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Las Vegas, NV | Jan 26 - 29 2025

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Intensive Sessions


Join us on Sunday, January 26th, 2025 for an intensive session!
Gain in-depth insights on key topics in community corrections and earn extra Continuing Education Credits.

COACHING: GETTING BETTER ON PURPOSE

SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 | 8:00AM - 12:00PM PT
Leadership and Management Research/Evidence-based Practices

Session Description: Congratulations, you were promoted! The good news: a major professional milestone has been achieved…. You are now a manager!! The bad news: you are in over your head with issues you never dreamed of as an officer, and you could really use some new tools to navigate unfamiliar territory. You don’t need new tools; you need a whole new toolbox! This session aims to promote the art of executive coaching through story, strategy, and practice. Specifically, you will hear from experts in the field on their coaching successes, learn useful strategies and have an opportunity to practice skills. Join us in discovering the power of coaching and see how it can accelerate growth, deliver new skills, and help you reach your full potential as a leader.

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EMBRACING THE FUTURE: INTEGRATING AI INTO PRACTICE

SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 | 8:00AM - 12:00PM PT
Community Supervision International Technology

Session Description: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a topic of global conversation, sparking both excitement and concern. AI has the potential to analyze data to make better predictions, and uncover insights that were not considered. However, critics caution that AI, if not carefully managed, could lead to unintended consequences and misuse. AI presents challenges and opportunities for community supervision agencies that operate in a field deeply rooted in relationships to help individuals rebuild their lives. The challenge lies in harnessing AI’s potential while ensuring that it aligns with their mission and values. This session aims to demystify AI by understanding the fundamentals, showcasing its role in everyday life, and exploring how community supervision agencies can potentially and are already benefiting from the technology. Additionally, we’ll discuss the need for safeguards to ensure AI is used responsibly and ethically, within the context of community supervision while maintaining the profession’s core values of restoring lives.

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FIT FOR DUTY: PHYSICAL HEALTH FOR OFFICER SAFETY & SAFETY THROUGH MENTAL WELLNESS AND RESILIENCE

SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 | 8:00AM - 12:00PM PT
Health and Wellness Officer Safety

Session Description: Sponsored by NAPE: Officers regularly place themselves in harm's way to protect others. Too often, however, they do a poor job of addressing their own well-being. This presentation will use a data-driven approach to identify potential long-term health risks that come from working in law enforcement. This presentation will focus on the physical aspects of officer health and identify purposeful actions that can be taken to attain and maintain optimal health and fitness. This training examines the leading cause of officer death - suicide. This reality emphasizes the importance of officers investing in their mental wellness. During this session, attendees will learn how to take back control of and be responsible for their health and wellness. Mental wellness enhances agency goals, officers’ safety, and officers’ personal satisfaction through ensuring work-life balance.

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FROM PRISON TO PURPOSE: WHY THE BADGE MATTERS

SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 | 8:00AM - 12:00PM PT
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Prevention Reentry

Session Description: A cautionary tale unlike any you’ve ever heard. This is not just a story that every correctional professional needs to hear - this will change the way audience members do their jobs. Telling people to never give up is more believable and able to be received when it's attached to a real-life story. This is that story. This session will open your eyes and provide true education with online video curriculum audience members can provide to everyone in their field. Michael DeLeon is a voice rarely heard by law enforcement, yet his is one of the most important messages a correctional professional will ever hear in their career. Michael is a recovered addict, ex-offender, former gang member, and a national leader in recidivism reduction, addiction advocacy, criminal justice reform, and most importantly, PREVENTION! Michael delivers a seminar that will be remembered and referenced for a very long time to come.

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IMPROVING COMMUNITY SUPERVISION RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 | 8:00AM - 3:00PM PT | 7 Hours
Community Supervision Pretrial Victim Issues

Session Description: Are you a Probation, Parole, or Pretrial officer who monitors domestic violence offenders? Have you wished for specialized training for monitoring these defendants and how to support case victims? This course is for you! This will be a day long train-the-trainer curriculum focusing on these topics, and more! You are not required to be a formal instructor to participate in this course, it is open to Officers of all skills levels. You will be asked to take what you learn back to your agencies and train your peers. We will provide the curriculum to you for your future use, and a certificate of completion. NOTE: Students are required to complete a one-hour Domestic Violence 101 course BEFORE attending the in-person training event. The course is located here.

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INCREASING COACHING MOMENTS: EXPLORING THE FOUR DIMENSIONS OF A COACH

SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 | 8:00AM - 12:00PM PT
Health and Wellness Leadership and Management

Session Description: We have an incredible opportunity to help people under supervision thrive. We have amazing staff working closely with those under supervision, but unfortunately, we have handcuffed staff with prescriptive policies and practices, overprescribed quality assurance models, and the wrong approach to get the job done. But that changes today. We are going to help staff connect to the four dimensions of being a successful coach and help them find ways to increase their coaching moments, even in a system that might ask you to be a referee. Participants will learn practical skills in the four core dimensions of a coach: (1) coaching approach, (2) coaching connections, (3) playbooks, and (4) coaching success. So whether you are a line staff or an administrator, this intensive session will provide you with a clear understanding of how to be a coach!

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THE LEADERSHIP SKILLS OF TOMORROW

SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 | 8:00AM - 12:00PM PT
Leadership and Management Reform

Session Description: The pace of change in our work is unlike anything seen before in human history and the pace is not going to slow. This pace of change, volatility and uncertainty aren’t going away in parole and probation. Fortunately, many of the leadership skills inherent in us today will remain valuable in serving the leadership needs of the future. During this session we’ll explore the new toolbox of skills needed for cohesive and productive departments of tomorrow supporting mutually inclusive goals of exceptional results and workplace well-being. Investing in resilience, trust, relationships, meaning and optimism are the foundation of the successful teams of tomorrow.

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TRANSFORMING STANDARDS INTO PRACTICE: A GUIDE FOR COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AGENCIES

SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 | 8:00AM - 12:00PM PT | Free
Community Supervision Reentry Research/Evidence-based Practices

Session Description: The National Standards for Community Supervision were developed to provide a comprehensive resource for community supervision agencies, drawing upon the latest research in the field and the perspectives of both practitioners and researchers committed to evidence-based practices. Released in June 2024, APPA’s Standards serve as a foundation for improving public safety, enhancing offender rehabilitation, and optimizing resource allocation within community supervision agencies. During this interactive workshop, participants will take a hands-on approach to understanding each standard’s purpose and intent and exploring practical application. Through multiple group activities, agencies will explore ways to align their day-to-day practices with national benchmarks to achieve better outcomes for both supervisees and the broader community.

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USING YOUR BRAIN: TALKING ABOUT ASSESSMENT SCORES & RESPONSIVITY MORE EFFECTIVELY

SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 | 8:00AM - 12:00PM PT
Community Supervision Health and Wellness Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder

Session Description: This workshop will explore the Risk, Need, Responsivity framework through a new point of view. This view will elevate Responsivity and center it as the grounding principle for assessment, supervision, and treatment – rather than risk. Presenters will discuss the importance of bringing responsivity to the forefront and teach attendees how to synthesize responsivity factors with assessment need scores. Then, presenters will unpack an unexplored factor that impacts nearly half of the justice–involved population – brain injury impairment. Brain injury impairment may present as non-compliance and effects how well individuals under supervision navigate their case plans, learn new skills, and change their behavior. With a new understanding of brain injury impairment and how to screen for it, attendees will use real-life examples to elevate the ability to talk about assessment scores, take a holistic approach to supervision, and more effectively help individuals change their behavior.

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WHEN THE GOOD GUYS GO BAD, THE IMPACT, METHODS, AND CAUSES OF PUBLIC CORRUPTION

SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 | 8:00AM - 12:00PM PT
Community Supervision Leadership and Management Reform

Session Description: This intensive session will utilize specific cases in which community supervision officials engaged in corrupt conduct. We will explore the impact these acts can have on the public and profession, dissect the reasons why they occurred, and consider strategies to prevent future incidents.

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