Behavioral Threat Assessment Through an Air Force Mental Health Lens (Live)

May 22, 2025

Program Description: 

This training is intended for mental health providers across the DAF. However, all DoD mental health providers are welcome to attend, as sister agency mental health providers can tailor to their operations. Its purpose is to provide foundational training in behavioral threat assessment, recognized by the APA in 2013 as the gold standard of assessing threat cases. This training will bridge the gap between threatening individuals and what mental health providers can do to mitigate varying levels of threat concerns.

Target Audience

This activity provides continuing education for physicians, social workers and psychologists. A certificate of attendance is available for other attendees.

Learning Objectives

  1. Interpret the Office of Special Investigation's (OSI) mission as it pertains to mental health and behavioral threat assessment.
  2. Explain clinical implications in behavioral threat assessment and management.
  3. Utilize empirically based factors from the mental health literature for the purpose of conducting a behavioral threat assessment.
  4. Review privacy laws, ethical guidelines/standards, and their exceptions in the context of behavioral threat assessment.
  5. Organize resources available to employ threat mitigation and management strategies.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.50 ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit
    DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers will be provided a certificate of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers may receive a maximum of 4.50 hours for completing this Course activity.
  • 4.50 Physicians (ACCME)

    DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    DHA, J-7, CEPO designated this Course for a maximum of 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 4.50 Psychologists (APA)
    Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). DHA, J7, CEPO maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. DHA, J-7, CEPO designated this activity for a maximum of 4.50 CE credits. The instructional level of this activity is intermediate. There is no cost to participate.
  • 4.50 Social Workers (ASWB)

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, DHA, J7, CEPO is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 4.50 Clinical continuing education credits.

  • 4.50 Certificate of Attendance
Course opens: 
05/15/2025
Course expires: 
06/05/2025
Event starts: 
05/22/2025 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
05/22/2025 - 4:30pm EDT
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Joint Base Andrews, Md.

Charles Zapata, Ph.D., CTM. 

Maj. Heather Morris, PsyD., ABPP, CTM. 

Disclosure: DHA J-7 staff, planners, authors, faculty, and content reviewers for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

 

 

Available Credit

  • 4.50 ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit
    DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers will be provided a certificate of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers may receive a maximum of 4.50 hours for completing this Course activity.
  • 4.50 Physicians (ACCME)

    DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    DHA, J-7, CEPO designated this Course for a maximum of 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 4.50 Psychologists (APA)
    Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). DHA, J7, CEPO maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. DHA, J-7, CEPO designated this activity for a maximum of 4.50 CE credits. The instructional level of this activity is intermediate. There is no cost to participate.
  • 4.50 Social Workers (ASWB)

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, DHA, J7, CEPO is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 4.50 Clinical continuing education credits.

  • 4.50 Certificate of Attendance
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Requirements: CE/CME certificates are awarded to participants who fully complete the activity, successfully submit the evaluation survey, and pass the posttest. The deadline to claim credit is Jun 5, 2025.

Access Code: Some activities require an access code to register or claim credit. Please contact the organization providing the activity for the access code. The Continuing Education Program Office (CEPO) does not provide access codes.

Accommodations: Please contact the course instructor to inquire about accommodations. For additional technical support, email [email protected].