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I am looking for information on State level facilities that conduct some type of emergency vehicle operations course for their COs either in basic or inservice training. Please contact Sgt. Bear Maher at 808-453-6093 or email me at sgtbearmaher@yahoo.com. Thanks in advance. Aloha Sgt. Bear...

Hello, I am an ex correction officer from Georgia and MIchigan. My pastor has put me in charge of forming our correctional outreach ministry. We are in the infant stages of forming the ministry and I am looking for training material to train our future volunteers on inmate manipulation and similiar...

Hello Everyone, I am seeking curriculum to train Parole Officers and Correctional Caseworkers in Case Management. Do any of you have curriculum that you would be willing to share? Please contact me if you do. Thank you, Ed Yahnig ed.yahnig@doc.mo.gov 573/522-5980

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?

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...

First, I'm assuming that the grievances you are referring to are inmate grievances. I've attached a copy of the grievance training that we provide our Caseworkers. I know it doesn't meet your target audience but hopefully you will find some of it useful. Ed Yahnig, Training Academy Missouri...

Does anyone have information on Grievance Orientation Training for new Officers. I am trying to develop a training at my facility, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Recently the Illinois Department of Corrections split into two distinct Departments...the new creation is the Department of Juvenile Justice. Their security staff have new titles and the Training Academy is developing an eight week pre-service security training curriculum specifically for Juvenile "Security"...