Description: The Australian Government is pleased to announce a joint initiative with Victoria University to deliver a series of online training modules in 2024 to support practitioners and clinicians in Australia and NZ involved in the assessment and management of individuals radicalising to violent extremism. This specialised set of online training resources is aimed at clinicians within a forensic or health setting who are working with neurodiverse clients engaged in violent extremism. It will also be of benefit to police working within counter terrorism (CT), countering violent extremism (CVE) or Fixated Threat Assessment Centre (FTAC) environments. The four training modules incorporate all aspects of the ‘Framework for the Assessment of Risk and Protection in Offenders on the Autistic Spectrum’ (FARAS), presented by the author of the FARAS, Professor Zainab Al-Attar. Each of the four modules will focus on different aspects of the FARAS and include information relevant to co-morbidity issues, specific issues in adolescence, and CVE intervention strategies relevant to each characteristic of ASD. After completing the training, practitioners will have a greater understanding of how violent extremism interplays with different characteristics of autism, as well as practical strategies for working with neurodiverse clients engaged in violent extremism. This training is designed to build workforce capacity to assist in the assessment and intervention strategies for those working with neurodiverse clients engaged in violent extremism. Link to the FARAS manual. What is covered in Module 1:

• Introduction to this training
• Autism and counter terrorism
• Introducing the FARAS.
• Sensory Hyper- and Hypo-Sensitivities
• Autism and VE in adolescents
• Autism & co-morbidity
• Associated intervention approaches

What is covered in Module 2:

• Circumscribed Interests
• Visual Fantasy
• Autism and VE in adolescents
• Autism & co-morbidity
• Associated intervention approaches

What is covered in Module 3:

• Need for Order, Rules, Routine and Predictability
• Obsessionality, Repetition & Collecting
• Autism and VE in adolescents
• Autism & co-morbidity
• Associated intervention approaches

What is covered in Module 4:

• Social & Communication Difficulties
• Cognitive Styles
• Autism and VE in adolescents
• Autism & co-morbidity

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Description: The Australian Government is pleased to announce a joint initiative with Victoria University to deliver a series of online training modules in 2024 to support practitioners and clinicians in Australia and NZ involved in the assessment and management of individuals radicalising to violent extremism. This specialised set of online training resources is aimed at clinicians within a forensic or health setting who are working with neurodiverse clients engaged in violent extremism. It will also be of benefit to police working within counter terrorism (CT), countering violent extremism (CVE) or Fixated Threat Assessment Centre (FTAC) environments. This is the third of four modules that form part of this online training resource. The four training modules incorporate all aspects of the ‘Framework for the Assessment of Risk and Protection in Offenders on the Autistic Spectrum’ (FARAS), presented by the author of the FARAS, Professor Zainab Al-Attar. Each of the four modules will focus on different aspects of the FARAS and include information relevant to co-morbidity issues, specific issues in adolescence, and CVE intervention strategies relevant to each characteristic of ASD. After completing the training, practitioners will have a greater understanding of how violent extremism interplays with different characteristics of autism, as well as practical strategies for working with neurodiverse clients engaged in violent extremism. This training is designed to build workforce capacity to assist in the assessment and intervention strategies for those working with neurodiverse clients engaged in violent extremism. Registration Terms: I agree to not to share the link with any person who has not already registered for the webinar. Access to this course is restricted.   IMPORTANT NOTE: Have you previously registered for a Module using VU's CourseHive? If so, please login (top right) first, then return to this page to Register. If not, you will be prevented from creating a new account using the same email and/or username.

Description: The Australian Government is pleased to announce a joint initiative with Victoria University to deliver a series of online training modules in 2024 to support practitioners and clinicians in Australia and NZ involved in the assessment and management of individuals radicalising to violent extremism. This specialised set of online training resources is aimed at clinicians within a forensic or health setting who are working with neurodiverse clients engaged in violent extremism. It will also be of benefit to police working within counter terrorism (CT), countering violent extremism (CVE) or Fixated Threat Assessment Centre (FTAC) environments. This is the second of four modules that form part of this online training resource. The four training modules incorporate all aspects of the ‘Framework for the Assessment of Risk and Protection in Offenders on the Autistic Spectrum’ (FARAS), presented by the author of the FARAS, Professor Zainab Al-Attar. Each of the four modules will focus on different aspects of the FARAS and include information relevant to co-morbidity issues, specific issues in adolescence, and CVE intervention strategies relevant to each characteristic of ASD. After completing the training, practitioners will have a greater understanding of how violent extremism interplays with different characteristics of autism, as well as practical strategies for working with neurodiverse clients engaged in violent extremism. This training is designed to build workforce capacity to assist in the assessment and intervention strategies for those working with neurodiverse clients engaged in violent extremism. Registration Terms: I agree to not to share the link with any person who has not already registered for the webinar. Access to this course is restricted.   IMPORTANT NOTE: Have you previously registered for a Module using VU's CourseHive? If so, please login (top right) first, then return to this page to Register. If not, you will be prevented from creating a new account using the same email and/or username.