This 16 hour program will provide tenured Probation and Parole Officers with an opportunity to examine the challenges of and recommendations for supervising an offender with a mental health condition. Staff will examine signs and symptoms used in detecting possible mental health issues; use communications skills to improve interaction with mental health offenders; evaluate resistance issues that offenders may be experiencing; examine internal and external resources; discuss the affects that drugs may have on a mental health offender; monitoring offenders for crisis issues and intervening when offenders become a danger; and lastly staff will discuss personal precautions and dealing with stress.