Intensive Sessions
All intensive sessions are held on Sunday, August 23, 2008. Advance
registration is required. Intensive sessions are $35 for each session. All
intensive sessions are accredited through the APPA training accreditation
committee and appropriate credit will be provided to registered participants.
#1. How to Brand Your Agency and Enhance Your Profile in the Community
Sunday, August 23 • 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Over the past two years, APPA has worked to develop a coherent marketing strategy that will build understanding and support for probation, parole and community-based corrections programs. The intent is to stress capacity building to develop within state agencies the capability to market themselves at the local level and achieve the support needed to continue to improve upon positive outcomes. This intensive session will utilize materials and information from the field branding project spearheaded by APPA with assistance from international marketing firm, Fleishman-Hillard, to instruct attendees on the best ways to approach marketing their agency to the community, local media and policy makers. Several representatives from APPA Corporate Member companies will share their marketing expertise with attendees on best practices and lessons learned from some of their marketing projects.
Training/Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the importance of branding to community corrections.
- Identify target and/or interest groups for branding initiatives.
- Discuss methods of getting your message to the community.
Presenters
Eric D. Tumperi, CEO, roboCUFF Voice Supervision Services (GA)
Marlene Martineau, Director Marketing/Communications, New Dawn Technologies (UT)
#2. Supervising a Stalker
August 23 • 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
A recent national report showed that 3.4 million people are stalked annually in the U.S., yet stalking is a crime that is often misunderstood, minimized or missed entirely. In this interactive session we will address what stalking is, what we know about stalkers, screening and supervising offenders and innovative practices and programs for stalkers currently in place across the country. Participants will be provided with a copy of a “Guide to Responding to Stalking,” a resource for probation and parole officers developed by the Stalking Resource Center and APPA.
Training/Learning Objectives
- Review the process of screening assigned offenders for stalking behavior.
- Identify special conditions and other tools for effectively supervising stalkers.
- Discuss best practices and protocols for stalker supervision from other jurisdictions.
- Describe the key policy issues for community corrections agencies related to stalking.
Presenters
Michelle Garcia, Director, Stalking Resource Center (DC)
Jodi Rafkin, Program Attorney, Stalking Resource Center (DC)
Carrie Abner, Research Associate, American Probation and Parole
Association (KY)
#3. Exploring an Innovative Gang Exit and Ambassador Leadership Program for Young Men and Women in Toronto
August 23 • 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
As Canada’s only Gang Exit Program, the CTI Canadian Training Institute’s Breaking the Cycle is a 28-week full time program based on the learning gained from a cutting edge school engagement project and work done with homeless street youth in downtown Toronto. During this interactive workshop we will breakdown the program components showing our logic model, and using anecdotal stories as a reference to describe what makes this program a “Best Practice”. We will also identify the characteristics of those served, describe our involvement with at risk neighborhoods and the facilitation of a Moms group which adds to the success of this program which serves young men and women between the ages of 15 and 26 inclusive who are gang involved.
Training/Learning Objectives
- Identify the critical components which contribute towards a best practice in a gang exit program for young men and women between the ages of 15 and 26.
- Review the characteristics of youth who are gang involved and served by the Breaking the Cycle: Youth Gang Exit and Ambassador Leadership Program in the most diverse City in the World, Toronto.
- Explain the value and demands of linking a Moms group and the at risk neighborhoods in which youth live, to the successes of this program.
- Describe the importance of a collaborative partnership approach addressing the specific needs of youth who are gang involved.
Presenters
John A. Sawdon, Executive Director, CTI Canadian Training Institute, (CN) Jabari Lindsay, Project Director, Breaking the Cycle: Youth Gang Exit and Ambassador Leadership Program, (CN)
Moderator
Donald G. Evans, President of the Board of Directors, CTI Canadian Training Institute, (CN)
#4. Engaging Families in Community Supervision through the Family-Support Approach for Community Supervision
Sunday, August 23 • 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Families and social networks are powerful influences in the lives of individuals under supervision and when their influence is activated appropriately and effectively their support can be leveraged to help individuals under supervision achieve their supervision goals. But, what does it mean for community supervision agencies to engage families and social networks in the supervision process? This workshop will explore The Family Support Approach for Community Supervision and provide participants with information on some tools and techniques that can be utilized throughout the supervision process to put the concepts of the approach into everyday practice.
Training/Learning Objectives
- Review the core concepts of the Family Support Approach for Community Supervision.
- Identify the primary tools and techniques of the approach.
- Describe how the use of these tools can be incorporated within existing case management practices.
- Explain the use of at least two of the primary tools and techniques of the approach.
- Identify resources available on the Family Support Approach for Community Supervision.
Presenters
Margaret diZerega, Director of Training and Technical Assistance, Family
Justice (NY)
Tracy G. Mullins, Sr. Research Associate, American Probation and Parole
Association (KY)
#5. The Containment Approach to Managing Sexual Offenders in the Community
Sunday, August 23 • 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The Containment Approach employs teams of probation officers, cognitive behavioral sex offender therapists and polygraph examiners to move offenders past denial, serve victims and supervise these offenders safely in communities.
Training/Learning Objectives
- Describe the Containment Approach Model and its philosophical and theoretical foundations from Corrections, Psychotherapy and Polygraphy.
- Discuss the research demonstrating the efficacy of the Approach including information of offenders’ histories and behaviors and lower recidivism.
- Review of statutes (Oregon), supervision conditions and treatment rules in delivering the Containment Approach.
- Identify how the “treatment team” collaborates in the community and criminal justice system to address offenders’ needs and community interests.
Presenters
Charles F. Edson, M.A., Just Service (OR)
David R. Robinson, M.S., Correctional Evaluation and Treatment, Inc. (OR)
#6. Influencing Local, State, and National Policy and Funding for Probation and Parole
Sunday, August 23 • 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Developing policy and allocating funding for probation and parole systems involves all levels of government. Learning the ins and outs of reaching legislative staffers, getting an appointment to meet your representative or senator and how to approach these meetings will be covered. In addition, presenters will discuss the path legislation takes and how they can leverage support or opposition for pending laws that could help or hinder their efforts to supervise offenders in the community. Participants will discover the best methods to influence policy and funding for local, state, and national probation, parole and community corrections agencies.
Training/Learning Objectives
- Identify strategies to successfully influence policy and funding for local, state, and national probation and parole systems.
- Explain the role of the federal government in funding state and local criminal justice agencies.
- Identify how participants can contribute to the APPA legislative platform for the 35th Annual Training Institute in Washington, DC.
Presenters
Dr. Tony Fabelo, Director of Research, The Council of State Governments --
Justice Center (TX)
Jessica Nickel, Director of Government Affairs, The Council of State
Governments – Justice Center (MD)