This Community of Practice session is part of a series, please see About Section below for details. Corrections work today is far more challenging than it has ever been. There are a lot of great practices and ideas about how to help clients succeed and protect communities. This series of Communities of Practice (CoP’s) is designed to provide information on issues and best practices in corrections (specifically probation and reentry professionals) working in tribal communities. Please join us to learn and share over the next several months.
Avoid potential conflict both professionally and personally by learning to organize your thinking and respond calmly. Consider the approaches you can take to prevent and respond to verbal conflict. This course will explore the communication process, conflict prevention, and help you understand why conflicts occur. Instruction will also cover certain circumstances in which verbal de-escalation techniques may not be appropriate, and provide techniques to resolve such conflicts. Join us to learn how de-escalation techniques and communication skills can potentially defuse tense situations and lead to more successful outcomes. This training does not cover physical intervention techniques.
Join other administrative professionals, executive assistants, and support personnel from criminal justice and other governmental agencies to discuss relevant topics focused on improving communication, enhancing skills, and fostering community outreach.
Develop and enhance the skills of the 21st Century criminal justice instructor or trainer. Examine how adults learn and explore effective instructional methods. Develop a structured learning plan, apply adult-learning techniques, utilize instructional technology, evaluate learner retention strategies, and the legal implication of instruction.
Examine an array of resource and strategies that will support all stages of successful project planning, development, and sustainability. Identify problems, analyze change conditions, and build a plan to use resource strategies that are relevant to your community project. Explore the six-step process as a guide for successful completion of project goals, deliverables, and overall implementation. Participants will participate in team building exercises to increase knowledge about program sustainability and resource utilization.
Become more mindful of the need to implement and sustain tribal sovereignty, unique to your nation, into all aspects of your tribal justice system. During the webinar series, you will learn more about tribal sovereignty, how it might be exercised or how it is exercised in your own community, and what to consider as you begin your tribal justice system planning process. You will also learn a process to take steps to identify opportunities for the inclusion of customs, traditions, and values into your tribal justice systems.
Become more mindful of the need to implement and sustain tribal sovereignty, unique to your nation, into all aspects of your tribal justice system. During the webinar series, you will learn more about tribal sovereignty, how it might be exercised or how it is exercised in your own community, and what to consider as you begin your tribal justice system planning process. You will also learn a process to take steps to identify opportunities for the inclusion of customs, traditions, and values into your tribal justice systems.
Learn the elements needed to develop a strategic plan for your OVC-funded victim services program. Join other OVC Tribal Victim Service grantees and BJA IASA and COSSAP program grantees for this introductory class to review team roles and responsibilities, communication, and develop a shared vision. Goal development and data analysis will also be discussed during this training.
How does your agency communicate with media during a crisis? What steps have you taken to prepare? Anne Schwartz will share three things your agency can do to communicate effectively during a crisis.
Why do agencies need to change and evolve? What steps are you taking to help foster an inclusive culture and a transparent organization? Consider three ways to approach and implement organizational change that can strengthen community and employee trust.
