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.

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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

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Abschlusshut

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.  

Menschengruppe

Target Group

  • Psychologists in Austria listed by the Ministry of the Interior who are authorised to prepare expert assessment reports on weapon reliability.
Zertifikat

Requirements

People who meet the criteria of the target group can participate in the seminar.

Brief

Contact

Johannes Volderauer

Division for continuing education
Karl-Schönherr-Straße 3
6020 Innsbruck

+43 512 507-39402 weiterbildung@uibk.ac.at


Arthur Drexler

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

Portrait einer Person

Alexander Unterberger

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”.

Arthur Drexler

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

Portrait einer Person

Alexander Geyrhofer

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).

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