Webinar Series
Dr. Shaffer is excited to announce that some of her previous trainings will be available for purchase via her Self-Paced Webinar Series, available beginning Fall 2025.
After payment has been received, you will get access to the training video, handouts, and any supporting materials. Watch videos on your own schedule—pause, rewind, and resume anytime.
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Pricing is per individual. Group rates are available for organizations. Contact Dr. Shaffer to learn more.
Best practices for risk assessment and management among adolescents
Description: Join Dr. Shaffer for a session that dives into real-world challenges of assessing and managing violence among adolescents. During this webinar, you will learn key developmental insights for working effectively with adolescents, best practices for recognizing and understanding which adolescents are at-risk of perpetrating violence, and empirically-supported and effective strategies for managing and reducing violence in youth populations. Whether you work in mental health, education or criminal justice, this session delivers tools and practical frameworks you can apply immediately.
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: $49.99 CAD
Addressing assessment gaps for specialized forms of violence among adolescents
Description: While hundreds of violence risk assessment tools exist, critical gaps still remain, especially when it comes to intimate partner violence, stalking, and gang involvement among adolescents. In this webinar, Dr. Shaffer will discuss available evidence-based approaches to assess intimate partner violence, stalking, and gang violence among adolescents. Backed by current research and practical insight, this webinar offers a clearer path forward for professionals working with high-risk youth.
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: $49.99 CAD
Risk assessment and management for intimate partner violence among adolescents
Description: In this webinar, Dr. Shaffer explores the complex realities of dating violence among adolescents, combining both conceptual understanding and strategies for assessing and managing risk. Attendees will learn to identify key risk and protective factors linked to adolescent dating violence, how dating violence may look different in adolescents compared to adults, and understand developmental dynamics that influence risk and behavior. This webinar will wrap-up with a case study. This webinar is ideal for professionals in education, mental health, criminal justice, and youth services and offers critical tools for recognizing, assessing, and managing dating violence in young people.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Cost: $74.99 CAD
Speaking to the media: The dos and don’ts of disseminating your research
Description: Academics are increasingly expected to step out of their comfort zones and strive to make a more considerable impact on society. In particular, universities have started encouraging academics to engage with local, national, and international media, and many now provide media training to prepare academics for live appearances on TV and radio. But let’s face it: going live on TV or radio can feel risky. What if you’re misquoted? What if things go off-script? This webinar is intended to inform and empower researchers, regardless of experience level, to speak to the media about their research. Dr. Shaffer will discuss smart strategies for communicating about your research clearly and effectively, pro-interview techniques to stay in control and on message, and common pitfalls and how to avoid getting caught off guard. This session is designed to help you transform research into reach, because your work deserves a bigger audience.
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: $24.99 CAD
Dr. Catherine S. Shaffer, Ph.D., C.F.C.P. 