CE Course: Identifying Behavioral Signatures of Imminent Aggression

Description

Humintell is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Humintell maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Including instruction, practice, and supplemental readings, this course provides 3.5 hours of continuing education (3.5 CE credits) for psychologists.

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This APA approved continuing education course is multi-modal consisting of instructional videos, interactive quizzes, supplemental readings, and assessments.

 

 

 

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Course Description

Psychologists and mental health workers may sometimes be interacting with individuals with a propensity for violence, or individuals who become violent without such propensities.

Identifying behavioral signatures of imminent aggression may be particularly important for those interacting with individuals who may become violent or have other aggressive tendencies that may be destructive to therapeutic alliance and/or therapy.

To our knowledge, there is currently no graduate curricular content that teaches doctoral level psychologists on how to recognize immediate threats from nonverbal behavior. 

Acquiring skills on how to spot these behaviors may allow psychologists to assess risk and prepare to take evasive action if they are in harm’s way. 

Learning Objectives

(1) Identify and list key characteristics of the premeditated assault face and the loss of impulse control face. 

(2) Demonstrate the ability to differentiate between faces associated with dangerous intent and other emotions. 

(3) Proficiently recognize behavioral signatures of imminent attack in others within seconds. 

Developed By

Dr. David Matsumoto is a Professor of Psychology at San Francisco State University and world-renowned expert in the field of emotion, culture, and nonverbal behavior. He has published over 400 books, book chapters, and journal articles on these subjects.

Additional Information

Format and Length:

Multimodal interactive training. Includes a pre-test, instructional videos, interactive practice sections, and supplemental material and readings. You can complete the course in multiple sittings and we recommend participants review the material more than once prior to taking the post-test.

Instructional Level:

Introductory training for psychologists, psychiatrists, and mental health professionals.

Completion Requirements:

To obtain your CE certificate, you must progress through all course segments and readings, and obtain a score of 80% or higher on a post-test. Users will have a maximum of 3 attempts to complete the post-test at 80% proficiency.

Post Test and Course Evaluation:

After completing the pre-test, watching instructional videos, interactive practice sections, supplemental material and readings, the post-test will be available to complete, along with the course evaluation.

Who Should Attend:

Psychologists, counselors, masters or doctoral level clinical social workers, and marriage and family therapists.

Financial Support Statement:

Humintell pays instructors for their teaching contributions. There is no other financial support for this course.

Conflict of Interest Statement:

There is no potential conflict of interest or outside commercial support for this course.

Refund Policy:

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Contact Information:

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System Requirements:

Our online training was developed to be accessed with modern browsers (Edge, Safari, Chrome, Firefox). While usage may be fine with other browsers, we cannot guarantee compatibility.