uWIN - University Continuing Education intensive
Weapon Reliability Assessment
The uWIN – Weapon Reliability Assessment and Supervision – is aimed at psychologists in Austria who would like to undergo subject-specific further training in accordance with the provisions of the 1st Weapon Reliability Ordinance and want to take part in the annually prescribed supervision.
Info
Degree
Confirmation of Participation
from the University of Innsbruck
Duration/ECTS-Credits
1,5 days
Start
25 April 2025
26 April 2025
28 November 2025
29 November 2025
Cost:
Advanced training (25.04.2025): 210 EUR
Supervision (26.04.2025): 150 EUR
Supervision (28.11.2025: 150 EUR
Advanced training (28.-29.11.2025): 550 EUR
Language
German
The right uWIN for me?
Qualification profile
- Forensic-neuropsychological basics for diagnostics, assessment and therapy in various areas of law.
- Conditions required to acquire a weapon in Germany
- Supervision: Increase your own safety during appraisal.
Target Group
- Psychologists in Austria listed by the Ministry of the Interior who are authorised to prepare expert assessment reports on weapon reliability.
Requirements
People who meet the criteria of the target group can participate in the seminar.
Contact
johannes Volderauer
Division for continuing education
Karl-Schönherr-Straße 3
6020 Innsbruck
Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Arthur Drexler
Clinical psychologist, health psychologist, Venia in the field of educational research Lecturer at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and at the University of Applied Sciences for Health and in the field of continuing education at the University of Innsbruck
Alexander Unterberger has been working in the social sector since 1992 and is a social pedagogue with extensive further training, for example in systemic family work and violence counseling. After founding the STI association for the care of young people with behavioral problems, he took on management positions and founded the training institute “Institut Unterberger” in 2000.
Today, he offers team training, supervision and seminars and hosts the podcast “Sozialfuzzi”.
Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Arthur Drexler
Clinical psychologist, health psychologist, Venia in the field of educational research Lecturer at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and at the University of Applied Sciences for Health and in the field of continuing education at the University of Innsbruck
Retired police officer, violence educator, certified social pedagogue, certified addiction prevention expert, intercultural conflict manager, police peer support officer until 30.09.2024, author.
Dates
Friday, 25.04.2025, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (online) - with Alexander Unterberger
Saturday, 26.04.2025, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. (online) - with Arthur Drexler
Friday, 28.11.2025, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. (in presence) - with Arthur Drexler
Friday, 28.11.2025, 2 - 7 pm (in presence) - with Alexander Geyrhofer
Saturday, 29.11.2025, 9 am - 6 pm (in presence) - with Alexander Geyrhofer
Instructor:
Alexander Unterberger
Description:
Violence is a highly misunderstood spectrum of behavior, many of the commonly held background patterns passed down through generations are gross misconceptions. As a result, people are often misjudged, leading to recurring dangerous situations.
This seminar provides up-to-date knowledge on the topic of violent behavior and risk assessments of violent offenders. It clears up dangerous misunderstandings and expands the scope of thought to include scientifically based realities.
Contents:
- Difference between violence / aggression
- Perpetrator patterns Responsibility
- Escalation strategies: The dangerous silence
- Primary/secondary feelings, or how to get angry
- Isolation / Confluence
- The “escalation peak principle”
- Cycle of violence
Goal:
Understanding patterns of violence and improving / increasing perpetrator assessments
Instructor:
Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Arthur Drexler
In the supervision, own cases from practice and questions about gun reliability can be dealt with.
Instructor:
Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Arthur Drexler
In the supervision, own cases from practice and questions about gun reliability can be dealt with.
Lecturer:
Geyrhofer Alexander
Topics:
Physical and psychological violence, bullying, cyberbullying, sexualized and sexual violence, amok, death threats, etc. Legal information (StGB, StPO, UBG etc.)
Training content:
- Prevention and safety in the office/building
- Recognizing violence
- Violence, aggression - differentiation and dealing with it.
- Theories of aggression.
- Conflict and conflict management, de-escalating communication.
- Active listening, self-control.
- Aggression characteristics, escalation phase, crisis phase, recovery phase, depression phase.
- Narcissistic offense.
- Self-defense and emergency aid.
- Possible intentions of a perpetrator.
- Victim-offender characteristics.
- Being a victim - primary and secondary signs.
- Being a perpetrator - primary and secondary signs.
- Strategies in the event of an act of violence (amok).
- Conflict analysis and problem solving.
Registration
Further information on registration
Participants are responsible for any insurance (health, accident and liability insurance).