Access to online communication and rising emotional health challenges have led to a significant uptick in written communications that could be perceived as aggressive and threatening. BIT/ TAT/CARE teams are often tasked with identifying whether an individual’s emails, social media, and discussion board posts show a risk or threat of violence. This one-day certification course provides teams with a straightforward process for triaging concerns found in written narratives.
NABITA’s Violence Risk Assessment of the Written Word (VRAWW) is a comprehensive tool designed to evaluate the risk of violence evident in an individual’s narrative content, including social media posts, class writings, journals, blog posts, video narratives, and more. This training certifies participants in using VRAWW and is NABITA’s recommended training on the tool. VRAWW offers an objective approach by considering an individual’s escalating and mitigating factors as well as research on past violent attacks.
VRAWW is not just a theoretical concept, but a practical tool that plays a vital role in team meetings. Its evaluation can guide teams in determining whether a more specialized threat assessment, such as the Structured Interview for Violence Risk Assessment (SIVRA), is necessary. By participating in this training, individuals will acquire the expertise to manage these situations confidently and make informed decisions based on the assessment.
Pre-tests, Post-test, and Verification
NABITA offers training participants an opportunity to complete a short pre-test and post-test to help gauge participant knowledge attainment. Your score on the pre-test has no bearing on whether you will receive certification for this course. Because of that we strongly encourage you to take this pre-test on your own, closed book, and prior to reviewing the course materials.
The optional pre-test is available from the time the event lobby opens until the training’s start time. NABITA staff are unable to manually reopen the pre-test after that time. If you are interested in completing the pre-test, we encourage you to be sure to do so prior to the training start time.
Post-tests are strongly encouraged and are available for the three months of your event lobby access. NABITA staff are unable to manually reopen the post-test after that time. Post-tests can be taken open book until you pass and then result in a Verified Certification of Completion. For those who choose to opt out of this demonstration of knowledge, you will receive certification of attendance. Post-tests are are available through your event lobby for 90 days after the conclusion of your training.
In this course, you will learn:
- Apply the VRAWW to written content to conduct a more standardized, research-based assessment of the written word.
- Identify the key escalating and mitigating factors used in a violence risk assessment of emails, social media posts and written narratives.
- Develop appropriate interventions based on the scoring of VRAWW and the accompanying Risk Rubric rating.
Who should attend?
- BIT/CARE/TAT members
- Case managers
- Student Affairs staff such as Conduct Officers, Residential Life staff, Deans of Students
- K-12 teachers, principals, special education, student discipline
- K-12 counselors, psychologists, law enforcement, Student Resource Officers (SRO)