How Should an Organizational Director Select an Online Psychology Workshop for Staff to Train in Treating Self-Harm through Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A)?
Organizations that work with adolescents who self-harm or attempt suicide need to have an effective approach that is applied with fidelity across
How Can I Select an Online Parenting Capacity Assessment Training for Behavioral and Mental Health Staff and Social Workers at a Larger Organization?
A clinical director training staff to administer parenting capacity assessments must produce consistent, defensible performance that respects the
What Distinguishes Rigorous Police and Public Safety Staff Training Workshops in Psychology From Online Generic CE Programs?
Clinical and training directors shopping for professional development encounter a set of options that may look comparable on the surface. A list of
How Do I Select an Online Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Psychology Training Workshop for the Staff at my Organization?
Program managers bringing DBT into an organization have a unique challenge and need to verify that a large group of clinicians, case managers, and
Beyond Mental Illness as a Risk Factor: How Can Forensic Psychologists Refine Parole Suitability Assessments to Address Antisocial Patterns and Criminogenic Needs?
The notion that serious mental illness drives criminal risk has historically had a strong influence on the construction and interpretation of parole
As a Forensic Psychologist, How Should I Decide When the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool (MacCAT) for Criminal Adjudication Is Appropriate for Use in Criminal Court?
The MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Criminal Adjudication (MacCAT-CA) has a strong psychometric profile, but the decision on whether to use
Beyond Prediction to Prevention: How Forensic Psychologists Can Utilize Violence Risk Assessment Data in Conditional Risk Release Evaluations
Conditional release decisions are a high-stakes, high-impact part of forensic practice. The court or release authority is being asked to weigh
How Can I, as a Forensic Psychologist, Use the Rule 702 Standard to Anticipate Challenges to Criminal Forensic Assessments Before Testimony?
By the time a forensic psychologist takes the stand as an expert witness, the meaningful work of defending a criminal forensic assessment has already
What Are the Methodological Strengths and Empirical Limitations Forensic Psychologists Must Consider When Comparing HCR-20v3, SVR-20 V2, and SAM for Domain-Specific Violence Risk Assessment?
Research has consistently demonstrated the value and reliability of structured professional judgment tools for forensic psychologists conducting
What Do Recent Meta-Analyses Reveal About the Comparison of Structured Professional Judgment Tools Versus Actuarial Instruments in Violence Risk Assessment Practice for Forensic Psychologists?
For decades, forensic psychologists have compared and debated the merits of actuarial and structured professional judgment (SPJ) approaches to
How Does a Forensic Psychologist Testifying as a Criminal Court Expert Witness Navigate Competency to Stand Trial Evaluations that Hold Up Under Courtroom Scrutiny?
Competency to stand trial is one of the most frequently raised psycholegal questions in American criminal courts. With more than 100,000 evaluations
What Should Forensic Psychologists Know About PCL-R Training for Field Reliability Challenges in Violence Risk Assessments?
The Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) remains one of the most widely used instruments in forensic psychology, routinely introduced in legal
