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wmv Doug Burris talks about OWDS training (video)

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Date Added: 09-13-2007

Doug Burris, Chief US Probation Officer for the Eastern District of Missouri, talks about his district's involvement in the Offender Workforce Development Specialist (OWDS) training program and the impact it has made on employment rates and revocation rates. 

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Stephen said:

Fantastic demonstration of the skills needed for effective probation intervention verses 'minimal' intervention. The second probation officer used the core conditions of empathy and genuine regard as well as motivating the offender by using problem recognition and solution-focused approaches. If I were in the offender's shoes, I would pick probation officer number 2 each and every time.
11-14-2009 2:25 PM

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