A.V.E.R.T. Harm — Awareness & Vigilance for Effective Response to Emerging Risks & Trends — is a structured educational and training program that equips participants to recognize, assess, and respond to a wide range of situations relating to health, safety and social well-being across community, clinical, and public health environments. The program provides a role-specific, step-by-step framework for identifying early warning signs, building immediate safety, and directing individuals to appropriate resources.
A.V.E.R.T. Harm is an educational and training program providing role-specific guidance for identifying, responding to, and reducing risks of harm in community, clinical, and public health settings. The program offers structured awareness-building, early warning recognition, and safety-focused response strategies, delivered through courses, printed materials, and digital content. It is designed to equip participants with clear, practical skills to improve safety outcomes while maintaining the confidentiality of proprietary tools and assessment models.
Training incorporates broad domains of risk such as mental and behavioral health, chronic illness, reproductive health, youth and elder safety, systemic and provider-related issues, social determinants, cumulative harms, and emerging digital or algorithmic threats. These domains are taught in a manner that fosters awareness and communication without disclosing proprietary algorithms, detailed assessment tools, or licensed intervention methods.
A.V.E.R.T. Harm’s delivery includes in-person workshops, online courses, printed guides, and multimedia learning tools, all designed to create a common language for safety and harm reduction across multiple sectors. The program is intended for diverse audiences — from laypersons and community leaders to licensed clinicians and systems-level decision makers — and emphasizes practical, adaptable responses that align with the participant’s scope of authority and setting.
By offering a unified, scalable approach, A.V.E.R.T. Harm bridges the gap between awareness and action, enabling individuals and organizations to respond to emerging risks in ways that are timely, coordinated, and effective, while safeguarding the proprietary core of its methods and assessment systems.