Violence Risk and Threat Assessment Master Class Part Two

Join Brian as he offers a unique, small cohort class format for those who have completed DPrep Safety’s Violence Risk and Threat Assessment Certification Course, ATAP’s Certified Threat Manager course, or NABITA’s advanced threat assessment course. This course is designed for threat and violence risk assessment professionals interested in increasing their knowledge through a hybrid learning approach with Brian.

The course is open to those practicing in college, workplace, and K-12 spaces. Training will be offered in a hybrid model of instruction, with two online training days followed by two days of in-person workshops in New Orleans (the exact location will be provided soon!) with live actors to demonstrate threat interviewing techniques (register for the virtual sessions separately and receive a discount for part two). Additional instructors and subject matter experts will be invited to teach sections of the course to more fully explore concepts related to neurodiversity, cultural considerations, law enforcement perspectives, Title IX/VI/VII areas, legal considerations, documentation, open-source intelligence (OSINT), and physical safety/security.

** If you cannot travel to New Orleans, Zoom access will be provided **

Part I - REGISTER SEPARATELY TO RECEIVE A CODE FOR $300 OFF PART 2

Wednesday, July 23rd and Wednesday, August 6th

12:00 - 5:00 ET with a one-hour break from 2:00 - 3:00

Part II - REGISTER NOW

In-Person New Orleans | Monday-Tuesday October 20th and 21st

10:00 - 5:00 CT with an hour break for lunch

COURSE OUTLINE

This two-day class experience is offered in Brian’s hometown of New Orleans. This class will provide a relaxed, casual atmosphere to further the cohort’s understanding and experience in threat assessment. While new participants are encouraged to join, the focus of this class will be on practical skill development and will rely heavily on group discussion and process. Live actors will be used to demonstrate interview techniques on a K-12 threat case, a college student threat case, and a workplace violence threat case. Participants will be given the opportunity to interview the subject, gather information, and review social media. Once the initial information has been gathered, groups will work together to develop a threat analysis, assess the risk, and develop a threat mitigation plan based on the unique resources available in the participant's home area.

This learning process will be unlike other conferences, seminars, and trainings you may have attended. Members of the DPREP Safety team will join Brian, who brings experience in law enforcement, workplace violence, school psychology, and other related subjects. Actors will provide a variety of interview content, personality, and even defensiveness to questions to improve the skills of those involved. Participants will be assigned to three different cohorts and rotated through interviewing experiences throughout the day.

At the end of the course, participants will turn in final threat reports based on each case within their group cohorts. Threat reports will be reviewed and returned with comments. Brian will provide an aspirational threat report at the completion of the class on each of the cases.

MATERIALS PROVIDED WITH PART 2

• Video access to the two-day threat course in New Orleans in October. For cohort members who are unable to attend the in-person training in October, Zoom access will be provided.
• A unique challenge coin is provided at the end of the course for those who attend both part 1 and part 2
• Individual access to Pathways and DarkFox systems for one year

YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Brian Van Brunt, EdD, is the Director of Behavior and Threat Management for D-Prep Safety and the President of the Workplace Violence Prevention Association. Author of over a dozen books, Brian has spent time as a child and family therapist, university professor, assistant deputy director of training at Secure Community Network, partner at TNG, and president of the National Association for Behavioral Intervention and Threat Assessment (NABITA). He is an internationally recognized expert in behavioral intervention, threat assessment, crisis preparedness, mental illness, and instructional design. Brian has provided consulting services to schools, colleges, and universities across the country and abroad on a wide variety of topics related to student mental health, counseling, campus violence, and behavioral intervention.