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SUMMARY:Talking BITs: Clinical Skills in Violence Risk Assessment
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong>Talkin
 g BITs:&nbsp\;Clinical Skills in Violence Risk Assessment</strong><br />\n
 August 21\, 2026 | 2:00pm - 3:15pm ET</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"
 ><strong>Presenters:&nbsp\;</strong><br />\n<a href="https://www.tngconsul
 ting.com/team/makenzie-schiemann/">Makenzie Schiemann\, Ph.D.\, M.S.</a><b
 r />\n<a href="https://www.tngconsulting.com/team/linda-abbott/">Linda Abb
 ott\, M.S.\, LMHC<br />\n</a></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">** This
  is a Members-Only Event. Not a Member? <a href="https://www.nabita.org/be
 come-a-member/">Click here</a> to lean more!**<br />\n<br />\n</p>\n<p>Men
 tal health professionals play a key role in effective violence risk assess
 ment by applying their clinical skills to structured information gathering
 \, purposeful questioning\, and exploration of risk factors. This session 
 connects clinical competencies with structured threat and violence risk as
 sessment practices\, including tools like NABITA's Structured Interview fo
 r Violence Risk Assessment (SIVRA).</p>\n<p>Participants will learn to lev
 erage core clinical skills to develop high-quality questions that elicit a
 ccurate\, relevant\, and actionable information. The session focuses on tr
 ansitioning from therapeutic exploration to targeted assessment of risk an
 d protective factors. Attendees will gain confidence in conducting person-
 centered\, trauma-informed violence risk assessments aligned with their pr
 ofessional training.</p>
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