The Utah Criminal Justice Center is pleased to offer a 2-day intensive, virtual training course to certify trainees as end-users for the Women's Risk Needs Assessment (WRNA). The course includes 5 modules: (1) Evidence-Based Practices; (2) Gender-Responsive Practices; (3) WRNA Scoring; (4) Interview Skills; (5) Case Planning. Modules are delivered online using the university's Learning Management System (LMS) called "Canvas". After each module, there will be a live discussion over Zoom with one of our UCJC trainers.
Trainees are required to sign a license agreement prior to beginning training. They must also have the technological capabilities to engage with the LMS and Zoom sessions (i.e., Internet access, updated Google Chrome or Firefox browser, Zoom software application) and be able to upload a video-recording practicing the WRNA interview (i.e., laptop camera and microphone). For a more detailed description of technology requirements for the LMS, please click here.
WRNA certification requires demonstration of a successful WRNA practice interview via video-recording. The UCJC reserves the right to refuse certification of any trainee for lack of engagement or underperformance on the certification video.
Becoming a certified WRNA end-user qualifies trainees to assess clients using the WRNA internally within the current agency of employment. It does not permit certified end-users to assess clients outside their current agency of employment, nor to train the instrument to any additional end-users, internally or externally to their agency.
October 16-17, 2023
Session 1 will cover:
Session 2 will cover:
Trainees are given one opportunity to certify as an end-user of the WRNA. Supplementary Quality Assurance (QA) and coaching sessions may be purchased for an additional per person cost. This would allow trainees up to three chances to become certified.
