Criminal Justice

We've trained State Department of Corrections groups from:

Michigan Department of Community Corrections
Vermont Department of Corrections
Texas Community Justice Assistance Division
Utah Department of Corrections
Wyoming Department of Corrections
Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole
Federal Probation District for Hawaii (Oahu)
Wisconsin Department of Corrections
Michigan Department of Corrections
Idaho Department of Corrections
Louisiana Department of Corrections
Kansas Department of Corrections
Washington DC / Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency
Oklahoma Deparment of Community Corrections

Where We've Been in Criminal Justice

Selected (partial) listing of previous clients of the Center for Strength-Based Strategies. Keynote addresses highlighted in BOLD type.

Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency—Michigan Prisoner Reentry Project, “Motivational Interviewing for Reentry”
Lansing, Michigan

National Conference - Oklahoma Department of Community Corrections and the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice, “Strength-based Practice In Corrections”
Oklahoma City, OK

State of Texas, Montgomery County – Department of Community Corrections, “Motivational Interviewing—Beginning” & “Motivational Interviewing—Advanced”
Conroe, Texas

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Criminal Justice & Treatment Drug Court Grantee Conference. Plenary Address “Motivating Clients Towards Change”
Washington, DC

Michigan Department of Corrections – Office of Community Corrections – Staff training, “Motivational Interviewing—Beginning” & “Motivational Interviewing—Advanced”
Oakland County Office. Troy, Michigan
Livingston County Office Howell, Michigan

United States Probation & Parole Services, Western Michigan District, three 2-day trainings,(1) Strength-Based Practice, (2) Motivational Interviewing—Beginning and (3) Motivational Interviewing—Advanced
Grand Rapids, Michigan

American Correctional Association, 2005 Winter Conference, “Strength-based Practice for Probation & Parole”
Phoenix, Arizona

Michigan Judicial Institute, workshop presentation: “Motivational Interviewing: A Strength-Based Model for Probation Officers”
Lansing, Michigan

Clackamas County Community Corrections, 2 day training series: “Strength-Based Practices for Probation & Parole
Oregon City, Oregon

Kansas Department of Corrections – Community & Field Services 2 day workshops: Case Management Using the Strengths Approach & Motivational Interviewing
Topeka, Kansas
Wichita, Kansas
Salina, Kansas

Michigan Department of Corrections – Office of Community Corrections – Staff training, 2 sessions “The Chemically-Dependant Client: A Guide for Justice Field Staff” & “Motivational Interviewing”
Lansing, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Lapeer, Michigan
Mount Pleasant, Michigan

Kansas Department of Corrections – Community & Field Services 2 day workshops: Case Management Using the Strengths Approach & Motivational Interviewing
Topeka, Kansas
Wichita, Kansas
Salina, Kansas

Lane County Juvenile Court, Juvenile Drug Court and Community Corrections, two sessions, Strengths training
Eugene, Oregon

Superior Court of the State of Arizona, Yuma County Justice Center, 2 day training: Strength-based Strategies
Yuma, Arizona

Travis County Probation Department, 2 day training: Motivational Interviewing
Austin, Texas

Michigan Department of Corrections - Oakland County Community Corrections Department, 2 Stage training: Strength-based Practice & Motivational Interviewing
Pontiac, Michigan

Buchanan County 5th Judicial Circuit Court – 3 day training: Strength-Based Practice with Offenders
St. Joseph, Missouri American Probation & Parole Association – Professional Development Program, “Strength-Based Practices for Community Corrections Practitioners” & “Motivational Interviewing”
Olathe, Kansas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Washington, DC
Bend, Oregon
Wichita, Kansas

Portland State University, PSU Continuing Education Series, “Strength-Based Practices for Corrections and Addictions” 2 day training
Portland, Oregon

U.S. Dept. of Justice (DOJ) / National Institute of Corrections (NIC) – 2 days training in “Strength-Based Strategies” for the Washington County Department of Community Corrections
Hillsboro, Oregon

Wisconsin Department of Corrections, "Strength-based Practice for Corrections"
Madison, Wisconsin

Vermont Department of Corrections, 2 day workshop: "Strength-based Practice and Motivational Interviewing"
Waterbury, Vermont

Washington County Community Partnership – 4th Annual Summit, Keynote Address: High Risk to High-Yield-Raising Motivation with Strength-based Strategies
Hagerstown, Maryland

American Correctional Association – 132nd Congress of Corrections – Workshop, “Strength-Based Strategies: Raising Offender Motivation”
Anaheim, California

Washington State Misdemeanant Corrections Association Annual Conference, “Strength-Based Practice to Raise Motivation”
Yakima, Washington

Fourth (4th) Judicial Circuit Court of Florida – Clay, Duval & Nassau Counties,
Jacksonville, Florida

American Probation & Parole Association, Winter Training Institute - “Strength-Based Practice for Probation and Parole”
Portland, Oregon

Judicial Council of California, Administrative Office of the Courts –State Conference: “Beyond the Bench XII” Workshop presentation: “Strength-Based Practice”
Los Angeles, California

United States Speakers Program - Department of State, United States Embassy -Malta (Mediterranean section) & Maltese Substance Abuse Treatment Agency - (SEDQA), University of Malta - Institute of Forensic Studies. Workshop presentation to Maltese Probation, “Strength-based Practice for Probation”
Valletta, Malta

American Probation & Parole Association, Winter Training Institute
“Strength-Based Techniques for Raising Offender Motivation”
Nashville, Tennessee

Santa Barbara County Probation Department, 4 day intensive Train-the-Trainers
“Applying the Strengths Perspective”
Santa Barbara, California

Correctional Services of Canada, Corrections Staff - National Conference
Plenary Address - "Strength-based Practice for Probation & Parole"
Kingston, Ontario Canada

Ohio Probation Officers Association, two day training "Strength-based Practice for Probation Officers"
Columbus, Ohio

American Correctional Association- 128th Congress of Corrections Workshop presentation, “Strength-based Practice for Probation & Parole”
Detroit, Michigan