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Volunteer Orientation for Frequent and Regular Volunteers: Trainer's Guide
      Designed to provide volunteers with the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful within the institution, this training curriculum covers var
    Prison Health Care: Youthful Offenders Sentenced as Adults [Lesson Plans]
      Information and resources that address the unique challenges of providing health services to youthful offenders are provided through this 20-hour t
    Correctional Religious Programs [Participant's Manual]
      Religious programming issues are discussed.
    Emergency Preparedness Assessment Resource Supplements
      Supplemental resources for the training program "Emergency Preparedness Assessment" (NIC accession no. 006995) are presented.
    Meeting the Challenge in Correctional Mental Health Care: The Prison Experience [Videoconference Held June 19, 2002]
      Information regarding cooperation between correctional agencies and mental health authorities to ensure continuity of care and adequate treatment f
    Developing "Coaches" for New Wardens [Participant's Manual]
      Training and practical experience in the techniques and skills of Co-Active coaching as the foundation of a leadership culture are provided during
    Comprehensive Objective Prison Classification [Participant's Manual]
      The development of both external and internal prison classification procedures are covered during this 36-hour program.
    Institutional Culture [Videoconference Held July 23, 2003]
      This training program helps participants identify the factors that shape an institution's culture and offers ways to attempt to change that culture
    Classification of High-Risk Offenders [Videoconference Held September 1, 2004]
      Prison systems experience continued pressure to house offenders in the most appropriate setting possible.
    Transition from Prison to Community: Making It Work [Satellite/Internet Broadcast]
      Public safety is everyone's business. This year, 600,000 offenders will leave prison and return to our communities.


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