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| Featured Training Opportunity – Save 50% off today and earn CEUs for "Improving the Supervision of Offenders with Serious Mental Illness: Tips, Tricks and Tools for Probation and Parole Officers”.
Virtual Training Opportunities
Join APPA for the latest virtual training opportunities available to community corrections professionals! Within this portal, you will discover valuable and relevant training experiences sourced from evidence-based practices, front-line staff, subject matter experts, and leaders in the field.
Tailor your learning journey to your schedule through a variety of live and on-demand webinars as well as self-paced E-learning courses.
EARN continued education units (CEUs) | NETWORK with decision-makers | GROW your professional skills.
WEBINAR OFFERINGS
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ABOUT OUR WEBINAR PROGRAM
As a member of this community, we value your time and budgetary needs. This program is designed for you to access affordable and exclusive APPA webinars that cover a range of topics from best practices and current trends to emerging research and policies in the field. Expect to receive resource handouts, live audience interaction, updates from APPA committees, new grant initiatives, and so much more.
SUBMIT A WEBINAR PROPOSAL
Do you have a topic or training you would like to present using the APPA platform? We invite community corrections professionals to contribute to this program by submitting webinar proposals using our new submission process, where all pertinent information will be gathered, including potential dates.
For detailed instructions, please refer to the Webinar Proposal Guide.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Submit
If you would like to purchase multiple seats for your team to a webinar, please contact Joshua Nelsen.
UPCOMING WEBINARS
Check out our latest scheduled webinars below.
When
Thursday, June 26, 2025 | 2:00PM - 3:30PM ET | 1.5 Hour
Cost
FREE
Presenter
Jack Martin -
Client Executive, Enterprise Supervision - Tyler Technologies, Inc.
Robert Ambroselli -
Director of Product, Enterprise Supervision - Tyler Technologies, Inc.
Description
Procuring enterprise supervision software is challenging, and not something you’re likely to do frequently in your career. It involves complex approval processes, dealing with information asymmetry, and understanding dynamic software features and pricing. If you miss critical requirements or choose the wrong partners, the consequences can include wasted resources, operational inefficiencies, and potential compliance issues. How can you make sure you lead your team confidently through this journey, especially if you only take it once?
Join us for this insightful webinar featuring Jack Martin, former director of Clark County Juvenile Justice Services, and Robert Ambroselli, former project consultant to the Alameda County Probation Department and director of state parole for California. With over 65 years of combined experience, Robert and Jack will share their invaluable expertise in mastering the complex terrain of software procurement.
“Navigating Software Procurement in Community Supervision” is a free webinar for professionals in the community corrections field, from line staff to heads of agencies. You’ll learn who to involve at each stage and the key questions to consider — from preplanning and stakeholder engagement, to writing RFPs, and from requesting demos to vendor selection and contract negotiation. This webinar is your roadmap to planning a successful transition from legacy systems to a modern case management solution.
Seats are limited—register now to reserve your spot! Please note: unfortunately, this webinar does not offer credits for continuing education purposes.
When
Thursday, July 10th | 1:00PM - 2:00 PM ET | 1 Hour
Cost
FREE
Presenter
James Czarniak
CEO - Brightpath Strategies, LLC
Hasan Stephens
CEO, Founder - Good Life Foundation
Description
In today’s community corrections environment, professionals often face situations where progress depends on working with individuals or groups holding opposing viewpoints—whether within agencies, across systems, or with community stakeholders. Traditional approaches to conflict can stall reform, hinder innovation, and impact outcomes for justice-involved individuals.
This webinar, "Collaborating with Opponents: Transforming Conflict into Progress," introduces a practical framework designed to help probation, parole, and community corrections professionals navigate opposition and leverage it for system improvement. Participants will explore real-world strategies to engage productively with dissenting voices—whether they are colleagues resistant to change, external partners with competing priorities, or community members skeptical of system intentions.
FEATURED TRAINING
Featured Training Opportunity – Save 50% off today and earn CEUs
Available Now!
Cost
$15, until the next featured training is live then the cost will increase to $30.
Duration
88 Minutes
CEUs
1.5 APPA Contact Hour. The registrant will be able to download their certificate of completion after they have completed the recording.
Presenter:
Sonya Brown -
Social Work Program Administrator - North Carolina Department of Public Safety
Karen Buck -
Evidence Based Practice Administrator, North Carolina Department of Public Safety
Gary S. Cuddeback -
Professor - Virginia Commonwealth University
Andrea Murray-Lichtman -
Clinical Associate Professor - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Description:Individuals with serious mental illnesses on probation and parole have complex needs, elevated criminogenic risks, and present challenges to the probation/parole officers who supervise them. In collaboration with the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety has innovated special programs and initiatives to equip probation and parole officers with the skills and tools needed to optimize criminal justice and mental health outcomes for mentally ill people under supervision. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn about these programs and initiatives and gain hands-on experience with: our mental health training modules for officers; our brief assessments of mental health and social determinants of health; our decision tools and worksheets; our strategies used to facilitate consultation between mental health professionals and officers; and our lessons learned regarding the implementation and evaluation of specialty mental health probation.
Watch this pre-recorded, on-demand training to earn 1.5 APPA Contact Hours! This training is also eligible for Changing Offender Behavior (COB) credit.
RECENT WEBINARS
Directly and through various federally and privately funded initiatives, APPA provides webinars on a range of topics.
Purchase $30 ON-DEMAND
Presenter:
Chef Jeff Henderson -
Chef - The Henderson Group
Description:
Known around the country for his dynamic and life-changing best practices, he illuminates probation and parole officers with proven, high-impact strategies that empower change, inspire fulfillment, and help them better inspire those on the caseloads they manage.
A southern California native, Jeff started his groundbreaking culinary career in the unlikeliest of places – federal prison. While serving nearly 10 years, he would discover a previously untapped passion for the art of cooking after fortuitously landing a job as a cook while behind bars. Using prison as a catalyst for self-transformation, he was released in 1996 and worked his way up from a dishwasher to a cook, and then executive chef of the former Café Bellagio in Las Vegas.
When Jeff is not traveling the country teaching his life-changing lessons, he resides in Las Vegas with his wife Stacy and their five children.
Purchase $30 ON-DEMAND
Presenter:
Antonio Smith -
Lead Facilitator - Clean Enterprises
Calvin Burnett -
Lead Facilitator - Burnett Consultant Enterprise
Sean Ross -
Lead Facilitator - Professional Consulting Associates
Description:
Leaders, and aspiring leaders, in corrections will be motivated, inspired and strongly encouraged to enhance their professional mindset, and foster an atmosphere of increased leadership and accountability to their staff, organization and the men and women they serve. This session will identify and examine the 5 "must have" competencies that every leader in corrections should develop and demonstrate to increase effectiveness and efficiency in their people, processes and systems!
Purchase $30 ON-DEMAND
Presenter:
Melody Smith -
Supervisor – Cook County Adult Probation
Description:
A Global Conversation on Lived Experience, Professionalism, and System Change. The American Probation and Parole Association, in collaboration with Grow Transform Belong CIC, is proud to present Justice 2.0: Harnessing Experience to Transform Probation—an exciting webinar that unites voices from the UK and USA to explore the evolving landscape of probation.
Probation is at a critical juncture. With increasing recognition of the need for system change, this conversation brings together individuals with lived experience of probation alongside practitioners who have dedicated their careers to transforming justice systems. Together, they will explore the intersection of lived expertise and professional practice, shaping the future of rehabilitative approaches.
Justice 2.0 is not just a conversation—it is a movement towards a probation system that prioritizes growth, identity transformation, and community reintegration. This is a unique opportunity to connect with global leaders in probation reform, share ideas, and be part of shaping the future of justice.
Watch FREE
Presenter:
Dr. Sarah Lewis -
Director - Grow Transform Belong CIC and Penal Reform Solutions
Kam Stevens -
Senior Digital Consultant - Grow Transform Belong CIC and Penal Reform Solutions
Adam Clausen -
Director of Innovation and Social Impact and Co-founder - Social Purpose Corrections and Legacy Impact Group, LLC
Joseph Arvidson -
Fulbright Specialist | Executive Director - The Paragon Group
Founder - The Criminologist Media Group
Description:
Chronic stress, vicarious trauma, critical incidents – people who work in the field of community corrections face a barrage of threats to their wellbeing. The upheaval caused by the pandemic, exposure to community crises, and struggles in our personal lives have added to the ongoing stressors of a demanding career. How can we care for ourselves in the face of all these ordeals? In this interactive workshop, you will practice a selection of mind-body skills that will help to ease the body’s fight-or-flight and chronic stress responses and regain a sense of calm, relaxation, and even joy. We use the community resilience model developed by the Center for Mind-Body Medicine. Our goal is to provide you with some easy-to-use mindfulness tools to add to your toolbox, and our hope is that you can experience more balance and satisfaction in many facets of your life.
Disclaimer: The American Probation and Parole Association hosts webinars for educational purposes only and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained. Furthermore, the information is subject to change without notice. APPA encourages all users to confirm any information obtained from this webinar.
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ABOUT OUR E-LEARNING COURSES
Looking for additional professional development growth opportunities? Explore our self-guided E-learning courses! APPA partners with Relias to provide training, at special discounted rates, to both individual and agency members. Relias has helped more than 11,000 organizations across the continuum of care to improve compliance standards, staff development, and promote consistent, high-quality care to their clientele. Its platform employs performance metrics and assessments to reveal specific skill gaps and address them with targeted, personalized, and engaged learning. Learn more at Relias website.
TAILORED LEARNING FOR AGENCIES
Use Relias’s LMS (Learning Management System) as a solution to help automate, manage, and track your agency’s training and career development needs. LMS services include: assigning curriculum, completing regulatory training, providing continued education opportunities, adhering to compliance standards, and producing reports for auditors.
Learn How Relias Can Help Your Agency
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If you have any additional questions for the APPA Professional Development Team,
please contact Joshua Nelsen.
Joshua Nelsen, M.A.
Professional Development Manager
(859) 244-8236
email
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