2023

Confessions and Police Interrogations

Not everyone in police psychology focuses on law enforcement officers' mental health and stability. Instead, some psychologists specialize in interrogation, help interview, and interpret the interviews of suspects and victims.
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Mental health professionals in the legal system can help individuals understand interrogation and confessions. By presenting research and making this information clear and accessible to legal personnel (police officers, detectives, judges, juries), a psychologist can educate individuals on which factors should be considered when evaluating the confession.

Read the blog on Confessions and Police Interrogations here: https://hubs.li/Q01NmHb60

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Not everyone in police psychology focuses on law enforcement officers' mental health and stability. Instead, some psychologists specialize in interrogation, help interview, and interpret the interviews of suspects and victims.

04/07/2023

LIVE: Juvenile Sexual Offender Evaluation | May 5, 2023 | Earn 4 CEs
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Kostas A. Katsavdakis, PhD, ABPP, presents a live professional training program on Juvenile Sexual Offender Evaluation in partnership with the American Academy of Forensic Psychology (AAFP).
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This program will examine relevant risk assessment tools, their application and limitation, recidivism base rate, report writing, and cognitive biases impacting overall opinions.

Topics covered include:
+ Ethics and Legal factors
+ Relevant Risk Assessment Instruments/Tools
+ Culture and Gender Differences
+ Overall limitations of the Assessment Process
+ Cognitive Biases

Register today! https://hubs.ly/Q01KHbxW0
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Adolescent violence risk assessment research emerged in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Since then, many measures for assessing violence and re-offense risk in adolescents have been developed.

Read more on Juvenile General Violence Risk Assessments. https://hubs.ly/Q01KHbyQ0

05/06/2021

This is the last chance to join CONCEPT with Dr. Randy Otto for this set of interactive training on Ethics in Forensic Practice! Use the link below to register before this Friday (5/7).

http://ow.ly/lvY250EFTI2

04/30/2021

Just over one week left until we kick off our Ethics in Forensic Practice training program! Visit the link below to register and join CONCEPT with Dr. Randy Otto on May 7th and 14th.

http://ow.ly/tnVI50EBiTe

04/19/2021

Join CONCEPT with Dr. Sommers Flanagan next week for our FREE su***de assessment and treatment webinar! Register before 4/28 using the link below.

ow.ly/JcFU50EoSGY

04/17/2021

Visit the link below to register for these live workshops!

http://ow.ly/2iue50EqTUl

03/24/2021

Don't forget to register for our upcoming webinar with Dr. Barry Rosenfeld beginning next week on April 2nd!

https://training.concept.paloaltou.edu/courses/LIVE-Cultural-considerations-in-Forensic-Assessment?_ga=2.7494005.611939947.1616443280-303487999.1587737345