Community Corrections

The Justice Clearinghouse covers topics of particular interest and focus for those in the Community Corrections (Probation and Parole) profession on a regular basis: through the webinars we hold, the articles we write, as well as the articles we curate from other respected sources.

Begin or enhance your knowledge in ways that will be immediately applicable to your probation or parole career by reviewing some of the information below.

Upcoming Webinars

Chris Chandler Yates

12 / 12 / 2023

Self-Care for First Responders: Essential Strategies to Prevent Burnout and Enhance Performance

First responders are known for their courage and bravery in high-pressure situations. However, the demanding nature of their work can take a toll on their physical and emotional well-being, leading [...]

Courtney

12 / 13 / 2023

Breaking the Bondage of Debt: Lessons for Criminal Justice Professionals

Do you have debt that’s holding you back in life? Do you feel that you’ll be hostage to the monthly car payment and credit card payments until you [...]

Gary F. Cornelius

Kevin E. Courtright

12 / 14 / 2023

Staff Development: Resisting the Offender Manipulator

Correctional staff training has generally followed a model of academy recruit training, instructor-based in-service training, and more recently online training. While these have presented much information about offenders, more training [...]

Marc Hildebrand

01 / 23 / 2024

Overcoming Burnout: Finding Meaning and Purpose in Your Career and Life Again

Have you been feeling burned out? Overwhelmed? Tired? It's easy to go down this path with all we have going on within our profession right now. At the same time, [...]

Hilary Anne Hager

01 / 25 / 2024

In It for the Long Haul: Combatting Compassion Fatigue and Enhancing Resiliency for Animal Welfare Professionals

The animal protection field is both incredibly rewarding and challenging. This webinar will discuss the causes and symptoms of compassion fatigue and provide a suite of skills for building and [...]

Joe Smarro

02 / 01 / 2024

Effective Communication and Active Listening

In today's fast-paced world, effective communication has become more crucial than ever. Whether in your personal or professional settings, the ability to convey our thoughts, needs, and ideas clearly can [...]

Rebecca Jameson

02 / 13 / 2024

The Overtime Trap: Four Steps to Break this Tedious Money Cycle

Are you stuck in the overtime trap? If you're a first responder, chances are you're caught up in this money pitfall and you might not even realize it. The livelihood [...]

Halcyon Frank

02 / 15 / 2024

Conquering Complacency

Complacency is a stealthy foe that can negatively impact safety and prevent us from taking action when needed. You will learn how to recognize warning signs of complacency in yourself [...]

Michael Gomez

02 / 22 / 2024

Building and Maintaining Career Sustaining Narratives in the Face of Burnout

Several years have passed since the bomb that was COVID-19, and rates of burnout across every single helping profession (legal, education, child welfare, mental health, medical, etc.) come to a [...]

Wendy Hummell

02 / 29 / 2024

Women’s Health and the Justice Workplace: The Relationship Between Rest, Stress and Hormones

At some point in our lives and careers, many of us have experienced feeling overwhelmed, fried, and exhausted. This is commonly referred to as burnout. This webinar will address the [...]

Duane T. Bowers, LPC

03 / 05 / 2024

Working with Survivors’ Need for Control

The need for control is often seen as a negative aspect of a person’s personality. However, having a sense of control is a vital aspect of an individual’s [...]

Michelle Welch

03 / 14 / 2024

Surviving a High Profile Case: Living under Scrutiny and Not Jeopardizing the Case

This webinar will cover how to effectively do an animal case with public scrutiny and press interest. Animal cases garner a lot of press and sometimes the press coverage has [...]

Tamara Glover

03 / 21 / 2024

Stop! Don’t Slime: Lessons in Debriefing for Criminal Justice Professionals

When most people hear the word slime they think of the gelatinous, sticky, gooey substance that has recently taken youth by storm; or maybe they feel a bit nostalgic and [...]

Lois James, PhD

03 / 26 / 2024

How to Manage Officer Fatigue and Improve Sleep: Experiment Results

Officer fatigue and sleep deficits are a growing concern. There is no shortage of advice and information about how people can improve the quality of their sleep…but little in [...]

José Ocaño

04 / 02 / 2024

Seven Practices to Live Better and Work Better

The average American worker spends at least one-third of their life at work. Research indicates that our experiences in the workplace have a direct impact on our mental, emotional, financial, [...]

Alexandra Walker

04 / 04 / 2024

Implementation Science Applied: A Fresh Look at a Persistent Challenge

In today’s criminal justice environments, effective leaders are those who not only embrace the sciences of effective risk and recidivism reduction but also the science of effective implementation. These [...]

Scott Medlin

04 / 25 / 2024

The 10-Code Mindset: Stay Alive and Thriving

While many in the criminal justice and law enforcement profession feel they have been called to serve their communities, most probably never anticipated all the ways they take the job [...]

Katharine Manning

04 / 30 / 2024

Lifelong Resilience: Building a Sustainable Career in Criminal Justice

"The expectation that we can be immersed in suffering and loss daily and not be touched by it is as unrealistic as expecting to walk through water without getting wet." [...]

Duane T. Bowers, LPC

05 / 14 / 2024

The Four Most Common Feelings of Trauma Survivors

In this age of neuro-science with focus on the physiological reaction of the brain and body to a trauma, recognition of the feelings experienced by the survivor as a [...]

Alexandra Walker

05 / 16 / 2024

The Organizationally Intelligent Leader: Upping Our Game with Implementation Leadership

The justice system is facing large-scale and pervasive change with both implementation and reform initiatives. It is time to think beyond the limits of traditional ‘change management’ approaches that simply [...]

Halcyon Frank

06 / 06 / 2024

Positive Vibes Only: Combatting Negativity with Empowerment

During this webinar, we’ll will tackle the issue of negativity head-on and equip you with practical strategies to promote a culture of positivity and empowerment. Negativity can spread like [...]

Wendy Hummell

06 / 11 / 2024

Ask Me Anything: Building a Wellness Program for Your Agency

This session is a supplement to Building a Wellness Program from the Ground Up in which the necessary components of a successful wellness program were discussed. Wendy Hummell, Health and [...]

Tina DeCola

07 / 18 / 2024

Helping Hands: The importance of Peer Support for 911

Taking care of our community and our crews is what we do - it's what we excel at! But who's taking care of us? We will discuss ways to set [...]

Jessica Dolce

07 / 25 / 2024

Help for the Helpers: Recognizing and Addressing Stress Injury in Animal Control Officers

The past few years in animal welfare have been especially difficult, leaving many profoundly depleted. Given the challenges in our field, what can we do to care for ourselves, our [...]

Alexandra Walker

08 / 15 / 2024

Working and Leading in VUCA Times without losing your mind…

In the last decade, the level of complexity in the workplace has increased dramatically and this has created significant challenges for leaders in their day-to-day work. VUCA is a mental [...]

Wendy Hummell

09 / 10 / 2024

Building a Case for an In-house Therapist

Mental Health is a concern nationwide, and many organizations are responding by supporting employees with additional resources. Mental health days, additional mental health visits through an EAP, contracts with local [...]

Denise Olsen

09 / 12 / 2024

Grief and GRACE: Lessons for First Responders

Trauma doesn’t occur from abuse alone. Vicarious trauma is an occupational challenge for people working and volunteering in the fields of victim services, law enforcement, emergency medical services, fire [...]

Tamara Glover

10 / 03 / 2024

Emotional Labor: Are You Working Double Time?

Working with people creates a daily adventure, which means no two work days are ever the same. And although fulfilling, there are daily challenges as well, with some days being [...]

Alexandra Walker

10 / 24 / 2024

Leading in the Adaptive Space: Separating the Technical from the Adaptive

In an era defined by rapid change and unpredictability, successful leadership demands a unique set of skills and strategies. The challenge is this: no two adaptive problems are the same. [...]

Brenda Dietzman

11 / 19 / 2024

Managing Your Inner Critic

Our inner critic is loud, demanding, ever-present, and sometimes even harsh and condescending. Think about it, if your best friend spoke to you the way your inner critic speaks to [...]

Rachel Ramirez

01 / 28 / 2025

Ask Me Anything: Working with Domestic Violence, TBI and Strangulation Survivors

Got questions? We've got answers! During this special webinar presentation, Rachel Ramirez will briefly recap what we've covered in her previous presentations and then open the floor to take your [...]

Chris Chandler Yates

Self-Care for First Responders: Essential Strategies to Prevent Burnout and Enhance Performance

Gary F. Cornelius

Kevin E. Courtright

Staff Development: Resisting the Offender Manipulator

Wendy Hummell

Building a Wellness Program from the Ground Up

Wellness programs are appearing more frequently in our public safety organizations. Agencies vary in culture, size, and resources which means implementing a wellness program is not “one size fits all.” [...]

Tamara Lyn

Career Conversation: Create a Career Path that Aligns with Your Values

There is a profound connection between personal core values and success. The more our core values are aligned with the choices and decisions we make in our jobs and our [...]

Sam L Davis

Controlling Your Emotions Keeps YOU out of Jail

Uncontrolled emotions can lead us to less than favorable outcomes. Relationships, careers, and lives and on the line when emotions are left unchecked. This webinar explores emotions and behavior, and [...]

Gary F. Cornelius

Kevin E. Courtright

What Happened? Exploring Case Studies of Manipulation in Corrections

Kevin Courtright and Gary Cornelius lead this session’s discussion to delve into the risk of manipulation faced by those in contact with inmates. From petty contraband trafficking to sexual [...]

Sara Weston

Call to Action: Lifting Each Other Up to Rise Together

People tend to cower from leading because they either feel not empowered to lead or feel helpless to lead. It is imperative, however, especially for women, to take on that [...]

Courtney

Breaking the Bondage of Debt: Lessons for Criminal Justice Professionals

Do you have debt that’s holding you back in life? Do you feel that you’ll be hostage to the monthly car payment and credit card payments until you [...]

Maria Valdovinos Olson

Karen Amendola

Organizational Stress and Officer Wellness

Organizational stressors are stressful conditions which the organization and/or its leaders have control over. Meanwhile, operational stress refers to conditions inherent in the job and are part of day-to-day [...]

Wes Dotson

Ask Me Anything: About Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Justice System

Individuals on the autism spectrum are 4-7 times more likely to have encounters with law enforcement than the general public. Distinct traits and challenges that those with Autism Spectrum Disorder ([...]

Shaun Ward

The Human in Humanity: Lessons for Criminal Justice Professionals

Is working in public safety leaving you stressed? Does serving other people leave you tired and unfulfilled? This discussion looks into the challenges faced by law enforcement professionals on the [...]

Amy Morgan

Don’t Wait Until Retirement to Live a Good Life

For those who are tired of day-to-day work and the stress, and in the case of law enforcement and public safety – the trauma, that comes with it, retirement seems like [...]

Tamara Lyn

Supervisor as Coach: Lead Your Direct Reports to Their Own Solutions for Performance and Motivation Issues

There is transformative power in embracing coaching techniques in leadership. This session explores how a coaching mindset that taps into both the leaders’ and their followers’ learning agility can address [...]

Ronna Martin

Corrections Staff Wellness: A Team LIFT Approach

When we think about corrections settings, the last thing we associate with it is the idea of wellness. Jails and prisons tend to paint a picture of gloom, isolation, and [...]

Michelle Gundy

Joseph Wright

Trauma-Informed Policing: What Law Enforcement Needs to Know

What does it mean to be trauma-informed? This webinar deep-dives into the science behind trauma and how it impacts the individuals those working in criminal justice interact with regularly, so [...]

Katharine Manning

Burnout and Resilience: What Criminal Justice Professionals Need to Know

Working in the criminal justice system means being regularly exposed to trauma on top of the stress and demands of the job, as well as the challenges that we all [...]

Michael Menefee

Understanding the Impact of Virtual Meetings with People on Probation

Technology plays an indispensable role in modern life, revolutionizing various sectors, including the criminal justice system. In particular, the adoption of virtual meetings offers the potential to enhance probation supervision. [...]

Darren Ivey

Cultivating Wellness in Your Organization: Trauma Informed Leadership and Other Helpful Ideas

The first responder career field is one that is more likely to be exposed to trauma compared to other professions. Without tools and guidance on how to navigate these traumatic [...]

Tira Hubbard

The Changing Face of Probation: Supervising Justice Involved Women – The pathway in and out of the system

Understanding the unique needs and challenges faced by women on probation is crucial for effective rehabilitation and reintegration into society. This discussion explores lessons and guidelines based on Tira Hubbard’[...]

Jeff Bragg

Angie Jones

A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a State-wide Peer Support Network for First Responders

Peer support teams offer value by providing a safe space for personnel to share experiences, cope with trauma, and access resources, especially in the first responder professions where the likelihood [...]

Jack Harris

Anger Management: An Essential Part of Helping Keep Good People Good

In branches of the criminal justice field, people are exposed to situations where anger is likely. And while everyone experiences anger, how we express, manage, and respond to it may [...]

Linda Ahrens

Helping Hidden Heroes: Chaplains for Correctional Staff — Emotions, Health, and Retention

Chaplains have been significantly utilized in the corrections setting to provide inmates with support and guidance to set them up for success. Correctional staff, being exposed to the same environment [...]

Courtney

Take the Stress Out Of Your Money: Life Lessons for Criminal Justice Professionals

The policing profession is a stressful and demanding industry by itself that requires individuals to be performing at their best to effectively serve the communities they swore to protect. The [...]

Jim Martin

Keeping Your Detention Facilities Out of the Ditches and on the Right Path

In the corrections and correctional health care setting, outcomes are important – for the inmates, the staff members, and the facility as a whole. Jim Martin has identified the Pathway to [...]

John Shuford

15 Proven Ways to Improve Staff Morale at No Additional Cost

Organizational stressors were found to have significantly impacted staff morale, employee satisfaction, and retention across industries. In law enforcement and corrections where job duties are demanding and stressful, to say [...]

Shannon Magnuson

Making Space for More Compassion with Fewer Rules: Reducing Conditions of Probation to Improve Successful Completion

The whole criminal justice system is facing challenges – understaffing with police officers, filled up caseloads in probation, and overpopulation in corrections, just to name a few. This session aims to [...]

Terry Clark

Mindfulness for Law Enforcement: Surviving and Thriving in Life and on the Job

Mindfulness can play a crucial role in supporting police work. By cultivating present-moment awareness and non-judgmental acceptance, police officers benefit in a greater sense of self-regulation, resilience, and empathy which [...]

Wendy Hummell

Tools to Manage the Stress Response

Stress response is our body’s natural way of preparing us for high-risk or high-threat situations. Originally a protective factor, when the body spends too long in this state, it [...]

Karen Amendola

Long Work Hours, Shift Schedules and the Impact on Law Enforcement Personnel

Insufficient sleep brought about by long work hours can lead to increased fatigue, decreased cognitive performance, and impaired decision-making abilities. In the law enforcement profession, the impact of lack of [...]

Duane T. Bowers, LPC

Wellness as a Survival Mechanism: Changing Skills for Changing Times

More and more people are seeking mental health support as the stigma that comes with it is slowly overcome. However, with challenges faced by individuals seeking help to get mental [...]

John Shuford

7 Keys to Personal Resilience and Job Retention

Given the retention issues facing criminal justice organizations, the profession has been looking for ways to address them. This session zeroes in on the concept of resilience as a counteracting [...]

Samantha Collins

Tom O'Connor

The Probation and Parole Officer as an Effective Coach

This is a follow-up to Brian Lovins’ webinar on “Referee or Coach: How a Coaching Identity May Just Save Probation”. Coaching has been established as a valuable skill when managing [...]

Brenda Dietzman

Organizational Stress – From the Administrative Perspective

This webinar is the second installment of a two-part webinar series on organizational stress. The first part zeroed in on organizational stress from the frontline’s perspective but this time [...]

Kathleen Hensley

Khaliqa Wheatley

A Holistic Approach for Agency Wellness: A Spectrum of Options for a Cross-Functional Team

More and more agencies are recognizing the importance of a robust mental health and wellness programming to recruitment, retention, job satisfaction, and productivity. With this in mind, the Walton County [...]

Jacqueline Drew

Sherri Martin

What Police Officers Want: Consulting the Source

A large-scale survey was conducted by the National Fraternal Order of Police partnered with Griffith University to capture the state of the law enforcement profession through the eyes of the [...]

Brenda Dietzman

Organizational Stress – From the Frontline Perspective

Helping professionals cite the major source of workplace stress as being organizational in nature rather than operational stress. This suggests that organizations, the leadership, and even the frontline workers can [...]

Jill Palmer

BJ Wagner

Healthy Police – Healthy Policing: Addressing the Police Health and Wellness Crisis from a New Perspective

The law enforcement profession is being hounded by issues left and right. In between the use of force and police misconduct incidents, the recruitment and retention challenges, and the decline [...]

Sara E. Mahoney

Order in the Court: Offender Abuse and Control via the Judicial System

Abusive partners employ all means possible to maintain power and control over their victims. They even find ways to inflict suffering on their victims even when the issue is in [...]

Tira Hubbard

The Changing Face of Probation: Recipes for Resilience to Survive Corrections Fatigue

Criminal justice personnel – from law enforcement to corrections to probation – are regularly exposed to danger, violence, and tragedy. It is imperative for those working in these careers to prioritize resiliency [...]

Brenda Dietzman

Corrections Staff Wellness

Working in a correctional facility can be a highly stressful and demanding job, with staff often exposed to violence, trauma, and difficult working conditions. Despite these challenges, many corrections departments [...]

Bobby Kipper

Establishing Organizational Success: Understanding the EAC Factor for Criminal Justice Organizations

What does it take to establish organizational success? According to Bobby Kipper, it takes three components. The EAC factor which stands for expectations, accountability, and consequences help ensure success for [...]

Dr. Jeff Fox, PhD

Understanding Public Safety Professionalism

The term professional is being used in different ways in the English language which impacts its scope and limitation. Are those working in public safety considered professionals? What does it [...]

Katharine Manning

Empathetic Leadership: Building a Culture of Trust

When thinking about leadership traits – things like critical thinking and decision-making tend to come up. However, the most important but underrated leadership trait is actually empathy. Leaders who demonstrate empathy [...]

Marc Hildebrand

How to MASTER your Self-Confidence: Lessons for Criminal Justice Professionals

Do you struggle with self-confidence? Do you have certain areas in your life that you are just not as confident with? Do you wonder how some people seem to be [...]

Gary F. Cornelius

Kevin E. Courtright

Avoiding Offender Manipulation: Safeguarding Your Staff

This webinar is the second part of the Offender Manipulation webinar series. The first session unpacked offender manipulation, what it is, how it is done, its desired outcomes, and the [...]

C. Gabrielle Salfati

Burnout and the Law Enforcement Exodus Crisis: Causes, Symptoms and Solutions

A perfect storm – that has got to be the best description of what policing has been experiencing facing adversaries across all fronts for the last few years. The crisis existed [...]

Gary F. Cornelius

Kevin E. Courtright

Avoiding Offender Manipulation: Inmate Subculture

Working in the corrections setting means being a target for offender manipulation. Awareness and understanding, however, mitigate the chances of falling prey to these opportunistic individuals. This is the first [...]

Christopher Gandia

Financial Fitness: Live Today and Prepare for Tomorrow

When talking about officer wellness, the resources provided are mainly about mental health and physical health. It is important to understand however that overall wellness goes beyond these two areas [...]

Tira Hubbard

The Changing Face of Probation: How to Shift into a Trauma-Informed Agency

The ultimate goal for corrections and probation is to create lasting and meaningful behavior changes to justice-involved individuals that are more effective than punitive sanctions in preventing recidivism. One of [...]

Tira Hubbard

Brenda Dietzman

Wendy Rich-Goldschmidt

Women in Leadership – A Discussion about Opportunities, Hurdles, and Benefits

Being a woman in a male-dominated industry presents obstacles that can either prevent you from going further in your career or fuel you to pursue your goals one by one. [...]

Bobby Kipper

Building Performance: Understanding the EAC Factors for Justice Professionals

How three basic words can transform your overall performance and empower individuals to reach their short and long-term goals. Participants will learn that self-expectations, accountability, and consequences are three action [...]

Mandy Nice

Tactical Nutrition Guardrails: Bite-Size Action Steps to Increase On-Shift Energy and Decrease Body Fat

Wellness has been at the forefront of first responders and other helping professions over the past few years. The focus tends to be mental health programs to undo the stress [...]

Nicole Fredricks Jackson

Micro-Habits: Navigating the Intersection of Work and Life

We all want to be better off in life – be it physically, emotionally, or professionally. But any improvement entails changes – and this is typically where the difficulty comes in because [...]

Bobby Kipper

Scott Geller, PhD

Actively Caring for People: Seven Principles for Criminal Justice Organizations

With the barrage of issues hounding law enforcement and related justice professions, different approaches utilizing complicated models, advanced skills, and innovations are implemented in response. But at the heart of [...]

Rodger Ruge

Tactical Resilience: Physical Practices for Peak Field Performance (Part 2)

Helping professions are very demanding. Those employed in these fields must be fit in every sense of the word to be hired. Being in these professions, however, subject them to [...]

Dennis Nayor

Career Survival within the Administrative Ranks of Policing (Part 2)

This is the second part of the webinar series on Career Survival with the Administrative Ranks in Policing. The first installment introduced the components to promote career survival that leaders [...]

Brian Lovins

Referee or Coach: How a Coaching Identity May Just Save Probation

There are more than 4 million individuals on probation or parole, but the percentage of successful exits? Only about 50% – and 20% more have unknown outcomes. Is there something that community supervision officers [...]

Marc Hildebrand

Generating Momentum: How to Create Change in Any Part of Your Life — and Protect It at All Costs!

Looking to make a change but finding yourself not just quite going all in or unable to sustain it? What you just might need to truly make things happen for [...]

Rodger Ruge

Tactical Resilience: Mental Preparedness for Peak Field Performance (Part 1)

An average human being is bound to go through about two traumatic events in a lifetime. But for those working in emergency services and other helping professions, that is increased [...]

Wes Dotson

Case Studies in Integrating Social Skills Instruction into Criminal Justice Interactions

People entangled in the criminal justice system commonly struggle with social skills. With this in mind, it makes sense that those who are assigned to help them navigate the criminal [...]

Michael Gomez

Beyond Self-Care: The CE-CERT model for Secondary Trauma and Burnout

Anyone who has experienced vicarious trauma (VT) or secondary trauma (ST) and burnout, or is helping others with these, know too well the conscious effort it takes to manage let [...]

Wendy Hummell

Creating a Culture of Wellness – Increase Retention, Morale, and Employee Health by Infusing Wellness into Your Agency

The need to support law enforcement officers’ holistic wellness given the stressful, if not downright traumatic nature of the job, is being recognized by more and more agencies and even [...]

Darren Ivey

Wendy Hummell

Brenda Dietzman

Resilience Tools and Ideas for People Who Have Stories: A Resilience Discussion Panel

Stress and trauma look different for everyone. Managing and preventing stress and trauma through self-care and resilience is likewise unique for each individual. This session acknowledges these differences by retelling [...]

Margaret M. Crowley

Crime and Punishment: Exploring Restorative Justice and Peacemaking

Apart from the fact that corrections facilities are over capacity, it is also acknowledged that existing sentencing procedures and outcomes don’t always address the root of the problem. Alternative [...]

Duane T. Bowers, LPC

Managing Trauma Triggers

People tend to use the term trigger loosely to describe anything that causes them any form of adverse response. In this session, the focus is on trauma triggers – those elicited [...]

Bobby Kipper

Changing Agency Culture and Climate with Spiritual Wellness

More and more workplaces including the criminal justice field are paying attention to employee wellness. Different initiatives, programs, and services are being made available to the workforce to ensure that [...]

Wes Dotson

What Criminal Justice Professionals Need to Understand about Autism Spectrum Disorder

People with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are more likely than the general population to have an involvement with the criminal justice system because of characteristics and behavior distinctive to them [...]

Wendy Hummell

Blueprint for Resilience – How to Reverse Engineer Burnout & Compassion Fatigue

People often compartmentalize the symptoms that they are experiencing into physical, mental, or emotional. What we often miss is the interrelations of these symptoms with one another. Wendy Hummel leads [...]

Scott Kirshner

Situational Awareness: Closing the Gap between Stimulus and Response

When faced with a violent encounter, situational awareness could mean the difference between life and death. It is a critical element in closing up the gap between stimulus and response. [...]

Nick Metz

Sara Metz

Bill Walsh

Sammie Wicks

Officer Safety and Wellness in Rapidly Changing Times: What does it look like for officers, their families and agencies?

Events that transpired in the last few years made it evident more than ever the challenges the public safety profession is facing. Forced to adapt in a fast-changing world of [...]

Lauren Anderson

The Importance of Providing Support to DV Victims in the Probation Setting

Domestic violence cases are some of the most convoluted ones out there because of the victim’s ongoing relationship with their abuser. There is an intricate power and control dynamic [...]

Lois James, PhD

How to Improve Your Sleep Hygiene and Reduce Your Fatigue

Watch the Webinar Trailer From employee assistance programs, office gyms and break rooms, to partnerships with physical and mental health resources and providers, workplaces are now recognizing the [...]

Wendy Hummell

Coach or Critic? Implement Strategies to Overcome Negativity Bias and Limiting Beliefs

Ever felt like you want to achieve something only to feel limited by your own thoughts and beliefs? Don't worry because you're not the only one. You see, humans are [...]

Kim Colegrove

Demystifying Meditation and Mindfulness for Criminal Justice Professionals

For a lot of people, meditation is typically seen as a practice linked to eastern religions and beliefs. This notion tends to create hesitancy and fear that practicing it means [...]

Eugene Hyman

Sara E. Mahoney

The Court’s Eyes and Ears: The Importance of Interagency Collaboration with Probation

Probation's role in the criminal justice system is often confused as merely babysitting offenders making sure that they don't violate court orders. Reality is, their roles are more encompassing and [...]

Marc Hildebrand

The Success Equation: The formula to help you master any area of your life FAST!

So many things to do, so little time. We all have goals for different aspects of our lives that it just seems impossible to accomplish all at the same time. [...]

William "Bill" Loucks Jr

The History of Opioids to Current Day Epidemic

The opioid crisis currently plaguing the United States did not just spring out of nowhere and happen overnight. It is a perfect storm brought about by myriad factors including pain [...]

Amy Morgan

There’s More To You Than Your Career: Finding Balance and Personal Identity

Who are you know and where do you want to be? Existentialist questions are tough, but these are things that we ought to contemplate on if we want to live [...]

Case Studies in Law Enforcement Encounters with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders

People with autism are 4 to 5 times more likely than the general population to have an encounter with law enforcement. The reasons lie in the characteristics and behavior distinctive to those [...]

Dean Jenkins

James Newman

Discover the It Factor of Behavior Change

For many clients, the difference between rehabilitation and recidivism is the ability to create sustainable habits. All too often it is assumed that motivation is the most important factor in [...]

Joe Smarro

Lessons on Compassionate Policing from Joe Smarro of the HBO documentary ERNIE & JOE: CRISIS COPS

Compassionate policing is a mindset and culture that must be adopted across law enforcement agencies to be fully effective in the community. Not only does it provide community members with [...]

Bobby Kipper

Scott Geller, PhD

Actively Caring for People: Lessons for Criminal Justice Professionals

Different approaches to policing are being introduced and implemented – some require complicated models, technical skills, and some of the most cutting-edge technology. However, it is typically the foundational concepts that [...]

Wes Dotson

Helping Clients Navigate the Justice Systems: Integrating Social Skills into Daily Interactions

Having established social skills is linked to a better quality of life and success. If a person is well-adjusted and adept in social skills, it is highly unlikely that they’[...]

Wendy Hummell

Brenda Dietzman

Resiliency for Women

It entails a high level of resilience to work in helping professions. This is especially true for women who must constantly be present for the people they serve at work [...]

Kim Colegrove

Facing the Mental and Emotional Impact of this Work: 3 Steps Justice Professionals and Spouses Can Take Today

Helping professions like law enforcement, dispatchers, EMTs, and firefighters are subjected to some of the most dreadful aspects of a community. All the horrors they’ve witnessed, listened to, or [...]

Shannon Denard

Building a Bridge of Trust, Confidence and Cooperation: Multiple Brain Integration for Law Enforcement and Community Interaction

To “Protect and Serve” requires “Trust and Cooperation.” Law Enforcement utilizes police academy training on every call but not every community call results in law enforcement to community relationship cooperation. [...]

C. Gabrielle Salfati

Burnout in Law Enforcement and First Responders: Building Resilience & Reclaiming Your Energy

Mental illness issues are much higher in first responders than in civilians. Deterioration of mental health is observed in criminal justice and public safety professionals during their time of service [...]

Grant McDougall

Under Siege: The Psychological Impact on Law Enforcement in These Troubled Times

The law enforcement profession is demanding to say the least. In a career where one is deployed to some of the most dangerous and daunting situations, it requires those who [...]

Chris Jones

Lethality Assessments for Domestic Violence: A Look at How a Simple Questionnaire Could Save Lives

Domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) are quite problematic. There’s the relationship between the victim and the abuser which makes the victim reluctant to report. The justice [...]

Bobby Kipper

Spiritual Wellness for Criminal Justice Professionals

In the last couple of years, there has been a shift in the criminal justice training arena towards the ‘soft skills’ to help criminal justice professionals manage the people they [...]

William "Bill" Loucks Jr

Hemp for Probation and Parole

Differentiating hemp from marijuana visually is impossible, but those working in criminal justice need to recognize which is which. Discernment allows for more informed decisions and preventing potential violations brought [...]

Nathaniel Lhowe

Supervising Gang Members on Parole and Probation: Making the Case for a Specialized Supervision Unit

Probation and parole have the ability to hold offenders accountable for the crimes they committed while also providing them with the resources to turn their life around. Gang members are [...]

Wendy Hummell

Improving Resilience in Five Minutes a Day: Applying the 4 Pillars of Resilience into a Daily Routine to Thrive

The concept of resilience may seem abstract and at times romanticized to a fault. But at its core and in the practical side of looking at things, resilience is a [...]

Lois James, PhD

Police Fatigue: Strategies for Managing Fatigue and Promoting Sleep Health

With the inherent nature of the law enforcement profession where officers are exposed to challenging conditions, traumatic circumstances, plus add the shift work into the equation, fatigue becomes inevitable. Numerous [...]

Grant McDougall

Millennials and Generation Z in Law Enforcement: The strengths, limitations and unique characteristics of the “Me” generations.

The law enforcement field is facing systemic challenges brought about by a mass exodus of law enforcement officers hired in the 90s that are retiring simultaneously and the difficulty of [...]

Emily LaGratta

Communicating Trust: Can Simple Website Edits Boost Legitimacy?

The justice system is under heavy scrutiny. The outcome of this is the public’s deteriorating trust in the agencies and processes within. Trust-building is paramount, but the question being [...]

Marc Hildebrand

The Secret Behind Getting into Incredible Shape while Working Our Crazy Careers

We all want to be the best version of ourselves. Unfortunately, as we juggle so many things in our lives, we sometimes find ourselves dropping some of these, with one [...]

Chris Brosan

Avoiding Teeth and Bullets: Safely Interacting with Animals as a Law Enforcement Officer

When someone decides to be in the law enforcement profession, they might not necessarily be thinking of having to deal with animals and it is assumed that animals remain within [...]

Duane T. Bowers, LPC

Long-Term Coping Skills

The pandemic affected people all over the world. Physically – with their mobility reduced due to health protocols; socially – with lessened interactions with loved ones; professionally – with productivity impacted by remote [...]

Katharine Manning

The Empathetic Workplace: 5 Steps to a Compassionate, Calm, and Confident Response to Trauma on the Job

There are a lot of people who are suffering from stress and trauma that are not getting the help they need. This fact is only exacerbated over the last year [...]

Wendy Hummell

Understanding Compassion Fatigue for First Responders and Criminal Justice Professionals

Who helps the helpers when they’re the ones who need help? Work for those in the helping professions – law enforcement, medical, EMT, animal control, fire, dispatch – seeing people suffering, [...]

Claire Barrera

Alexandra Appleton

Building a Community Advisory Board for those Impacted by Violence

Taking a trauma-informed approach has been central when it comes to handling the victims and survivors of violence. To do this successfully may entail the expertise of people who actually [...]

Chris Jones

Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Importance of Law Enforcement Recognition and Intervention

It’s been said that most of the things we are dealing with in our adulthood are actually remnants of our childhood. We may not see it outright, but once [...]

Jennifer Heisig

Hilary Weinberg

Building Peer Support Programs for Prosecutors

Everyone experiences stress in some form or another. Between seeing people in some of the worst circumstances, being privy to information that are just downright graphic, or having to hear [...]

Duane T. Bowers, LPC

Change and Acceptance: Why We Succeed, Why We Fail

We witnessed massive changes around us. Between 2020’s wildfires, COVID-19, George Floyd, the civil unrest, to a heated presidential election, and the fresh Capitol riot of 2021, we’re all forced [...]

David Black

Strengthening First Responder Resilience and Wellness During Social Unrest and Stressful Times

First responders are the people whom the community depend on to do the dirty work – the ones we know we can’t handle and are too difficult. Given the stressful [...]

Jeri’ Greer

Danielle (Hunter) Thompson

A Proactive Response to Domestic Violence: Collaboration in Facility and Parole-Based Batterer Intervention Programming

This session is the third installment of the Proactive Response to Domestic Violence webinar series. The first course discussed how domestic violence is perpetrated even when the offender is already [...]

Halcyon Frank

Amy Morgan

Life-Saving Partners: 911 and Suicide Lifelines Working Together

Ensuring the safety of the public requires constant coordination between the agencies involved. Fire, EMS, law enforcement, dispatch – these are just some of the key stakeholders that must collaborate to [...]

Katie Nelson

You Matter: Self Care for the Social Media Manager

If you’re finding yourself not performing at your best the past months, you’re not the only one. The past 9 months or so had been surreal, from natural disasters, [...]

Sean Goodison

On the Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic: Research, Challenges and Multi-Disciplinary Responses in the Justice System

Opioid use has reshaped American society in many ways – how drug trafficking and trade is being done, the drug dependency lifestyle perpetuated, the decreased life expectancy, the families it impacted. [...]

John Schow

Joe Barton, Ph.D.

Tim Hardy

Rick Miller

The Application of Kids at Hope: A Cultural Strategy

Kids at HOPE made us understand the importance of believing in kids – no exceptions, connecting with kids and providing them with meaningful relationships, and time traveling with kids to help [...]

Brenda Dietzman

Building Resiliency: The Dawn of the Mentally Strong Employee

The helping profession has its two sides. One is positive, with words like noble and rewarding associated with it. On the other side, it is seen as a thankless job, [...]

Christine Mullin

Adam Kirhagis

Collaborating to Catch a Predator

Sex offenders may be considered the bane of society that they are required to be registered. But not all of them are as compliant which then puts communities at risk. [...]

Cherice Hopkins

Rebecca Burney

Family Violence and the Abuse to Prison Pipeline for Girls

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Rights4Girls is one of the organizations at the forefront of ensuring that domestic violence is prevented, focusing particularly on the impact that family [...]

Rick Miller

Examining the Power & Science of Hope: Understanding Kids@Hope for Justice Professionals

The Justice Clearinghouse has quite a catalog of webinars that delve on the topic of trauma. In most of these, hope is identified to be the antidote to risk and [...]

Gipsy Escobar

Using Data and Performance Measurement to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes

Various factions are claiming differing positions as facts that most of us may no longer be sure which of these to believe. In these times of information overload, one thing [...]

Michelle (Shelley) Turner

Camie Borsdorf

Laura Farmer

A Proactive Response to Domestic Violence (Part 2)

This is a continuation of the discussion on the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) Office of Victim Services (OVS) efforts to address domestic violence in a proactive manner. While the [...]

Jeff Thompson, Ph.D.

Kevin Morison

An Occupational Risk: What Law Enforcement Agencies Can Do to Prevent Officer Suicide

More officers are dying by suicide than line of duty deaths. This conveys that while they’re well prepared and trained to handle critical incidents and dodge attacks and bullets, [...]

Kimberly Miller

Being Water, Not Gas: Strategies & Tools to Effectively De-escalate Others

Bruce Lee is famously quoted for saying “Be Water, my friend,” but what does it exactly mean? Dr. Kimberly Miller is back on the Justice Clearinghouse to dissect what exactly [...]

Obed Magny

The Contagiousness of Vicarious Trauma: Impacts, Considerations, and Responses

Everyone can experience trauma, for individuals working in industries that deal with critical incidents and emergencies, the risk of exposure to trauma is further aggravated. The community’s helpers need [...]

Tina Frundt

Rebecca Burney

Asking the Right Questions: Collaborative Approaches and Strategies to Identify and Serve Child Sex Trafficking Survivors

Sexual exploitation of children and minors has got to be one of the worst things in our society and everyone probably agrees that we must do everything within our power [...]

Michael Goold

Emotional Intelligence: The Hard Skill that Will Make Your Career and Save Your Personal Life

This webinar will introduce you to the principle of Emotional Intelligence and how you can prevent emotional hijacks, give yourself a yellow card, and “read” the emotions of others to [...]

Kimberly Miller

Calming Your Storm: Tools to De-Escalate Yourself, Increase Emotional Control & Reduce “Reactivity”

It’s been told that the COVID-19 pandemic is the kind of storm that puts us all in the same boat, unfortunately, this isn’t exactly the case. When such [...]

Wes Dotson

Building Competence and Confidence in Our Clients: Incorporating Social Skills Instruction into Already-Occurring Interactions

Conditions surrounding a person typically dictate their outcomes. We cannot change things like the environment we’re raised in or the experiences we’ve gone through. But if given a [...]

Audrey Cress

Janet Good

A Proactive Response to Domestic Violence: Understanding and Identifying Incarcerated Batterers

Settling on a reactive approach when it comes to addressing domestic violence may actually be too late. Abusive behavior is recurring and can be difficult to shake off, thus releasing [...]

Grant McDougall

Cumulative Trauma: The Covert Enemy of First Responders

Trauma is typically associated with extreme life-altering experiences. However, the concept of cumulative trauma is quite different from this. As the term suggests, it happens in a slow, repeated, and [...]

Beth Bouchard

Lisa Goldblatt Grace

Cherice Hopkins

Rebecca Burney

Combating Domestic Child Sex Trafficking: A Multi-disciplinary Response

By virtue of the sensitive nature of the crime, the vulnerability of the victims, the various agencies involved to address the problem, the long-term support required to keep survivors from [...]

Al Cobos

Motivation and Meaning for Law Enforcement Personnel

It takes one bad apple to spoil the bunch, one bad incident to forget all the good that’s been done. Outlier events are putting the whole law enforcement arena [...]

Kimberly Miller

AMA: Maintaining Resilience

The Doctor is IN. Join us for the finale of this thought-provoking series about Resiliency, Leadership and the Challenging time we're living through. Dr. Kimberly Miller will be answering questions [...]

Michelle Welch

Understanding the Link between Animal Abuse and Other Human Crimes: What Probation Officers Need to Know

Numerous studies have established the correlation of animal cruelty to other violent crimes. Collateral crimes linked include family violence, sexual abuse, serial killers and mass shooters, organized crimes, and even [...]

Tina Buneta

Joseph Hoebeke

Doreen Jokerst

Justin Smith

William Beck

Jack Cauley

Kimberly Miller

Leadership On The Front Lines: Navigating The COVID-19 Pandemic

Webinar Video Clip: Leadership on the Front Lines - Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic COVID-19 is testing everyone’s resilience. People are experiencing anxiety over their mobility, safety, livelihood, and [...]

Mary M. Walsh

Sara E. Mahoney

The New York State Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team: Implications for Probation

The inability to recognize risk factors in domestic violence incidents contributes immensely to the potential of that incident to turn lethal. The New York State Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team [...]

Kimberly Miller

More Ways to Bounce and Build Your Resilience (Part 2)

This is the second installment of Dr. Kimberly Miller’s webinar series on resilience and bounceability. This time around, she will be providing six additional tools that can be integrated [...]

Cherice Hopkins

Rebecca Burney

Intersectionality and Reducing Girls Justice System Involvement

Rights4Girls, in partnership with the Georgetown Juvenile Justice Initiative, worked on a study that looked at DC’s juvenile justice system paying special attention to the girls in its [...]

Kimberly Miller

Increasing Your Bounceability: Ways to Build Resilience Every Day

What the whole world is going through right now is testing all of us – from the government’s decision-making to things that we have better control of like our discipline, [...]

Dr. Babatunde Okuleye, M.D., MBA

Robin Timme

Jennifer Horney

Corrections and COVID-19: Enhancing Resiliency of Staff and Inmate Populations

This is the second part of the Corrections and COVID-19 series made possible through the Falcon Correctional and Community Services, Inc. Topics covered in the first installment are the epidemiology [...]

Robin Timme

Jennifer Horney

Scott Semple

Elias A. Diggins

Corrections and COVID-19: Maintaining Mental Wellness of Staff and Inmates During Custodial Pandemonium

Strange times we’re in right now and it’s affected our consciousness on a whole new level. There is a threat – we cannot see it, but we know it’[...]

Sara E. Mahoney

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Managing the Narcissistic, Coercive and Controlling DV Offender

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde tells the story of a man who suffered from an internal conflict between good and bad. As he consciously represses his evil side away from [...]

Judge Brandon Birmingham

Dr. Jill Johansson-Love

A View from the Bench: Understanding Judicial Decision Making as It Relates to Batterers Intervention and Prevention Programs

Domestic Violence isn’t just a matter of anger management. The motivation behind it is the abuser wanting to assert control in the relationship. With this in mind, intervention and [...]

Naomi Smoot

Youth Homelessness and Juvenile Justice: Supporting Youth Across Systems

It is not unusual for people who become entwined in the justice system to experience certain hindrances and limitations when it comes to their opportunities in life. Securing education, housing [...]

David J. Rogers

Drug Trafficking in Indian Country

Statistics show the level that drug trafficking and addiction has impacted Indian Country. Characteristics unique to Indian Country – oppression, displacement, isolation, poverty – make them susceptible to be victimized or commit [...]

Amy Morgan

Growth as a Post-Trauma Response

At one point or another, we all are exposed to events that may warrant a trauma response. It could be something that we’ve gone through in childhood, more recent [...]

Dan Phillips

Brandon “Choe” Sergent, M. Th.,

Jail Ministries: The Top 10 Things to Consider

Jails and prisons have their challenges and would greatly benefit from help from the community. Religious organizations are willing to provide whatever help they can extend, but they too, identify [...]

Jonathan Parker

Watch Your Six: Because Making It Home is Just the Beginning (Part 2)

The second installment of a two-part series, Jonathan Parker is back on Justice Clearinghouse to continue on his Watch Your Six course. In the first part, Jonathan unpacked the six [...]

Charles Keeton

Cheryl Parks

Ron Budzinski

Making Re-Entry from Detention Successful

More and more studies and researches highlight rehabilitation, treatment and reintegration are better methods to address crime and other challenges as substance abuse and mental health issues. Peoria County Jail [...]

Jonathan Parker

Watch Your Six: Because Making it Home is Just the Beginning (Part 1)

It’s s been said that in life we juggle rubber and glass balls. The rubber balls represent aspects of our life that we can bounce back from. The glass [...]

Karen Solomon

Amy Morgan

Saving Our Heroes and Their Families From The Pain of Suicide

Articles, photos, reminders, and chain messages are making rounds on the internet encouraging people to be cognizant of potential mental health issues others are experiencing – to be wary, listen, support, [...]

Herb Sinkinson

James Newman

Michelle Hart

Are We Speaking the Same Language? Leveraging Conversational Language to Engage Clients

How a message is delivered is just about as important as the message itself. Sometimes, we think that people may have problems acting upon things we tell them. But did [...]

Dan Phillips

Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System: The Facts and Figures Justice Professionals Need to Know

Law enforcement officers find themselves dealing with people from all walks of life daily – and it includes people with mental health issues. These people might end up in jails and [...]

Cherice Hopkins

Rebecca Burney

From Child Welfare to the Juvenile Justice System: Disrupting the Abuse to Prison Pipeline For Girls

There is a problem with the child welfare system. Children are directed to the child welfare system in hopes of providing them with better outcomes by healing and rehabilitating them [...]

Arlyn Harris

Thinking for a Change: Expanding and Collaborating on a Cognitive Behavioral Program for Probation

Learn how Maricopa County Adult Probation Department (MCAPD) successfully expanded its implementation of Thinking for a Change (a cognitive behavioral intervention program with the NIC) through collaboration with external treatment [...]

Jason Winsky

Policing Vulnerable Populations: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Programs

Law enforcement and mental health support services intersect in drug abuse cases. Tucson recognized the link between two disciplines when they conceptualized their Mental Health Support Team that allowed people [...]

Stacy Ledvina

Kids at Hope: Believing, Connecting and Time Traveling in Youth Justice

Hope is probably the one secret ingredient that can turn a person’s outlook and life around however bleak things may be. In a sense, its presence is what distinguishes [...]

Alana Negroni

The Benefits of Developing a Peer Support Program

Stress seems to be inevitable these days – in our work, relationships, and life brought about by the competitive, fast-paced lifestyles we’re leading and external factors and circumstances we’re [...]

Sara E. Mahoney

Mindfulness in Domestic Violence Work- Part II

This is the second-part of Sara Mahoney’s Mindfulness Series. She addressed mindfulness for domestic violence victims in the first one and on this session, she will discuss mindfulness for [...]

Rich Martin

A Daily Drop of Corrosion: How the Daily Experiences in the Justice Professions Can Lead to Burnout

In 2018, CareerCast ranked policing as the fourth most stressful job in the US brought about by the dangerous and demanding nature of the profession. When an individual’s stress is [...]

Denise Beagley

Trauma Informed Care and Response: 101 Training for Justice Professionals

A significant chunk of the population has gone through a traumatic experience in their lives – it has become the norm and no longer the exception. Because of this, awareness efforts [...]

Judge Brandon Birmingham

Dr. Jill Johansson-Love

An Approach to High Lethality Domestic Violence Offenders: The Accountability Court Model

Domestic violence cases can get problematic given the relationship dynamics between offender and victim. Likelihood of re-offense is also high when the offender’s behavior isn’t addressed properly. Dallas [...]

Trauma-Informed Training: Incorporating Wellness for Deputies

For the general population, only 9% meet the criteria for PTSD across their lifespan, but in correctional populations, almost 100% experienced trauma in their life. The correctional setting is found to be [...]

Sara E. Mahoney

Mindfulness in Domestic Violence Work-Part I

Working in the field of criminal justice, probation, victim advocacy and social services is a noble path. It gives an individual the ability to change the course of another person’[...]

Doug Jaye

Differentiating by Risk and Enhancing Skill Building Techniques to Motivate Positive Change

Learn how Lee County Probation (Florida) implemented a series of targeted programs to achieve remarkable outcomes that include reductions in both recidivism and new law violations over 15-percent, along with [...]

Duane T. Bowers, LPC

Self-Care for Justice Professionals

In 2012, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–V) rewrote the definition of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) such that it is no longer confined to those who experienced [...]

Robert Barnett

Real Impact, Real Money, Real Re-Entry

There’s a stigma associated with incarceration, but more than anyone, it is these set of people that needs to be given a second chance in life most. By giving [...]

Michael Latham

From Detention to Legacy: The creation of the Legacy Teen Center

Numerous researches favor criminal justice initiatives that shift its focus into prevention and intervention instead of punitive measures. This is especially true to juveniles who are just starting to create [...]

Amy Morgan

Difficult Conversations

Difficult conversations are just that – difficult. They happen in instances when we need to communicate our grievances, things that we want to change, or deliver bad news. But there are [...]

James Newman

Community Supervision and Behavior Change: Techniques that Work

Behavior modification and recidivism reduction are the goals of corrections and probation – to ensure that the offender or client is able to assimilate to the society properly and will not [...]

Alana Negroni

Impact of an Officer Involved Shooting

Law enforcement has always been an adrenaline-driven field, it is the nature of the job. Some of the incidents police officers find themselves are a little bit more critical than [...]

Lydia Newlin

Jeralita “Jeri” Costa

DV Post Conviction: Responding to Victim Risk and Needs throughout Incarceration and Preparation for Offender Reentry

For most of us, stories of domestic violence involve two people in a relationship and turn of events that for some reason, drives one of them to inflict pain to [...]

Amy Morgan

The Trauma of First Response to Cruelty

When people are in danger, they call on to first responders to give them the help they need – to manage the situation, deal with the trauma, and provide other needed [...]

David J. Rogers

Cultural Awareness for Probation Officers and Justice Professionals

Justice professionals are typically exposed to people from different walks of life. As such, it is imperative that they are aware and educated about cultural nuances to better understand and [...]

Vicki Assegued

Restorative Justice & Victim Offender Dialogue

The concept of Restorative Justice may seem new and unfamiliar for most people, but this system’s roots go as far back into history and is used throughout the world, [...]

David J. Rogers

Report Writing for Probation Officers

When a person decides to be a part of the world of criminal justice, they are generally drawn in by the authority, having the means to protect the people they [...]

Kimberly Miller

Keeping Your Super Heroes Super

Taking on the job in the public sector means being ready to be of service to the people. For those working as first responders, health providers, or law enforcers – service [...]

Scott Kirshner

Officer Survival for Probation and Parole Officers: Tactical Mindset

Police, probation, and parole officers ensure that citizens and communities remain safe. However, as they perform their duty, they are putting their lives in danger. Being in close contact with [...]

Ed Sherman, Psy.D.

The Power of Resilient Leadership

There are many values and virtues that we are all taught from school to our jobs when it comes to surviving and living our lives. All of these are valuable, [...]

Denise Beagley

Verbal De-Escalation

As a public servant, part of any criminal justice profession is encountering random strangers, even sketchy characters. Not just merely meeting them, but talking to them, building rapport such that [...]

Amy Morgan

On the Job Threats: Managing the Fear and Panic Response

Anxiety disorders (generalized anxiety, social anxiety, panic disorder, etc.) are the most common mental illness, and it affects millions of people around the world. According to the National Institute of [...]

Matthew Kail

Duane T. Bowers, LPC

Creating an Organizational Culture of Wellness

Work-related stress is prevalent – it happens to people with 9 to 5 desk jobs, field workers, start-up entrepreneurs, top-tier executives; blue collar, white collar. Work-related stress can be reduced and relieved by [...]

Paul Ventura

Michelle Hart

Case Supervision Practices

The goal of probation is to instill positive change in the probationers’ behavior. Every probation officer might have their own style of supervision. Various research and tools have also been [...]

Ray Nash

Resiliency and the Dynamic of Restoration

Resiliency is a highly-revered quality. Overcoming adversity and our personal demons can be tough. More so when you’re in a position that exposes you to different characters and situations. [...]

Tiffany Griffith

Paul Ventura

Effective Use of Teams in Probation & Parole

Teamwork is the glue that keeps a group of people together. It has been emphasized time and again since our days in school. But how does one apply teamwork in [...]

Sara E. Mahoney

Supervising the Domestic Violence Offender: What I’ve Learned from the Field

Domestic Violence Offenders are often times charismatic, charming and come across as “easily manageable” on the surface to the Probation Officer. With the main goals of supervision being Offender Accountability [...]

Duane T. Bowers, LPC

Providing Wellness Support for Online Child Exploitation Personnel: From website to arrest

Employees working in the field of public service and social welfare often extend help to others who go through tumultuous moments. In doing so, they also take into their psyche [...]

Amy Morgan

Recognizing Mental Health Disorders in Others

The law enforcement and justice profession deal with different types of people with a myriad of personalities. It can get tricky having to decode each one and ensuring that your [...]

Christopher Greenway

Tiffany Marsitto

Advanced Supervision Strategies (ASSET Management, Humans, Not $$)

Probation’s major objective is to get the clients in line, rehabilitate them towards becoming well-adjusted individuals in society, and mitigate the risk of re-offense. Coconino County Adult Probation decided [...]

Sara E. Mahoney

The Domestic Violence Pre-Sentencing Investigation: From Start to Finish

Domestic violence is a widespread problem for both law enforcement and public health. Unfortunately, it gets swept under the rug. Despite how actions involved in domestic violence can result in [...]

Dr. Jeff Fox, PhD

Evidence Based Best Practices for Public Safety Agencies

Public Safety Agencies are faced with a myriad of issues daily. As part of their duty to serve and protect, they need to plan and strategize how to approach these [...]

Mark Hendershot

Best Practices in Drug Testing

Drug use and abuse are some of the biggest issues of the global community – in the legal and criminal perspective, as well in the scientific and medical point of view. [...]

Paul Ventura

Michelle Hart

Stop It! Words that Probation Officers Should Practice Not Just Preach

Community supervision is an essential and critical component of probation. It is more than just having clients show up in the office. However, when a client is in your office, [...]

George Casey

Steven Gill

Case Management System: Using Technology Ensure a Person Based, Holistic Approach

Different agencies have different needs, thus the reason for them to maximize and improvise on their limited resources – manpower, technology, systems, and processes. While doing so works most of the [...]

Lanae Holmes

Duane T. Bowers, LPC

NCMEC Protecting Child Pornography Investigation Personnel Part One

This webinar will provide an in depth look at the impact viewing child pornography may have on personnel. It will also discuss why some people are more impacted [...]

Natalie Johnson

Nutrition for Tactical Performance Part Two

Description: Our presenter, Ms. Natalie Johnson, will discuss practical nutrition strategies to improve performance through sports nutrition and energy management. She will cover topics such as how much and how [...]

Natalie Johnson

Tactical Movement and Exercise for Optimal Performance

Ms. Natalie Johnson, will discuss strategic movement and exercise to assist in managing and expanding energy capacity. Energy is the foundation for being fully engaged. As Law Enforcement and Emergency [...]

Natalie Johnson

Nutrition for Tactical Performance Part One

Michael G. Aamodt

The Police Personality Solid as a Rock or Still Crazy After All These Years

The Internet, as well as many written sources, suggest that police officers engage in an unusually high number of maladaptive behaviors. That is, they are thought to have high divorce, [...]

Pam McMillan

A Life of Stress: The Damages and the Proper Response

Description: This two hour course is designed to help participants learn some skills and tools for dealing with stress in their lives. A Life of Stress, The Damages: Participants gain [...]

After the Webinar: Lifting Each Other Up to Rise Together. Q&A with Sara Weston

Webinar presenter Sara Weston answered a number of your questions after her webinar, Call to Action: Lifting Each Other Up to Rise Together. Here are just a few of her [...]

After the Webinar: Side Hustles and Second Careers. Q&A with Wendy Hummell

Webinar presenter Wendy Hummell answered a number of your questions after her webinar, Side Hustles and Second Careers. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience Question: As [...]

After the Webinar: Organizational Stress and Officer Wellness. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar Presenters Dr. Karen L. Amendola and Maria Valdovinos Olson answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Organizational Stress and Officer Wellness. Here are just a few of [...]

After the Webinar: The Human in Humanity. Q&A with Shaun Ward

Webinar presenter Dr. Shaun Ward answered a number of your questions after his presentation, The Human in Humanity. Here are just a few of his responses. Audience Question: How [...]

After the Webinar: Don’t Wait Until Retirement to Live a Good Life. Q&A with Amy Morgan

Webinar presenter Amy Morgan answered a number of your questions after her webinar, Don't Wait Until Retirement to Live a Good Life. Here are just a few of her responses. &[...]

After the Webinar: Corrections Staff Wellness. Q&A with Ronna Martin

Webinar presenter Ronna Martin answered a number of your questions after her webinar, Corrections Staff Wellness: A Team LIFT Approach. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience [...]

After the Webinar: Trauma Informed Policing. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar Presenters Dr. Michelle Gundy and Joe Wright answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Trauma Informed Policing: What Law Enforcement Needs to Know. Here are just a [...]

After the Webinar: Burnout and Resilience. Q&A with Katharine Manning

Webinar presenter Katharine Manning answered a number of your questions after her webinar. Burnout and Resilience: What Criminal Justice Professionals Need to Know. Here are just a few of her [...]

After the Webinar: Understanding the Impact of Virtual Meetings with People on Probation. Q&A with Dr. Michael Menefee

Webinar presenter Dr. Michael Menefee answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Understanding the Impact of Virtual Meetings with People on Probation. Here are just a few of [...]

After the Webinar: Cultivating Wellness in Your Organization. Q&A with Darren Ivey

Webinar presenter Darren Ivey answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Cultivating Wellness in Your Organization: Trauma-Informed Leadership and Other Helpful Ideas. Here are just a few of [...]

After the Webinar: Supervising Justice-Involved Women. Q&A with Tira Hubbard

Webinar presenter Tira Hubbard answered a number of your questions after her webinar, The Changing Face of Probation: Supervising Justice-Involved Women - The Pathway In and Out of the System. [...]

After the Webinar: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a State-wide Peer Support Network for First Responders. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar Presenters Angie Jones and Jeff Bragg answered a number of your questions after their presentation, A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a State Wide Peer Support Network for First Responders: How [...]

After the Webinar: Anger Management. Q&A with Jack Harris

Webinar presenter Jack Harris answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Anger Management: An Essential Part of Helping Keep Good People Good. Here are just a few of [...]

After the Webinar: Beyond Checking a Box. Q&A with Amanda Stamps

Webinar presenter Amanda Stamps answered a number of your questions after her webinar, Beyond Checking a Box: Ensuring Your Crisis Response Grows and Thrives within Your Community. Here are just [...]

After the Webinar: Helping Hidden Heroes. Q&A with Linda Ahrens

Webinar presenter Linda Ahrens answered a number of your questions after her webinar, Helping Hidden Heroes: Chaplains for Correctional Staff Emotions, Health, and Retention. Here are just a few of [...]

After the Webinar: Take the Stress Out of Your Money Q&A with Courtney from Heroes Financial Coaching

Webinar presenter Courtney of Heroes Financial Coaching answered a number of your questions after her webinar, Take the Stress Out of Your Money: Life Lessons for Criminal Justice Professionals. Here [...]

Thoughts about the Staffing Crisis from John Shuford

John Shuford shared a number of great reminders during his webinar, 15 Proven Ways to Improve Staff Morale at No Additional Cost. Here’s just one. “We cannot hire our [...]

Thoughts about Biggest Stressors from Sherri Martin and Dr. Jackie Drew

Sherri Marin and Dr. Jacqueline Drew shared so many great data points and insights from their research during the webinar, What Police Officers Want: Consulting the Source. Here’s just [...]

Thoughts about Seeking Help from Dr. Jackie Drew

Sherri Marin and Dr. Jacqueline Drew shared so many great data points and insights from their research during the webinar, What Police Officers Want: Consulting the Source. Here’s just [...]

Thoughts about Officer Burnout from Sherri Martin

Sherri Marin and Dr. Jacqueline Drew shared so many great data points and insights from their research during the webinar, What Police Officers Want: Consulting the Source. Here’s just [...]

Thoughts about Grace from Diana Knapp

During her webinar, Diana Knapp shared a number of great thoughts during the webinar, Boomers, Slackers and Snowflakes: Building a Multi-Generational Leadership Team. Here’s just one of her great [...]

Thoughts on the Importance of Mental Health from Kathleen Hensley

We loved this great reminder Kathleen Hensley shared during her webinar, A Holistic Approach for Agency Wellness: A Spectrum of Options for a Cross-Functional Team. "Mental health is just [...]

After the Webinar: Making Space for More Compassion with Fewer Rules. Q&A with Shannon Magnuson

Webinar presenter Shannon Magnuson answered a number of your questions after her webinar, Making Space for More Compassion with Fewer Rules: Reducing Conditions of Probation to Improve Successful Completion of [...]

Thoughts on Employee Resilience from John Shuford

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Thoughts about Depression from John Shuford

During his webinar, John Shuford shared a number of great reminders during his webinar, The 7 Keys to Personal Resilience and Job Retention. Here’s just one. "What do PTSD, depression [...]

Thoughts about Controlling Your Thinking from John Shuford

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Thoughts about Self Care from Duane Bowers

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After the Webinar: Mindfulness for Law Enforcement. Q&A with Terry Clark

Webinar presenter Terry Clark answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Mindfulness for Law Enforcement: Surviving and Thriving in Life and on the Job. Here are just a [...]

Thoughts about Worry from Dr. Jackalyn Rainosek

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Thoughts about Trauma in the 2020s from Katherine Manning

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After the Webinar: Tools to Manage the Stress Response. Q&A with Wendy Hummell

Webinar presenter Wendy Hummell answered a number of your questions after her webinar, Tools to Manage the Stress Response. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience Question: [...]

After the Webinar: Wellness as a Survival Mechanism. Q&A with Duane Bowers

Webinar presenter Duane Bowers answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Wellness as a Survival Mechanism: Changing Skills for Changing Times. Here are just a few of his [...]

After the Webinar: Long Work Hours, Shift Schedules and Their Impact on Law Enforcement Personnel. Q&A with Dr. Karen Amendola

Webinar presenter Dr. Karen Amendola answered a number of your questions after her webinar, Long Work Hours, Shift Schedules, and Their Impact on Law Enforcement Personnel. Here are just a [...]

After the Webinar: The 7 Keys to Personal Resilience and Job Retention. Q&A with John Shuford

Webinar presenter John Shuford answered a number of your questions after his presentation, The 7 Keys to Personal Resilience and Job Retention. Here are just a few of his responses. [...]

After the Webinar: Organizational Stress from the Administrative Perspective. Q&A with Brenda Dietzman

Webinar presenter Brenda Dietzman answered a number of your questions after her webinar, Organizational Stress: From the Administrative Perspective. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience Question: [...]

After the Webinar: A Holistic Approach for Agency Wellness. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Khaliqa Wheatley and Kathleen Hensley answered a number of your questions after their presentation, A Holistic Approach for Wellness: A Spectrum of Options for a Cross-Functional Team. Here [...]

After the Webinar: What Police Officers Want. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Sherri Martin and Dr. Jacqueline Drew answered a number of your questions after their presentation, What Police Officers Want: Consulting the Source. Here are just a few of [...]

Thoughts on Connection from Joe Smarro

We loved this reminder that Joe Smarro shared during his webinar, Making Connections to Gain Compliance: Lessons from Law Enforcement Professionals. "You need to have a connection before you can [...]

Thoughts on Resilience from Tira Hubbard

Tira Hubbard shared a number of great ideas and thoughts during her webinar, The Changing Face of Probation: Recipes for Resilience to Survive Corrections Fatigue. This one caught our attention. "[...]

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After the Webinar: Healthy Police, Healthy Policing. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters BJ Wagner and Dr. Jill Palmer answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Healthy Police - Healthy Policing: Addressing the Police Health and Wellness Crisis from [...]

After the Webinar: Order in the Court – Offender Abuse and Control via the Court System. Q&A with Sara Mahoney

Webinar presenter Sara Mahoney answered a number of your questions after her webinar, Order in the Court: Offender Abuse and Control via the Judicial System. Here are just a few [...]

After the Webinar: Recipes for Resilience to Survive Corrections Fatigue. Q&A with Tira Hubbard

Webinar presenter Tira Hubbard answered a number of your questions after her webinar, The Changing Face of Probation: Recipes for Resilience to Survive Corrections Fatigue. Here are just a few [...]

After the Webinar: Corrections Staff Wellness. Q&A with Brenda Dietzman

Webinar presenter Brenda Dietzman answered a number of your questions after her webinar, Corrections Staff Wellness. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience Question: Are there any [...]

Thoughts on Self Care from Dr. Michael Gomez

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After the Webinar: The Power of Your Passion. Q&A with Sara Weston

Webinar presenter Sara Weston answered a number of your questions after her webinar, The Power of Your Passion: Lessons for Dispatch and Criminal Justice Professionals. Here are just a few [...]

After the Webinar: Empathetic Leadership – Building a Culture of Trust. Q&A with Katharine Manning

Webinar presenter Katharine Manning answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Empathetic Leadership: Building a Culture of Trust. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience [...]

After the Webinar: Trauma Informed Practice 101. Q&A with Alejandro Palacios

Webinar presenter Alejandro Palacios answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Trauma Informed Practice 101. Here are just a few of his responses. Audience Question: How can different [...]

After the Webinar: Mastering Self Confidence. Q&A with Marc Hildebrand

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After the Webinar: Leadership Reset – Setting Goals for the New Year. Q&A with Brenda Dietzman

Webinar presenter Brenda Dietzman answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Leadership Reset: Setting Goals for the New Year. Here are just a few of her responses. [...]

After the Webinar: Offender Manipulation – Safeguarding Your Staff (part 2). Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Gary Cornelius and Dr. Kevin Courtright answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Offender Manipulation: Safeguarding Your Staff, Part 2. Here are just a few of their [...]

After the Webinar: Burnout and the Law Enforcement Exodus Crisis. Q&A with Dr. Gabrielle Salfati

Webinar presenter Dr. Gabrielle Salfati answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Burnout and the Law Enforcement Exodus Crisis: Causes, Symptoms, and Solutions. Here are just a few [...]

After the Webinar: Offender Manipulation Part 1. Q&A with the Presenters

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After the Webinar: Financial Fitness. Q&A with Christopher Gandia

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After the Webinar: Micro-Habits – Navigating the Intersection of Work and Life. Q&A with Nicole Fredricks Jackson

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After the Webinar: Tactical Resilience – Mental Preparedness for Peak Performance. Q&A with Rodger Ruge

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After the Webinar: Beyond Self-Care – The CE-CERT Model for Secondary Trauma and Burnout. Q&A with Dr. Michael Gomez

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After the Webinar: Creating a Culture of Wellness. Q&A with Wendy Hummell

Webinar presenter Wendy Hummell answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Creating a Culture of WellnessL Increasing Retention, Morale, and Employee Health by Infusing Wellness into Your Agency. [...]

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After the Webinar: Resilience Tools – Ideas for People Who Have Stories. Q&A with the Panelists

Webinar presenters Wendy Hummell, Darren Ivey and Brenda Dietzman answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Resilience Tools: Ideas for People Who Have Stories. Here are just a [...]

After the Webinar: Crime and Punishment – Exploring Restorative Justice and Peacemaking. Q&A with Margaret Crowley

Webinar presenter Margaret Crowley answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Crime and Punishment: Exploring Restorative Justice and Peacemaking. Here are just a few of her responses. [...]

After the Webinar: Changing Culture and Climate with Spiritual Wellness. Q&A with Bobby Kipper

Webinar presenter Bobby Kipper answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Changing Agency Culture and Climate with Spiritual Wellness. Here are just a few of his responses. [...]

Thoughts on Organizational Culture from Bobby Kipper

We loved this great reminder that Bobby Kipper shared during his webinar, "Changing Culture and Climate with Spiritual Wellness." "Culture sets climate. What you allow within your organization becomes [...]

After the Webinar: Human Performance Optimization – Caring for Your Team. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Joe Dulla and Mandy Nice answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Human Performance Optimization: Caring for Your Team. Here are just a few of their [...]

After the Webinar: Blueprint for Resilience. Q&A with Wendy Hummell

Webinar presenter Wendy Hummell answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Blueprint for Resilience: How to Reverse Engineer Burnout and Compassion Fatigue. Here are just a few of [...]

After the Webinar: Direct Supervision Jails. Q&A with Barbara Mattes

Webinar presenter Barbara Mattes answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Direct Supervision Jails: An Often Misunderstood Profession with a Unique Breed of Law Enforcement. Here are just [...]

After the Webinar: Officer Safety and Wellness in Rapidly Changing Times. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Dr. Sara Metz, Nick Metz, Bill Walsh, Sammie Wicks, and Christine Johnson answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Officer Safety and Wellness in Rapidly Changing [...]

After the Webinar: Providing Support to DV Victims in the Probation Setting. Q&A with Lauren Anderson

Webinar presenter Lauren Anderson answered a number of your questions after her presentation, The Importance of Providing DV Support to DV Victims in the Probation Setting. Here are just a [...]

Thoughts on Wellness from Nick Metz

Retired Chief Nick Metz and the presenters for the webinar, Officer Safety and Wellness in Rapidly Changing times: What does it look like for officers, their families, and agencies, shared [...]

Thoughts on Organizational Health from Nick Metz

During the webinar, Officer Safety and Wellness in Rapidly Changing times: What does it look like for officers, their families, and agencies? Chief Nick Metz (ret) shared a fabulous acronym [...]

After the Webinar: How to Improve Your Sleep Hygiene and Reduce Your Fatigue. Q&A with Dr. Lois James

Webinar presenter Dr. Lois Jamees answered a number of your questions after her presentation, How to Improve Your Sleep Hygiene and Reduce Your Fatigue. Here are just a few of [...]

Thoughts about Humanness from Dr. Gabrielle Salfati

We, the country and our profession has been through SO much these last few years. That's why we just loved this gentle reminder from our webinar presenter, Dr. Gabrielle Salfati, [...]

After the Webinar: Coach or Critic? Q&A with Wendy Hummell

Webinar presenter Wendy Hummell answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Coach or Critic: Implementing Strategies to Overcome Negativity Bias and Limiting Beliefs. Here are just a few [...]

After the Webinar: Survivor-Centered Support in Probation. Q&A with Rhea DuMont

Webinar presenter Rhea DuMont answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Survivor Centered Support in Probation. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience Question: Do [...]

After the Webinar: Demystifying Meditation and Mindfulness for Criminal Justice Professionals. Q&A with Kim Colegrove

Webinar presenter Kim Colegrove answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Demystifying Meditation and Mindfulness for Criminal Justice Professionals. Here are just a few of her responses. [...]

After the Webinar: Finding Your True North. Q&A with Brenda Dietzman

Webinar presenter Brenda Dietzman answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Finding Your True North: Letting Your Purpose Guide Your Career. Here are just a few of her [...]

After the Webinar: There’s More to You than Your Career. Q&A with Amy Morgan

Webinar presenter Amy Morgan answered a number of your questions after her presentation, There's More to You than Your Career: Finding Balance and Personal Identity. Here are just a few [...]

After the Webinar: Actively Caring for People. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Bobby Kipper and Dr. E Scott Geller answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Actively Caring for People: Lessons for Criminal Justice Professionals. Here are just [...]

After the Webinar: Helping Clients Navigate the Justice System. Q&A with Dr. Wes Dotson

Webinar presenter Dr. Wes Dotson answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Navigating the Justice System: Integrating Social Skills into Daily Interactions. Here are just a few of [...]

After the Webinar: Facing the Mental and Emotional Impacts of this Work. Q&A with Kim Colegrove

Webinar presenter Kim Colegrove answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Facing the Mental and Emotional Impacts of this Work: Three Steps Justice Professionals and Their Spouses Can [...]

After the Webinar: Under Siege- The Psychological Impact on Law Enforcement in these Troubled Times. Q&A with Dr. Grant McDougall

Webinar presenter Dr. Grant McDougall answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Under Siege: The Psychological Impact on Law Enforcement in these Troubled Times. Here are just a [...]

After the Webinar: Spiritual Wellness for Criminal Justice Professionals. Q&A with Bobby Kipper

Webinar presenter Bobby Kipper answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Spiritual Wellness for Criminal Justice Professionals. Here are just a few of his responses. Audience Question: [...]

After the Webinar: Understanding Hemp for Probation and Parole Officers. Q&A with Bill Loucks

Webinar presenter Bill Loucks answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Understanding Hemp for Probation and Parole Officers. Here are just a few of his responses. Audience [...]

After the Webinar: Supervising Gang Members on Probation and Parole. Q&A with Nathaniel Lhowe

Webinar presenter Nathaniel Lhowe answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Supervising Gang Members: Making the Case for a Specialized Supervision Unit. Here are just a few of [...]

After the Webinar: Improving Resilience in 5 Minutes a Day. Q&A with Wendy Hummell

Webinar presenter Wendy Hummell answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Improving Resilience in 5 Minutes a Day. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience Question: [...]

After the Webinar: Police Fatigue. Q&A with Dr. Lois James

Webinar presenter Dr. Lois James answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Police Fatigue: Strategies for Managing Fatigue and Promoting Sleep Health. Here are just a few of [...]

After the Webinar: The Secret behind Getting into Incredible Shape while Working Our Crazy Careers. Q&A with Marc Hildebrand

Webinar presenter Marc Hildebrand answered a number of your questions after his presentation, The Secret behind Getting into Incredible Shape while Working Our Crazy Careers. Here are just a few [...]

After the Webinar: Long Term Coping Skills. Q&A with Duane Bowers

Webinar presenter Duane Bowers answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Long Term Coping Skills. Here are just a few of his responses. Audience Question: Can long-term [...]

After the Webinar: Understanding Compassion Fatigue for First Responders and Criminal Justice Professionals. Q&A with Wendy Hummell

Webinar presenter Wendy Hummell answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Understanding Compassion Fatigue for First Responders and Criminal Justice Professionals. Here are just a few of her [...]

After the Webinar: Building a Community Advisory Board. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Alexandra Appleton and Claire Barrera answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Building a Community Advisory Board for those Impacted by Violence. Here are just a [...]

After the Webinar: The Importance of Mental Tenacity in Policing. Q&A with Dr. Obed Magny

Webinar presenter Obed Magny answered a number of your questions after his presentation, The Importance of Mental Tenacity in Policing. Here are just a few of his responses. Audience [...]

After the Webinar: Building Peer Support Programs for Prosecutors. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Hilary Weinberg and Jennifer Heisig answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Building Peer Support Programs for Prosecutors. Here are just a few of their responses. &[...]

After the Webinar: Outside Yourself – Making the Most of Mental Health Resources. Q&A with Amy Morgan

Webinar presenter Amy Morgan from Academy Hour answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Outside Yourself: Making the Most of Mental Health Resources. Here are just a few [...]

After the Webinar: A Proactive Response to DV – Collaboration in Facility and Parole based BIP programming. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Jeri Greer and Danielle Thompson answered a number of your questions after their presentation, A Proactive Response to Domestic Violence: Collaboration in Facility and Parole-Based Batterer Intervention Programming. [...]

Thoughts on Relationships from Dr. Kimberly Miller

Dr. Kimberly Miller shared a number of excellent insights and advice during her Ask Me Anything webinar, Maintaining Resilience. Here’s just one reminder she shared with our audiences. "[...]

After the Webinar: You Matter – Self Care for PIOs. Q&A with Katie Nelson

Webinar presenter Katie Nelson answered a number of your questions after her presentation, You Matter: Self Care for PIOs. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience Question: [...]

After the Webinar: The Application of Kids at Hope. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Rick Miller, John Schow, Tim Hardy, and Dr. Joe Barton answered a number of your questions after their presentation, The Application of Kids at Hope: A Cultural Strategy. [...]

After the Webinar: Building Resiliency. Q&A with Brenda Dietzman

Webinar presenter Brenda Dietzman answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Building Resiliency: The Dawn of the Mentally Strong Employee. Here are just a few of her responses. &[...]

After the Webinar: Communicating for Trust Building. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Emily LaGratta and Jim Newman answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Communicating for Trust Building. Here are just a few of their responses. Audience [...]

After the Webinar: Collaborating to Catch a Predator. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Adam Kirhagis and Christine Mullin answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Collaborating to Catch a Predator. Here are just a few of their responses. [...]

After the Webinar: Job Satisfaction – An Evidence based Approach. Q&A with Dr Obed Magny

Webinar presenter Dr. Obed Magny answered a number of your questions after his presentation Job Satisfaction: An Evidence-Based Approach to Improving Morale and Reducing Stress with the Employees in Your [...]

After the Webinar: Addressing Victim Safety and Offender Accountability. Q&A with the Speakers

Webinar presenters Michelle Turner, Camie Borsdorf, and Laura Farmer answered a number of your questions after their presentation, A Proactive Response to Domestic Violence: Addressing Victim Safety and Offender Accountability ([...]

After the Webinar: Post Critical Incident Seminar. Q&A with the Panelists

Webinar presenters Andy Carrier, John McGuire, Kit Cummings, Rita Watkins, and Rev. Eric Skidmore answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Post Critical Incident Seminar: A Tested Solution [...]

After the Webinar: An Occupational Risk. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Dr. Jeff Thompson and Kevin Morison answered a number of your questions after their presentation, An Occupational Risk: What Law Enforcement Agencies Can Do to Prevent Officer Suicide. [...]

After the Webinar: The Contagiousness of Vicarious Trauma. Q&A with Dr. Obed Magny

Webinar presenter Dr. Obed Magny answered a number of your questions after his presentation, The Contagiousness of Vicarious Trauma. Here are just a few of his responses. Audience Question: [...]

After the Webinar: Cumulative Trauma. Q&A with Dr. Grant McDougall

Webinar presenter Dr. Grant McDougall answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Cumulative Trauma: The Covert Enemy of First Responders. Here are just a few of his responses. &[...]

After the Webinar: A Proactive Response to Domestic Violence (part 1) Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Audrey Cress and Janet Good answered a number of your questions after their presentation, A Proactive Response to Domestic Violence: Understanding and Identifying Incarcerated Batterers. Here are just [...]

After the Webinar: Building Competence and Confidence in Our Clients. Q&A with Dr. Wes Dotson

Webinar presenter Dr. Wes Dotson answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Building Competence and Confidence in Our Clients: Incorporating Social Skills Instruction into Already-Occurring Interactions. Here are [...]

After the Webinar: Suicide Screening and Triage Systems for Juvenile Detention Centers. Q&A with Greg Handleton

Webinar presenter Greg Handleton answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Suicide Screening and Triage Systems for Juvenile Detention Centers. Here are just a few of his responses. &[...]

Thoughts on Moments of Truth from Stacy Levina

Stacy Ledvina shared a number of excellent insights and advice during her webinar, Kids at Hope: Believing, Connecting and Time Traveling in Youth Justice. Here’s just one reminder she [...]

Thoughts on At-Risk-Youth from Stacy Ledvina

Stacy Ledvina shared a number of excellent insights and advice during her webinar, Kids at Hope: Believing, Connecting and Time Traveling in Youth Justice. Here’s just one reminder she [...]

After the Webinar: Understanding the Link between Animal Abuse and Other Human Crimes – What Probation Officers Need to Know. Q&A with Michelle Welch

Webinar presenter Michelle Welch answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Understanding the Link between Animal Abuse and Other Human Crimes: What Probation Officers Need to Know. Here [...]

After the Webinar: Leadership on the Front Lines. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Dr. Kimberly Miller, Tina Buneta, Joseph Hoebeke, Doreen Jokerst, Justin Smith, William Beck, and Jack Cauley answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Leadership on the [...]

After the Webinar: The NYS Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Sara Mahoney and Mary Walsh answered a number of your questions after their presentation, The New York State Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team: Implications for Probation. Here are [...]

After the Webinar: Standards of Care for Mental Health in Our Jails & Prisons. Q&A with Jim Martin

Webinar presenter NCCHC's Jim Martin answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Standards of Care: Mental Health in Our Jails and Prisons...Now What? Here are just a [...]

Thoughts about Growth from Amy Morgan

Amy Morgan shared some fantastic insights and advice about recovery, trauma and growth during her webinar, Growth as a Post Trauma Response. Here's just one reminder. "Growth can only [...]

A Reminder about Needing Each Other from Amy Morgan

Amy Morgan shared some fantastic insights and advice about recovery, trauma and growth during her webinar, Growth as a Post Trauma Response. Here's just one reminder. "Sometimes we need [...]

Reminders about Making Progress from Dr. Kimberly Miller

Dr. Kimberly Miller shared a number of excellent insights and advice during her Resiliency series, Increasing Your Bounceability: Ways to Build Resilience Every Day, and Part 2, More Ways to Bounce [...]

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After the Webinar: More Ways to Bounce & Build Your Resilience. Q&A with Dr. Kimberly Miller

Webinar presenter Dr. Kimberly Miller answered a number of your questions after her presentation, More Ways to Bounce and Build Your Resilience. Here are just a few of her responses. &[...]

Insights into Caring ACOs from Nina Stively

Animal welfare professionals care tremendously for the animals they are sworn to protect and the owners whom they are there to help educate and inform. We loved this quote shared [...]

After the Webinar: Increasing Your Bounceability. Q&A with Dr. Kimberly Miller

Webinar presenter Dr. Kimberly Miller answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Increasing Your Bounceability: Ways to Build Resilience Every Day. Here are just a few of her [...]

After the Webinar: COVID 19 & Corrections – Enhancing Resiliency of Staff and Inmate Populations. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Dr. Babatunde Okuleye, Dr. Robin Timme and Dr. Jennifer Horney answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Corrections & COVID-19: Enhancing Resiliency of Staff and Inmate [...]

After the Webinar: Suicide Explained. Q&A with Amy Morgan

Webinar presenter Amy Morgan answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Suicide Explained: What Leads Someone to that Moment. Here are just a few of her responses. [...]

After the Webinar: Maintaining Mental Wellness of Staff and Inmates during Custodial Pandemonium. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Dr. Robin Timme, Dr. Jennifer Horney, Scott Semple and Elias Diggins answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Corrections & COVID-19: Maintaining Mental Wellness of Staff [...]

After the Webinar: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Q&A with Sara Mahoney

Webinar presenter Sara Mahoney answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Managing the Narcissistic, Coercive, and Controlling DV Offender. Here are just a [...]

Thoughts about Identity from Dr Jeff Fox, PhD

Dr. Jeff Fox, PhD gave us a super reminder about the importance of understanding who you are and how that affects what you do every day during his webinar, "Creating [...]

After the Webinar: A View from the Bench. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Judge Brandon Birmingham and Dr. Jill Johansson-Love answered a number of your questions after their presentation, A View from the Bench: Understanding Judicial Decision Making as it Relates [...]

Thoughts on Growth from Amy Morgan

Love this great reminder from Amy Morgan during her webinar, Growth as a Post Trauma Response. "Growth only happens through change." Click Here to See Our Law Enforcement [...]

Infographic: Successful Re-Entry through Contemporary, Moral, Holistic and Life Skills Programming

During their webinar, Cheryl Parks, Ron Budzinski, and Charles Keeton shared insights about Jobs Partnership Re-Entry Program at the Peoria County Jail, in Peoria, Illinois. This 60-day program creates a [...]

After the Webinar: Watch Your Six Part 2. Q&A with Jonathan Parker

Webinar presenter Jonathan Parker answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Watch Your Six Part 2. Here are just a few of his responses. Audience Question: Jonathan you [...]

After the Webinar: Successful Re-Entry through Contemporary, Moral, Holistic, & Life Skills Planning. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Cheryl Parks, Ron Budizinski, Sheriff Brian Asbell, and Charles Keeton answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Successful Re-Entry through Contemporary, Moral, Holistic & Life Skills [...]

After the Webinar: Watch Your Six Part 1. Q&A with Jonathan Parker

Webinar presenter Jonathan Parker answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Watch Your Six: Because Making It Home Is Just the Beginning. Here are just a few of [...]

After the Webinar: Therapy K9’s. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Jason Ratcliff, Darrah Metz, and Dr. Kimberly Miller answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Therapy K9s: Changing the Way Law Enforcement Reaches Their Communities. [...]

After the Webinar: Are We Speaking the Same Language? Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Jim Newman, Michelle Hart, and Herb Sinkinson answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Are We Speaking the Same Language? Leveraging Conversational Language to Engage Clients. [...]

Thoughts on Client Communications from Herb Sinkinson

Understanding how to communicate with clients is critical - particularly when it may not be information they appreciate. It requires learning how to deliver information in just the right way, [...]

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Building trust and understanding is a critical skill for professionals -- especially for those in the justice profession. Love this reminder that cFive's Jim Newman made during his recent webinar, "[...]

Thoughts on Communication from cFive’s Jim Newman

In our efforts to communicate so many things -- it's easy to forget that sometimes people can quickly become overloaded by the information we're trying to help them understand. Love [...]

After the Webinar: From Child Welfare to the Juvenile Justice System. Q&A with Cherice Hopkins

Webinar presenter Cherice Hopkins answered a number of your questions after her presentation, From Child Welfare to the Juvenile Justice System: Disrupting the Abuse to Prison Pipeline. Here are [...]

Successful Re-Entry through Contemporary, Moral, Holistic and Life Skill Programming: An Interview with Cheryl Parks

Christina McCale

For many people, being in jail can represent "hitting bottom." But after a life of operating outside the law, how can someone regroup, and find a way to build a [...]

After the Webinar: Thinking for a Change Case Study. Q&A with Arlyn Harris

Webinar presenter Arlyn Harris answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Thinking for a Change Case Study. Here are just a few of her responses. Audience Question: [...]

After the Webinar: Tribal Federal & State Jurisdiction. Q&A with David Rogers

Webinar presenter David Rogers answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Tribal-Federal-State Jurisdiction and Its Relationship to Public Safety in Indian Country. Here are just a few of [...]

Becoming a #Catalyst4Change: An Interview with cFives Latest Award Winner, Robert Barnett

Christina McCale

For some people, the worst day of their lives is the day they go to jail. But for some inmates in Florida's Orange County Correctional Department, it can actually become [...]

After the Webinar: Kids at Hope. Q&A with Stacy Ledvina

Webinar presenter Stacy Ledvina answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Kids at Hope: Believing, Connecting and Time Travelling in Youth Justice. Here are just a few of [...]

Thoughts on Life Long Learning from Kathy Waters

Love this thought from Kathy Waters, State Director of Arizona's Adult Probation Program...and thank you for all you do for the justice community! To Learn More, visit [...]

After the Webinar: Beyond CIT. Q&A with Jason Winsky

Webinar presenter Jason Winsky answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Beyond CIT: Establishing Mental Health Support Teams. Here are just a few of his responses. Audience [...]

After the Webinar: A Daily Drop of Corrosion. Q&A with Dr. Rich Martin

Webinar presenter Dr. Rich Martin answered a number of your questions after his presentation, A Daily Drop of Corrosion: How the Daily Experiences of Justice Professionals Can Lead to Burnout. [...]

After the Webinar: Mindfulness in Domestic Violence Work. Q&A with Sara Mahoney

Webinar presenter Sara Mahoney answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Mindfulness in Domestic Violence Work: Part 2- Working with Offenders. Here are just a few of her [...]

After the Webinar: Protecting the Protector. Q&A with Dr. Peggy Rothbaum

Webinar presenter Dr. Peggy Rothbaum answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Protecting the Protector: Who's Taking Care of You? Here are just a few of her responses. &[...]

After the Webinar: Developing a Peer Support Program. Q&A with Alana Negroni

Webinar presenter Alana Negroni answered a number of your questions after her presentation, The Benefits of Developing a Peer Support Program. Here are just a few of her responses. [...]

Infographic: Being Trauma Informed in a Corrections Environment

During his webinar, Dr. Robin Timme shared impactful insights about the prevalence of trauma in the histories of those who are incarcerated as well as those who work in correctional [...]

After the Webinar: High Lethality Domestic Violence Offenders. Q&A with the Speakers

Webinar presenters Judge Brandon Birmingham and Dr. Jill Johansson-Love answered a number of your questions after their presentation, An Approach to High Lethality Domestic Violence Offenders: The Accountability Court Model. [...]

After the Webinar: Trauma Informed Jails. Q&A with Dr. Robin Timme

Webinar presenter Dr. Robin Timme answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Trauma-Informed Jails: Incorporating Wellness for Correctional Officers. Here are just a few of his responses. [...]

After the Webinar: Trauma Informed Care & Response. Q&A with Denise Beagley

Webinar presenter Denise Beagley answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Trauma Informed Care & Response: 101 Training for Justice Professionals. Here are just a few of her responses. &[...]

After the Webinar: Mindfulness in Domestic Violence Work (Part 1). Q&A with Sara Mahoney

Webinar presenter Sara Mahoney answered a number of your questions after her presentation, Mindfulness in Domestic Violence Work: Part 1 Working with Victims. Here are just a few of her responses. &[...]

After the Webinar: Building Resiliency for Girls in the Justice System. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Cherice Hopkins and Rebecca Burney answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Building Resiliency for Girls in the Justice System by Disrupting the Abuse to Prison [...]

After the Webinar: Self Care for Justice Professionals. Q&A with Duane Bowers

Webinar presenter Duane Bowers answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Self Care for Justice Professionals. Here are just a few of his responses. Audience Question: Are [...]

After the Webinar: Differentiating by Risk and Enhancing Skill Building Techniques to Motivate Positive Change. Q&A with Doug Jaye

Webinar presenter Doug Jaye answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Differentiating by Risk and Enhancing Skill Building Techniques to Motivate Positive Change. Here are just a few [...]

After the Webinar: From Detention to Legacy. Q&A with Judge Michael Latham

Webinar presenter Judge Michael Latham answered a number of your questions after his presentation, From Detention to Legacy: The Creation of the Legacy Teen Center. Here are just a few [...]

After the Webinar: Real Re-entry, Real Impact, Real Money. Q&A with Robert Barnett

Webinar presenter Robert Barnett answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Real Re-entry, Real Impact, Real Money: Building Futures with the OCCD Construction Program. Here are just a [...]

Sleep After Trauma: How traumatic events impact sleep and well-being

One in 5 American adults will experience mental illness in a given year, and about half of the American population will have a diagnosable mental illness at some point in their [...]

Sleep and PTSD: Common Sleep Problems Veterans and other PTSD Sufferers Face

The term Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, commonly referred to as PTSD, was coined in 1980 by the American Psychological Association when it formally became recognized as a diagnosable condition after the [...]

INFOGRAPHIC: Balancing Order & Recovery in Correctional Environments

Falcon, Inc's Harmony Goorley and Dr. David Stephens shared some incredible information about trauma in incarceration settings during the webinar, "Balancing Order & Recovery: Blueprints for a High-Performing, Trauma-Resilient Jail." [...]

After the Webinar: Community Supervision & Behavior Change. Q&A with cFive’s Jim Newman

Webinar presenter Jim Newman answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Community Supervision, and Behavior Change: Techniques that Work. Here are just a few of his responses. &[...]

After the Webinar: Balancing Order & Recovery. Q&A with the Presenter

Webinar presenter Harmony Goorley and Dr. David Stephens from Falcon, Inc answered a number of your questions after the presentation, “Balancing Order & Recovery: Blueprints for a High-Performing, Trauma Resilient [...]

Thoughts on Respecting the Individual from Dr. David Stephens

Dr. David Stephens made some excellent points during the webinar, Balancing Order and Recovery: Blueprints for a High Performing, Trauma-Resilient Jail. Here's one we thought was particularly important. “We can [...]

Thought on Inmate Trauma from Harmony Goorley

We loved this statement Harmony Goorley made during her webinar, Balancing Order and Recovery: Blueprints for a High Performing, Trauma-Resilient Jail about the importance of inmate wellness. “When inmates feel [...]

Thoughts on Inmate Wellness from Harmony Goorley

We loved this statement Harmony Goorley made during her webinar, Balancing Order and Recovery: Blueprints for a High Performing, Trauma-Resilient Jail about the correlation between staff and inmate wellness. “Our [...]

Thoughts on Staff Safety from Harmony Goorley

Trauma Informed Jails: An Interview with Dr. Robin Timme

Christina McCale

We know that most inmates have some level of trauma in their background. But what about your correctional officers? Correctional officers have some of the highest levels of stress of [...]

After the Webinar: The Impact of an Officer Involved Shooting. Q&A with Alana Negroni

Webinar presenter Alana Negroni of The Counselling Team International answered a number of your questions after her presentation, “The Impact of an Officer Involved Shooting.” Here are a few of [...]

After the Webinar: DV Post Conviction. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Lydia Newlin and Jeri Costa answered a number of your questions after their presentation, “Domestic Violence Post Conviction.” Here are a few of their responses. Audience Question: [...]

After the Webinar: Cultural Awareness for Probation Officers and Justice Professionals. Q&A with David Rogers

Webinar presenter Dave Rogers answered a number of your questions after his presentation, “Cultural Awareness for Probation Officers and Justice Professionals.” Here are a few of his responses. Audience [...]

Thoughts on Trauma from Amy Morgan

We loved this quote Amy Morgan made during her webinar, The Trauma of First Response to Cruelty. "People who care more, hurt more." Click Here to Watch [...]

After the Webinar: The Trauma of First Response to Cruelty. Q&A with Amy Morgan

Webinar presenter Amy Morgan answered a number of your questions after her presentation, The Trauma of First Response to Cruelty. Here are a few of her responses. Audience Question: [...]

Thoughts on Respect from Vicki Assegued

Truly listening -- whether to a victim, a colleague or a partner -- starts with respect. During her webinar, “Restorative Justice and Victim-Offender Dialogue,” Vicki Assegued provided excellent advice for [...]

After the Webinar: Report Writing for Probation Officers. Q&A with David Rogers

Webinar presenter David Rogers answered a number of your questions after his presentation, “Report Writing for Probation Officers.” Here are a few of his responses. Audience Question: Dave, you [...]

Thoughts on Probation from David Rogers

Such a great thought from David Rogers of the Tribal Public Safety Innovations made during his webinar, "Report Writing for Probation Officers." To learn more about Probation and Parole [...]

After the Webinar: Keeping Your Super Heroes Super. Q&A with Dr. Kimberly Miller

Webinar presenter Dr. Kimberly Miller answered a number of your questions after her presentation, "Keeping Your Super Heroes Super." Here are a few of her responses. Audience Question: Our [...]

After the Webinar: Officer Survival for Probation and Parole Officers. Q&A with Scott Kirshner

Webinar presenter Scott Kirshner answered a number of your questions after his presentation, "Officer Survival for Probation and Parole Officers." Here are a few of his responses. [...]

After the Webinar: Rapport Building for Effective Supervision. Q&A with the Speakers

Webinar presenters Michelle Hart and Paul Ventura answered a number of your questions after their presentation, "The Importance and Role of Building Rapport for Effective Supervision." Here [...]

Building Rapport for Effective Supervision: An Interview with Paul Ventura and Michelle Hart

Christina McCale

The dictionary definition of rapport is "a friendly, harmonious relationship. Especially: a relationship characterized by agreement, mutual understanding, or empathy that makes communication possible or easy." "Friendly" or "harmonious" are [...]

Beyond Victim Blaming: An Interview with Sara Mahoney

Christina McCale

One of the most common reactions a victim of domestic violence will experience is that of blame - "what did I do to deserve this?" or attempt to take the [...]

Insights from our Speaker, Dr. Ed Sherman

Love this reference Dr. Ed Sherman made during his recent webinar, The Power of Resilient Leadership. Be sure to check out his recording for more insights and great resources. "Surprises [...]

The Power of Resilient Leadership: An Interview with Dr. Ed Sherman

Christina McCale

Today's public safety professionals face incredible challenges: from life and death situations to agitated citizens, from on-going public scrutiny to ever-changing laws, and rising expectations. Perhaps one of the biggest [...]

After the Webinar: Creating an Organizational Culture of Wellness. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Matthew Kail and Duane Bowers answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Creating a CulturOrganizationaloinal Wellness. Here are some of their responses. Audience Question: Do [...]

After the Webinar: Case Supervision Practices. Q&A with the Presenters

Webinar presenters Paul Ventura and Michelle Hart answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Case Supervision Practices. Here are some of their responses. Audience Question: [...]

After the Webinar: Effective Use of Teams in Probation and Parole. Q&A with the Speakers

Webinar presenters Paul Ventura and Tiffany Griffith answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Effective Use of Teams in Probation and Parole. Here are some of their [...]

Shift Work Sleep Disorders: How they can affect you

In the United States, shift work is defined as any regular work schedule that falls outside the standard work day of 9am to 5pm. Shift work includes swing shifts, which [...]

Creating a Culture of Organizational Wellness: An Interview with and Lt. Matthew Kail and Duane Bowers

Christina McCale

Those who strive to protect the Internet's youngest victims face incredible challenges - and can bear tremendous emotional tolls. Knowing this, many ICACs create support and wellness programs to give [...]

Case Supervision Practices: An Interview with Michelle Hart and Paul Ventura

Christina McCale

Probation and parole practices have changed and evolved over the last 20 years. Perhaps one of the most significant evolutions is the concept of not just trying to catch probationers or [...]

VIDEO: Emotional Support for Mass Casualty Survivors: An Interview with Duane Bowers

Duane T. Bowers, LPC

Christina McCale

Once the police tape is gone, what are the best ways to support survivors of traumatic events, like Mass Casualty Shootings? Check out our interview with trauma care expert and [...]

After the Webinar: Providing Wellness Support for Online Child Exploitation Personnel – Q&A with Duane Bowers

Webinar presenter Duane Bowers answered a number of your questions after his presentation, Providing Wellness Support for Online Child Exploitation Personnel. Here are some of his responses. Audience [...]

The Effective Use of Teams in Probation & Parole: An Interview with Paul Ventura

Christina McCale

While supervision teams have become more common throughout the US, certain characteristics - such as effective communication and cohesive goals - are important to make these teams successful. Join us [...]

How to Incorporate Pretrial Technology into Your Decision Making Process: An Interview with Chris Williams

Christina McCale

Many people have the mistaken idea that "pre-trial services" simply find ways to randomly release people from jail. But nothing could be further from the truth. By using evidence-based, decision-making [...]

Options for PreTrial Management: An Interview with Nick Sayner

Christina McCale

Thanks to changing ideology to technology solutions, pretrial services is experiencing extraordinary change. But how can you incorporate and adapt to those changes in your own organization? Join us [...]

After the Webinar: Advanced Supervision Strategies. Q&A with Tiffany Marsitto and Christopher Greenway

Webinar presenters Tiffany Marsitto and Christopher Greenway answered a number of your questions after their presentation, Advanced Supervision Strategies: ASSET Management. Here are some of their responses. Audience [...]

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