Training

Trainings Offered

The following training curricula are available and can be adapted to meet the individual needs of your organization:

• Introduction to Addiction and Criminality
• Treatment and Recovery Management Strategies
• Transitional Care and Case Management
• Motivational Interviewing (Intermediate/Advanced)
• Motivational Interviewing in Group Settings
• Cognitive Behavioral Treatment
• Individual, Group and Family Counseling
• Therapeutic Community Theory and Practice
• Mental Health and Co-occurring Disorders
• Domestic Violence and Trauma
• Anger Management and Impulsivity
• Drug/Crime Relapse Prevention
• Pathways into Addiction
• Pharmacology & Neurobiology of Psychoactive Substances
• Cross Training for Partnership
• Cultural Competency and Health Issues in Correctional Institutions:
  • Cultural Considerations in Forensic Treatment (race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, LGBT, social class, etc.)
  • Substance Abuse in Adolescents and Older Adults
  • Hepatitis A, B and C, TB, HIV and STDs
  • Abstinence-Oriented and/or Harm Reduction Philosophy

Training History

Correctional Training, Grants & Service Delivery History

• From Prison to Community - Comprehensive Reentry and Case Management Strategies (Senate Bill 618 Model) (2007–2012)
• Cal-METRO (California Motivation Enhancement Toward Rehabilitative Outcomes) Project — a large-scale Motivational Interviewing training project to train over 3,000 professionals working in California Juvenile Correctional system (2006–2009):
  • Cal-METRO Project — Linking Basic and Advanced Motivational Interviewing Training Outcomes for Juvenile Correctional Staff in California
  • Cal Metro One-Year Study — Motivational Interviewing Training for Juvenile Correctional Staff in California: One Year Initial Outcomes 
• Training for Trainers (1998–2004)
• Training for CDCR educational staff (teachers) on integrated care for offenders with substance use and mental health disorders (intermittently 1999–2007)
• Workforce development training series (8 modules leading to nationally accredited FACT certification)
• Offender Substance Abuse Treatment Institute (annual) (2005–2008)
• Specialized Technical Assistance
• Continuing Care Reentry Strategies - A Specialized Training Series for Community Based Providers and Parole (2004–2012)
• Peer-mentor training (in-custody)
• Training for parole (biannual) (2006-2009)
• Raising the Bar - gender responsive training event (annual)
• Specialized Trauma training series
• Problem solving symposia (with internationally recognized experts)
• Training for Wardens
• Specialized training for CDCR IST staff (program managers and CCIIIs)
• Illness Recovery Management (treatment of co-occurring disorders) Training (2009–2011)
• Cross Training for FOTEP (Female Offender Treatment Program) (2006–2011)
• Offender Mentor Certification Program (2009–2011)
• Training in Addiction Severity Index (2009–2011)
• Mixing of Sex Offenders in Custodial Drug Treatment Therapeutic Community Units: Problems and Potential Solutions (1999)
• Research To Practice Symposium: Clinical Assessment Of Substance Abusers In Custody Settings - Bridging The Gap (1999)
• Treatment & Rehabilitation Strategies For High Security Inmates Problem Solving Assembly (2009)
• Mentally Ill Offenders: Parole Problems And Potential Solutions (2001)
• Drug Treatment Furlough Training (2003–2005)
• Summer Clinical Institute in Addiction Studies (annual)
• Continuous Quality Improvement
• Training Videos for CDCR Correctional Staff
• CDCR Newsletter (preparation and distribution)
• Policy Advisory Committee (1997–2011)
• South East Asia & Ukraine- International Addiction Technology Transfer Center