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"Welcome to the Creating Safe and Respectful Environments II" (CSRE II)
home page. We at the Violence Institute of New Jersey are proud to be
starting our second year of training for the New Jersey Juvenile Justice
Commission (NJJJC). This year we will be providing 4 distinct trainings, as
well as ongoing Champion Team Consultation and quarterly Best Practice
newsletters.
Our goals for this training year are as follows:
- Improve staff communication with each other and the youth
- Enhance staff's understanding of mental
illness and appropriate ways to respond to youth in psychiatric crisis
- Enhance the quality and quantity of behavior
modification programs in detention/secure facilities
- Support Champion Team effectiveness in
each center
- Enhance the effectiveness of
supervisors in motivating staff to deliver safe and respectful environments in
detention/secure facilities
- Create networking
opportunities between centers aimed at sharing best practice approaches
The Four trainings listed
below will include the following:
- Course title
- Brief description
- Objectives
- Target audiences
- Number of offerings
- Host responsibilities (These are the responsibilities we
need you to arrange prior to our coming to your facility to provide the
training)
After you have read the
training information, please follow these steps to register:
- Login
- Enter your center I.D.
- Enter your center password
- Choose training date(s)/time(s)
- Select your training option
- Complete
form
Course
Descriptions:
1.
Understanding Mental Health
Disorders
Description
This 3 hour training will assist officers and staffs to understand mental health disorders and how they
may present in the youth we serve. Other areas covered include,
understanding normal and abnormal adolescent behavior, the role of medication in psychiatric care and ways to respond when observing
these behaviors.
Objective
Staff will report an improved understanding of how mental illness manifests itself in the youth
we serve and an enhanced confidence in how to respond to a youth in psychiatric
crisis.
Target Audience
All
detention/secure staff who work with the youth.
Number of offerings
This training will be offered twice to accommodate all staff
who need to attend.
Host Responsibilities
The training coordinator will secure a
room for the training, a wall or screen to project a PowerPoint presentation, any
refreshments they feel are appropriate, and identifying the number of expected
participants when scheduling this training.
2. Managers/Supervisors Training
Description
A
3 hour training curriculum on principles of effective supervision that will
enable managers and supervisors to motivate staff to embrace the Safe and Respectful
principles.
Objective
Supervisors will report improvement in their skill sets with
regard to motivating their subordinates to meet their expectations.
Target Audience
All staff with supervisory responsibilities.
Number of offerings
One time. If you are a larger center and need
to schedule a second session to accomodate all of your
supervisors, please call Amy Jacob at 732-235-4155 or jacobas@umdnj.edu
.
Host Responsibilities
The training coordinator will secure a room for
the training and identify the number of expected participants when
scheduling this training.
3. Behavior Modification
Programs
Description
Up to 3 hours of on-site training and consultation
on designing and running effective level/point systems in detention/secure settings will be
offered to identified staff involved in managing the behavior modification system.The primary focus will be on creating
and maintaining a system that is well understood by staff and adolescents to
provide immediate and motivating reinforcement for pro-social behavior.
Objective
Detention/secure facilities will report having
a behavior modification system that they feel has improved over the
course of the CSRE II award year.
Target Audience
Any staff that are responsible for creating or managing the
center's behavior modification system.
Number of offerings
One time
Host Responsibilities
The training coordinator will secure a room for the training
and identify the number of expected participants when scheduling this
training.
4. Communication that Promotes Cooperation- Practicing the
Skills
Description
This 3 hour curriculum is an advanced version of
the original Creating Safe and Respectful Environments training. Through experiential learning, officers will learn how
to incorporate the 16 recommended strategies for creating safe and respectful environments
into their day to day interactions with the youth they supervise.
Objective
Staff will report improvement in communication skills.
Target Audience
All
detention/secure staff who work with the youth.
Number of offerings
This training will be offered twice to accommodate all staff
who needs to attend.
Host Responsibilities
The training coordinator will secure a
room for the training, a wall or screen to project a PowerPoint presentation, any
refreshments they feel are appropriate, and identify the number of expected
participants when scheduling this training.
Please click
HERE to log into the system to schedule
your trainings or click Login on the menu.
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