Training

Invited Workshops and Training Seminars
(last updated on December 27, 2009)

Douglas, K. S. (2009, April). Violence Risk Assessment and Management Using Structured Professional Judgment
and the HCR-20. Workshop provided at the MHM, Inc. Annual Spring Conference, Ft. Myers, FL.

Douglas, K. S. (2009, March). Contemporary Approaches to Violence Risk Assessment and Management: Overview, Principles of Use, and the Role of Psychopathic Features. Workshop presented at the “Banff XLI: Psychopathic Traits in Youth: Research and Practice” Conference, Banff, AL, Canada.

Douglas, K. S. & Guy, L. S. (2008; December 1 and 2). Violence Risk Assessment and Management Using
Structured Professional Judgment and the HCR-20. Two-day workshop presented to the Ohio Department
of Mental Health, Columbus, OH.

2008 (Sept 19). Violence Risk Assessment and Management: Structuring Professional Judgment. Full-day workshop presented through the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, Las Vegas.

2008 (May 23). Violence Risk Assessment and Management Using Structured Professional Judgment and the HCR-20. Full-day workshop presented to Lake’s Crossing Center and Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services, Sparks, NV.

2007 (June 6-8). Assessing and Reducing the Risk for Violence Among Persons with Mental Illness. Three-day workshop presented through the National Institute of Mental Health, Nagoya, Japan.

2007 (June 3-5). Assessing and Reducing the Risk for Violence Among Persons with Mental Illness. Three-day workshop presented through the National Institute of Mental Health, Tokyo, Japan.

2007 (May 31). Violence Risk Assessment and Management: Structuring Professional Judgment. Full-day workshop presented through the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

2007 (May 30). Assessing and Managing Violence Risk with the HCR-20. Full-day workshop presented to the South Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center, Miami, FL.

2006 (November 10). HCR-20 Violence Risk Assessment Scheme. Half-day workshop presented at the University of Irvine, California.

2006 (October 12). Violence Risk Assessment and Management using Structured Professional Judgment and the HCR-20. Full-day workshop presented to the Hamilton County Board of Community Mental Health, Cincinnati, OH.

2006 (March 5). Violence Risk Assessment and Management using Structured Professional Judgment. Post-conference half-day workshop presented at the Annual Conference of Division 41 of the American Psychological Association (American Psychology-Law Society), St. Petersburg, FL.

2006 (January 19). The HCR-20: Its Use in Research and Clinical Practice. Full-day workshop presented at the Advanced Forensic Evaluation Series, Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

2005 (June 7). Assessing and Managing Violence Risk Using the HCR-20 Violence Risk Assessment Scheme. Full-day workshop presented to Norristown State Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.

2004 (December 14). An Introduction to the HCR-20 Violence Risk Assessment Scheme. Full-day workshop presented to Lakeside Psychiatric Hospital, Orlando, Florida.

2004 (November 22). Assessing and Managing Violence Risk Using the HCR-20 Violence Risk Assessment Scheme. Full-day workshop presented to the Danish Association of Forensic Psychology, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2004 (November 22). Assessing and Managing Violence Risk Using the HCR-20 violence risk assessment scheme. Full-day workshop presented to the SCT. Hans Hospital, Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2004 (October 2). Assessing and Managing Violence Risk Using Structured Professional Judgment. Full-day workshop presented through the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.

2004 (August 19-20). Violence Risk Assessment and Management Using Structured Professional Judgment (HCR-20). Two-day workshop presented to the Ohio Department of Mental Health, Columbus, OH.

2004 (June 10). Violence Risk Assessment and Management Using Structured Professional Judgment. Half-day workshop presented at the annual meeting of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, Stockholm, Sweden. With C. D. Webster.

2004 (May 6-7). Violence Risk Assessment and Management Using Structured Professional Judgment. Two-day workshop presented to Georgia Department of Human Resources, Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Addictive Diseases (Office of Forensic Services). Central State Hospital, Milledgeville, Georgia.

2004 (January 23). Assessing and Managing Violence Risk Using Structured Professional Judgment. Full-day workshop presented through the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.

2003 (October 21-22). Assessing and Managing Violence Risk with the HCR-20. Two-day workshop presented to New York Office of Mental Health (Rockland<span Psychiatric Center), Orangeburg, NY.

2003 (September 23-24). Assessing and Managing Violence Risk with the HCR-20. Two-day workshop presented to New York Office of Mental Health (New York Central Psychiatric Center, Department of Corrections), Utica, NY.

2003 (August 21). Assessing and Managing Violence Risk with the HCR-20. Full-day workshop presented through Specialized Training Services, Orlando, FL.

2003 (August 20). Assessing and Managing Violence Risk with the HCR-20. Full-day workshop presented through Specialized Training Services, Orlando, FL.

2003 (July 31). Assessing and Managing Violence Risk with the HCR-20. Full-day workshop presented through Specialized Training Services, San Diego, CA.

2003 (April 12). HCR-20: Violence Risk Management Using the HCR-20 Companion Guide. Half-day workshop presented at the annual meeting of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, Miami, FL. With C. D. Webster.

2003 (January 16-17). Assessing and managing risk for violence: Using structured professional judgment to reduce risk. Two-day workshop presented to New York Office of Mental Health, Sing Sing prison transitional unit project.

2002 (February 28, March1). Assessing violence risk: Structured clinical evaluation of violence risk with the Historical Clinical Risk-20 (HCR-20). Two-day workshop presented through Sinclair Seminars, Ann Arbor, MI. With C. Webster.

2001 (November 27). Pre-convention training workshop on psychopathy. Half-day workshop presented at the International Conference, Violence Risk Assessment and Management: Bringing Science and Practice Closer Together, Sundsvall, Sweden. With S. D. Hart & D. Cooke.

2001 (November 26). Pre-convention training workshop on the HCR-20 Violence Risk Assessment Scheme. Half-day workshop presented at the International Conference, Violence Risk Assessment and Management: Bringing Science and Practice Closer Together, Sundsvall, Sweden. With C. D. Webster & G. Fransson.

2001 (January 23). HCR-20 violence risk assessment. Full-day workshop presented to New York Office of Mental Health. With R. Borum.

2000 (June 5). Assessment of risk for violence among offenders/psychiatric patients with mental illness. Presentation given at the “Defining risk: What it’s all about” workshop for mental health, health, and correctional administrators. Vancouver, BC.

1999 (November 19). Post-convention workshop on the HCR-20 Violence Risk Assessment Scheme. Half-day workshop presented at the Violence Risk Assessment and Management International Conference, Vancouver, BC. With S. D. Hart, C. D. Webster, and D. Eaves.

1997 (March). Assessing the risk of violence: The HCR-20 Risk Assessment Scheme and the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version. Correctional Service of Canada (Pacific Region) Risk Assessment Training Seminar, Abbotsford, BC.

1997 (May). Violence in mentally disordered offenders and forensic psychiatric patients: The need for systematized assessment procedures. Continuing Education Conference of the British Columbia Provincial Court Judge’s Association, Penticton, BC.

Workshops Organized

2007 (November 15-16). Risk Reduction in Mental Health. Organizing and participating a two-day, four-workshop series for mental health, forensic, and correctional professionals on how to reduce risk for multiple adverse outcomes among persons with mental illness. SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada.