Evaluation of Risk for Sexual Violence: RSVP & SVR-20 V2
30 hours | 30 CEs
This on-demand professional training program on the Evaluation of Risk for Sexual Violence using the Risk for Sexual Violence Protocol (RSVP) and the Sexual Violence Risk-20 Version 2 (SVR-20 V2) is presented by Stephen D. Hart, PhD, in partnership with Protect International Risk and Safety Services.
Sexual violence—and, in particular, the diversity of both sexual violence and the people who commit sexual violence—presents tremendous challenges for professionals responsible for Assessment and treatment. Actuarial risk assessment methods, which focus on identifying risk levels based on statistical profiles, do little to assist in the identification of critical risk factors or the development of management plans in a given case.
In this program, Dr. Hart discusses the use of structured professional judgment (SPJ) guidelines in sexual violence risk assessment. He begins by reviewing the SPJ approach, highlighting its potential strengths with respect to developing case formulations and management plans. Next, he describes two sets of SPJ guidelines, the Sexual Violence Risk-20 Version 2 (SVR-20 V2) and Risk for Sexual Violence Protocol (RSVP), and their administrative procedures, focusing on their application to developing formulations (case conceptualizations) and management plans. Finally, participants practice the administration of the SVR-20 V2 and RSVP in two case studies.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
- Describe the SPJ approach to violence risk assessment
- Describe the diversity of sexual violence
- Describe the challenges professionals face during assessment and treatment
- Describe the risk levels based on statistical profiles
- Describe the administration procedures for the SVR-20 V2 and RSVP
- Describe the use of the RSVP for developing case conceptualizations and management plans
- Describe the SVR-20 V2 and RSVP through case studies
- Demonstrate administration of the SVR-20 V2 and RSVP
- Describe key constructs of psychopathology relevant to sexual violence risk assessment in forensic and correctional settings.
- Describe how motivators, disinhibitors, and destabilizers influence decisions to commit sexual violence.
- Describe the limitations of actuarial approaches for assessing sexual violence risk.
- Describe the structure, domains, and basic risk factors of the SVR-20 Version 2.
- Describe the structure, domains, and basic risk factors of the RSVP.
- Describe the steps involved in rating the presence, timeframe, and relevance of risk factors in the SVR-20 V2 and RSVP.
- Describe the process and goals of scenario planning in sexual violence risk assessment.
- Describe strategies for integrating case-specific information into formulations and management plans using SPJ guidelines.
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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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...
Curriculum
1. Introduction
2. Risk Assessment and Management
3. Identifying Risk Factors
4. Motivators
5. Disinhibitors and Destabilizers
6. Combining Risk Factors
7. Actuarial Approaches
8. Structured Professional Judgement
9. SVR-20 Version 2
10. SVR-20 Version 2 - Step 1
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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.
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Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356 and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6811. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CONCEPT Professional Training, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CONCEPT Professional Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits.