About this Event
Join us for Violence Threat Risk Assessment training on December 14th/15th, 2026
VTRA is a trauma-informed approach that assesses risk and sets a baseline for interventions to keep people safe from violence.
“What VTRA provides is the tool to identify, to develop the database, and to provide an assessment between someone who is talking about violence versus one who is actually becoming operational.”
– Dr. Tony Beliz, fmr. Deputy Director, LA County Mental Health Emergency Outreach Bureau
The 10th edition of the ‘National Training VTRA Protocol’ is a practical approach to building teams that can monitor, assess, intervene against, and prevent violence within a community.
VTRA Training instills the perspective that serious violence is an evolutionary process, meaning that pre-incident data is often available to help proactively identify and prevent the occurrence; put simply, VTRA implies that nobody “just snaps”.
The three stages of the VTRA framework are:
Stage One – Initial data collection and immediate interventions
Stage Two – Risk evaluation for moderate-to-high-risk situations
Stage Three – Data-driven and trauma-informed interventions
The Benefits of the VTRA Framework & Training
Implement A Practical Method to Prevent Violence
During VTRA training, typically 60 to 80 participants are led through hands-on situations using real-world examples and actual case studies. The outcome of the training is a team that shares a set of coordinated and unified actions, a common language and concepts, and a mutual vision for success.
Build A Collaborative Network
The VTRA framework builds rapid communication between functional, multidisciplinary and multiagency teams to quickly assess threat levels and determine appropriate interventions. Because VTRA addresses all forms of violence, the team composition can have permanent members and ad hoc members who are utilized when their areas of specialization are required. This can include Education, Human Resources (HR), Management, Social Work Agencies, Community Mental Health Workers, Police, Hospitals, Probation/Parole, and other professionals.
VTRA is being offered in collaboration with Yorktown Family Services on December 14th and 15th between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm. To be fully certified in VTRA 1, you must attend both sessions. All participants must arrive by 9: 00 a.m. Any person arriving after 9:45 am will not be granted a certificate. Participants must attend both days to receive a certificate.
Please register soon, as this event will sell out.
A light lunch will be served both days.
Location: 20 Grosvenor St, Toronto, ON M4Y2V5 (Central YMCA)
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Central YMCA, 20 Grosvenor Street, Toronto, Canada
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