LIVE: Risk Assessment
December 4, 2025 | 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific
December 4, 2025
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Pacific
4 Hours | 4 CEs
Live Training via Zoom
Chad Brinkley, Ph.D., ABPP, presents a live virtual professional training program on Risk Assessment in partnership with the American Academy of Forensic Psychology (AAFP).
This presentation will provide an overview of risk assessment in the context of forensic and clinical psychology. This training reviews some of the principles common to the assessment of different types of risk (violence, sex offending, suicide), including characteristics of risk, the impact of base rates, types of errors in risk assessment, as well as the difference between risk prediction and risk management.
This training also covers different approaches to risk assessment (actuarial, clinical, structured professional judgement) and identifies some commonly used risk assessment instruments that exemplify these kinds of approaches. We will briefly review case law relevant to risk assessment and discuss why knowledge of local statutes is important.
Finally, we will review information relevant to conducting risk assessments, including a process for conducting assessments, reducing bias in the assessment process, and communication of results regarding risk assessment in reports/testimony.
This training provides valuable information for various mental health professionals at any stage of their careers. Although the presentation will focus on violence risk assessment, the information covered in the presentation is relevant to the assessment of other kinds of risk, including the risk for sexual offending and the assessment of suicide risk. The information will be most relevant to individuals who conduct risk assessments of various kinds, psychologists working in forensic or criminal settings, and psychologists working in inpatient settings with individuals who have been committed for treatment.
Training Outline:
Intended Audience
This live program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals.
Experience Level
This live program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.
CE / CPD Credit
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Presented By
Chad Brinkley, Ph.D., ABPP
Dr. Brinkley is a licensed clinical psychologist who is also board certified in forensic psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. Dr. Brinkley obtained bachelors degrees in Psychology and Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He completed hi...
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Identify different characteristics of risk and how these may impact the assessment of risk
Describe a basic understanding of base rates and why they are important in the assessment of risk
Describe the differences between actuarial, clinical judgement, and research-guided approaches to the assessment of risk
Describe a basic understanding of some common risk assessment instruments and be able to identify when those instruments should or should not be used
Describe information about risk in reports and testimony
Describe an understanding of how risk assessment is linked to risk management
Identify concerns about how risk assessment may be impacted by a defendant’s gender/ethnicity
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Cancellation Policy
Have a sudden change of plans and are unable to attend live? No worries; you will be given access to the on-demand version of the program once available. Please note if you attend live, no access to the recording will be given.
Event Conduct
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Program Partner
American Academy of Forensic Psychology (AAFP)
We are proud to partner with the American Academy of Forensic Psychology (AAFP) for this training. AAFP is a non-profit organization of board-certified forensic psychologists whose mission is to contribute to the development and maintenance of forensic psychology as a specialized field of study, research, and practice. The Academy does this by providing high-quality continuing education workshops, providing a forum for the exchange of scientific information among its members, and conferring awards upon outstanding students and practitioners in the field of forensic psychology.
CE Sponsorship Information
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.