Fordham Risk Screening Tool (FRST)
3 hours | 3 CEs
This on-demand professional training program on Fordham Risk Screening Tool (FRST) is presented by Melodie Foellmi, PhD.
This program teaches clinicians and clinical researchers to use the Fordham Risk Screening Tool (FRST; Rosenfeld, Foellmi, Khadivi, & Rotter), a violence risk screening tool, in psychiatric settings. The purpose of the FRST is to help clinicians, and front-line staff makes efficient, accurate decisions surrounding violence risk screening in a manner that reduces potential bias. It is especially useful in settings where it is not possible to do a comprehensive violence risk assessment on every patient.
The FRST is a short, Structured Professional Judgment instrument that guides the clinician to consider different areas relevant to violence risk screening. The screening is completed via a brief review of available records, a 2-10 minute interview with the patient, and a simple rating system using a flowchart. Once the clinician has completed the FRST, he or she arrives at a decision surrounding the need for and urgency of conducting a more comprehensive violence risk assessment.
The FRST is based on theoretical and empirical knowledge of violence risk Assessment and screening decision-making and has been the subject of validation work in several inpatient civil psychiatric settings. In past studies, the FRST consistently showed very high sensitivity and was able to help clinicians identify patients who were most likely to have HCR-20V3 risk ratings of moderate or high.
This program helps individuals to think about how the FRST could increase the accuracy and efficiency of decision-making surrounding violence risk screening and triage in their specific work setting. Emphasis will be based on practice, as well as integrating the FRST into different clinical situations.
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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Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe how to administer, score, and use the FRST in clinical decision-making surrounding violence risk screening
Describe the skills surrounding how to ask questions regarding violence
Describe scoring guidelines in a variety of different clinical scenarios
Describe how to apply the FRST in your own clinical practice as well as on a larger institutional level
Describe development and validation studies of the FRST
Presented By
Melodie Foellmi, PhD
Dr. Melodie Foellmi is Senior Clinical Director at Brooklyn EAC, which involves court monitoring of offenders with serious mental health issues for the last four years. She earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Fordham University, where she was a therapist, intake clinician, and coordinator at ...
Curriculum
1. Introduction
2. The FRST
3. Step 1: Behavior, Threats & Thoughts
4. Case Example - Violet
5. Case Example - Ronny
6. Step 2: Supplemental Questions
7. Case Example - James
8. Practice Case Examples - Chantel
9. Different Work Settings
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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.