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In the Jail I work in there seems to be a need for more extensive training for civilian detention officers. The Deputies have gone to the Academy and some have military training. Some of the civilian officers are so young and don't exude much confidence. My understanding is that they get 7 hours...

I am looking for a simple lesson plan format. I need something easy and not too time-consuming to use. I have training sessions already developed and being taught by a diverse group of instructors. This is rather backwards, but I now need to have lesson plans for all the classes. Any suggestions?

I have uploaded our restraint lesson plan. Hope it helps. Ed Yahnig

Trish, As far as I know there is nothing "magical" about 40 hours (even though it’s what my agency recommends) other than it happens to be a week. The reality is that you shouldn't do training for the sake of training but it should be driven by the needs of the agency and the needs of the...

The Municipal Jail Association of Texas and it's executive board announce that plans are in place for the Third Annual Training and Exhibitor Conference 2008 to be held at the The Rodeo Center Hampton Inn & Suites Dallas/Mesquite hotel and Convention Center, 1700 Rodeo Drive, Mesquite, Texas...

I am trying to find out what agencies are using the CLAMP and GRASP defensive tactic techniques and what success and/or challenges you have had using these techniques. Thank you, Edward Yahnig Curriculum Development Manager MDOC Training Academy PO Box 236 1717 Industrial Drive - 3rd Floor Jefferson...

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Hi, I'm working on a project that involves evalauting training. I'm interested in your responses to: What types of evaluation do you do? Is any of it designed to directly measure the impact on the job (once they get back)? Are you doing any ROI (return on investment) analysis? What are you doing...

That’s a tough question because it depends on several variables including the current knowledge level of the target audience, number of participants (with activities it takes longer to present to 25 people than it does to 6 people) the challenge of the content, the complexity of the activities (assuming...

Verbal Judo is a copy written training program which was contracted by my agency through the Verbal Judo Institute http://www.verbaljudo.com/ . This program is basically a in-depth communication program that is designed especially for criminal justice agencies. The 16 hour basic course encourages staff...