MISSION:
The Ohio Community Corrections Association (OCCA) offers to member community correction service providers the opportunity for advocacy and professional development, which enhances the ability to reduce repeat criminal offending.

OHIO
Community Corrections Association
P.O. Box 6868
Columbus, OH 43215

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(614) 252-8417

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OCCA News Archives

Training:

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• Crisis De-Escalation
  Quarterly Training
  Date July 21, 2008
  Time 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
  Location ODOT. Columbus
  Trainer Michael Simpson, Talbert House 
   
• Continuous Quality Improvement - Fidelity in Program Implementation
  Quarterly Training 
   
• Risk/Need Assessments and Individualized Program Planning
  Quarterly Training
  Date December 3, 2008
  Time 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
  Location Best Practices Institute, London
  Trainer Christopher Lowenkamp, University of Cincinnati 
   
• Continuous Quality Improvement - Fidelity in Program Implementation
  DATE: October 28, 2008
  
  TIME: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
  
  LOCATION:
  Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Office of Aviation
  2829 West Dublin/Granville Road
  Columbus, Ohio 43235
  
  TRAINERS:
  Jennifer Turnes, Kraner Behavioral Health & Kimberly Gentry-Sperber, Talbert House
  
  Lunch will be provided.
  
   
   
• Continuous Quality Improvement - Fidelity in Program Implementation
  “Establishing and Maintaining Fidelity to Evidence-Based Practices:
  Using the CQI Process to Change Agency, Staff and Offender Behavior”
  
  
  The ultimate goal of all correctional agencies is to reduce recidivism through changing offender behavior. To accomplish this, agencies invest a great deal of resources into implementing evidence-based models. Often time, however, agencies equate implementation solely to staff training. The subsequent assumption is that the staff are competent in the new model and are delivering the services as designed. The result is often poor fidelity to the model and corresponding poor client outcomes. While staff training is necessary to effectively change offender behavior, training alone is not sufficient. Agencies must build an infrastructure that allows the organization to assess, monitor, and insure staff fidelity to evidence-based practices. This is especially critical given emerging research demonstrating a direct relationship between fidelity and offender outcomes. Consequently, this presentation will begin with a review of the literature on fidelity and then provide examples of practical strategies that organization can employ to monitor fidelity to evidence-based practices through a formal CQI process. The presentation will also cover how to use CQI data to change staff and agency practices in order to more effectively change offender behavior. Finally, the presentation will review research demonstrating a significant correlation between the use of a formalized CQI/QA process and recidivism reduction in Ohio correctional programs. Strategies and data from a 3-year fidelity initiative will also be presented.
  
  
  Websites and Resources 
   
• Risk/Need Assessments and Individualized Program Planning Training
  RISKINEED ASSESSMENTS AND INDIVIDUALIZED PROGRAM PLANNING
  
  Quarterly Training
  
  Date: December 3,2008
  Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
  Location: Training and Education Center, London, Ohio
  Trainer: Paula Smith, University of Cincinnati
  MEALS INCLUDED: $47 Members, $77 Non-Members
  
  Case Planning and Case Management Skills
  
  The case planning training teaches participants the skills necessary
  to practically apply effective assessment strategies and create
  empirically informed offender case plans. Staff learn to use
  dynamic risk needs assessment to link offenders to needed
  treatment programs and interventions, and to measure client
  progress over time. This training consists of numerous exercises to
  guide participants in creating comprehensive case plans based on
  offender assessments, case files, and interviews. 
   

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