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Understanding and Exploring the APPA EBP Standards
SESSION INFO
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Session Type: Workshop
This workshop is part two in a series of three workshops designed to provide participants with a better understanding of the America Probation and Parole’s Evidence-Based Practices Checklist. The checklist, based on current research in the field, identifies key characteristics that community corrections agencies need to effectively achieve risk reduction. Before attending the workshop, participants should conduct an internal assessment using the checklist. At the workshop, checklist results will be discussed, and criteria defined to aid agencies in better applying the checklist.
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SESSION PRESENTERS
Scott M Taylor
Founding Partner,
Scott Taylor has 45 years in the field of community corrections, most recently as the Director of the Department of Community Justice for Multnomah County, Oregon. He has worked in juvenile and adult institutions, run a residential center, served as counselor, probation and parole office and supervisor. He is a past Treasurer and past President of the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA). He was the recipient of the APPA Walter Dunbar award for contributions to the field and coordinator of the Second World Congress on Probation. He has also been the Past President of the Luke Center for Catalytic Change and has served as a city councilman and mayor for his community. As a consultant, Scott has worked with the National Institute of Corrections, The Center for State Courts, SCRAM, and several state and local probation and parole operations.
Ray Wahl
Founder, Justus Consultants
Kathy Waters
, AZ Supreme Court/AZ Administrative Office of the Courts
Ms. Waters has over 35 years of criminal justice experience. Ms. Waters has served as the Division Director of the Adult Probation Services Division for the Administrative Office of the Courts, Arizona Supreme Court since January 2001. She began her career with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections as a Probation and Parole Officer and served in numerous capacities for the next 17.5 years to include District Supervisor over 24 counties of Western Oklahoma and Deputy Director of Probation and Parole and Community Corrections. Ms. Waters has lead the initiative of Evidence Based Practices in Probation and Pretrial in the state as outlined in the Supreme Court’s Strategic Agendas with outstanding and promising results. In 2015 she received the Supreme Court’s Strategic Agenda Award for her efforts in implementing Evidence Based Pretrial Services in Arizona. In June 2016, she was awarded the Courts Administration of Justice Award recognizing her contributions and impacts to Arizona Probation and the Courts over a long period of time. In 2017 she was presented with the George M. Keiser Award from the National Association of Probation Executives for exceptional leadership. In 2018 she received the Susan M Hunter Award from the Association of Women Executives in Corrections. Ms. Waters received an Associates of Science Degree from Tulsa Jr. College, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master of Science Degree in Criminal Justice Administration from Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
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