Intensive Session: Real Colors
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SESSION INFO

Sunday, August 16, 2026
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Session Type: Intensive
Everyone has a distinct temperament or personality. Real Colors is a fun, easy to understand system designed to identify a person’s temperament, or Real Colors. The Real Colors Workshop allows participants to examine who they are and how they relate to others, empowers participants by providing a framework for effective communication, and it provides keys to understanding what motivates each of the temperaments.

Training Objectives:

  • Identify their own real colors personality traits.
  • Understand the values strength joys, and needs of each Primary Color.
  • Identify the major risk factors for recidivism that the IDA addresses.
  • Identify and practice skills necessary for effective communication by learning how to speak in the language of the listener and listen in the language of the speaker.
  • Build team unity by doing a FUN activity together that allows for additional teambuilding in the future.

SESSION PRESENTERS
Lindsay Boyd
Account Manager, National Curriculum and Training Institute, Inc.


Lindsay Boyd Account Manager | Criminal Justice Curriculum Specialist | Trainer & Facilitator Lindsay Boyd is an experienced criminal justice professional with over 15 years of expertise in probation, training, and curriculum development. She currently serves as an Account Manager at the National Curriculum & Training Institute (NCTI), where she supports the implementation of evidence-based programming that empowers justice-involved individuals to make lasting behavioral changes. Before stepping into her account management role, Lindsay was a Lead Facilitator & Producer for NCTI, delivering interactive training sessions for professionals in probation, corrections, and community-based organizations. Her deep understanding of curriculum delivery, combined with her ability to engage diverse audiences, makes her a trusted expert in the field. Prior to her work with NCTI, Lindsay was the Founder & CEO of Next Level Corrections, LLC, providing specialized training for probation and corrections officers. She also spent over 13 years with Ventura County Probation, including five years as a Senior Deputy Probation Officer, where she worked directly with justice-involved individuals and developed a strong foundation in evidence-based practices. In addition to her industry experience, Lindsay is a Continuing and Professional Education Instructor at the University of California, Davis, further demonstrating her commitment to training and professional development. She holds an MBA with an emphasis in Project Management from Capella University and a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from American InterContinental University.

Aaron O'Connell
Director of Leadership & Development, National Curriculum and Training Institute, Inc.


Aaron O’Connell has a solid history of facilitating curriculum based on Cognitive Theory and other Evidence-Based approaches. These programs include a wide array of curricula related to probation and the justice system such as Motivational Interviewing, Sex Offender Treatment and Supervision, Case Planning, Verbal De-escalation, Interpersonal Communication, and Case Documentation. Through his years of experience, he has developed strengths in curriculum design and curriculum writing to include instructional guides, evaluation tools, and other training aids for the Arizona Probation Officer Certification Academy. He is also an experienced project manager and new trainer mentor. Aaron holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Western Michigan University and a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University. Aaron has held positions as a Youth Specialist at Starr Commonwealth, a Probation Officer specializing in supervising sex offenders with the Maricopa County Adult Probation Department, a Curriculum Specialist with the Arizona Supreme Court, and is currently the Director of Learning and Development with the National Curriculum & Training Institute, (NCTI) Inc. Since 2007, Aaron has been a Master Trainer at NCTI and has trained hundreds of individuals to facilitate Real Colors and the Crossroads curricula. Aaron is a strong believer in the power that individuals have to make positive changes in their lives. He feels that through exposure to Real Colors and NCTI’s cognitive-based curricula that individuals can change.