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Under Pressure: Adding DBT and ACT Skills to Your CCP Tool
SESSION INFO
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Session Type: Workshop
Community supervision officers routinely manage high risk and high need individuals who present with emotional dysregulation, resistance to authority, impulsive behavior, and safety concerns—often within brief, high stress office visits. While Core Correctional Practices (CCP) provide a strong evidence based framework, officers frequently report difficulty translating CCP principles into concrete actions during real world supervision contacts. This session focuses on practical, skill based supervision strategies that officers can use immediately. Participants will learn how to integrate Core Correctional Practices with select Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) skills to stabilize difficult encounters, interrupt unhelpful thinking patterns, and redirect supervisees toward safer, prosocial choices. Grounded in Risk Need Responsivity (RNR) principles, the session emphasizes micro interventions that fit within typical 15–30 minute supervision contacts and enhances officer safety, accountability, and behavior change across diverse supervision populations.
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SESSION PRESENTERS
Liz Barnhart
Principal Court Management Consultant, National Center for State Courts
Liz Barnhart, MS, is a Principal Court Management Consultant at the National Center for State Courts. Liz leads a diverse portfolio at NCSC exploring the intersection of justice and well being and the court’s role in system change. Her work helps courts become more responsive to community needs through collaboration with specialized law enforcement, prosecution, defense, pretrial, probation, and community partners. She provides training, technical assistance, facilitation, and program evaluation—supporting initiatives from implementation through long term sustainability. Liz has extensive hands on experience with justice involved individuals and those at risk of system involvement, translating evidence based practices into organizational improvement strategies. Prior to joining NCSC, she managed county level justice and behavioral health programs and coordinated multi agency initiatives, including the DVMDT. Previous experience includes clinical case and therapeutic milieu management for children with severe emotional and behavioral disorders, and administration of a YouthBuild AmeriCorps program for emerging adults. Liz holds an MS in Sociology and is certified in multiple therapeutic and justice related practices, including Moral Reconation Therapy, Seeking Safety, ODARA Assessment, Trauma Informed Justice Response, and Mental Health First Aid.
Danielle Young
Senior Court Management Consultant, National Center for State Courts
Danielle Young is a Senior Court Management Consultant at the National Center for State Courts with over 25 years of justice system experience. She has led behavioral health projects such as Sequential Intercept Mapping, Upstream Mapping, and Assisted/Mandated Outpatient Treatment and competency dockets. Ms. Young has presented nationally on probation best practices, emerging adults, case planning, effective interviewing, and treatment court topics. Previously, she served over eight years as Program Manager in the Probation Services Division at the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, leading statewide initiatives including Core Correctional Practices training and implementation of adult and juvenile risk assessments, as well as development and certification of problem-solving court standards. Earlier, she was a Probation Officer in McHenry and Fulton Counties, working with adults, juveniles, mental health court, and specialized drug offenders. She holds an MPA from Arkansas State University and a BA in Political Science from Western Illinois University.
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