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| Featured Training Opportunity – Save 50% off today and earn CEUs for "Panel Track: A Candid Conversation with Formerly Incarcerated Individuals”.
Virtual Training Opportunities
Join APPA for the latest virtual training opportunities available to community corrections professionals! Within this portal, you will discover valuable and relevant training experiences sourced from evidence-based practices, front-line staff, subject matter experts, and leaders in the field.
Tailor your learning journey to your schedule through a variety of live and on-demand webinars as well as self-paced E-learning courses.
EARN continued education units (CEUs) | NETWORK with decision-makers | GROW your professional skills.
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ABOUT OUR WEBINAR PROGRAM
As a member of this community, we value your time and budgetary needs. This program is designed for you to access affordable and exclusive APPA webinars that cover a range of topics from best practices and current trends to emerging research and policies in the field. Expect to receive resource handouts, live audience interaction, updates from APPA committees, new grant initiatives, and so much more.
SUBMIT A WEBINAR PROPOSAL
Do you have a topic or training you would like to present using the APPA platform? We invite community corrections professionals to contribute to this program by submitting webinar proposals using our new submission process, where all pertinent information will be gathered, including potential dates.
For detailed instructions, please refer to the Webinar Proposal Guide.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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If you would like to purchase multiple seats for your team to a webinar, please contact Joshua Nelsen.
UPCOMING WEBINARS
Check out our latest scheduled webinars below.
When
Thursday, August 14th | 2:00PM - 3:00 PM ET | 1 Hour
Cost
FREE
Presenter
Anthony Poponi
Workplace Culture Strategist - Focus on the 40
Description
Our accumulated experiences play into our resilience and when we "bounce back" from adverse experiences, mistakes, setbacks and failures we can grow stronger. Fortunately, resilience also has been well-studied and can be strengthened without those pesky negative experiences.
Several psychological factors of resilience can be actively built to deepen our capacity for handling adverse situations. Developing additional resilience capacity allows us to navigate these moments without losing our cognitive skills.
Seats are limited—register now to reserve your spot! Please note: unfortunately, this webinar does not offer credits for continuing education purposes.
FEATURED TRAINING
Featured Training Opportunity – Save 50% off today and earn CEUs
Available Now!
Cost
$15, until the next featured training is live then the cost will increase to $30.
Duration
63 Minutes
CEUs
1 APPA Contact Hour. The registrant will be able to download their certificate of completion after they have completed the recording.
Presenter:
Quawntay “Bosco” Adams -
Author - Chasin’ Freedum
Tyrique Glasgow -
Community Advancement - Young Chances Foundation Community Engagement Center
Tony Lewis -
Vocational Development Coordinator - CSOSA
Description:
APPA is honored to welcome four individuals who will share their unique perspectives, each having been personally involved in the criminal justice system. Their compelling stories will offer valuable insights into the relationship between community supervision and positive outcomes. Throughout the panel discussion, these distinguished panelists will take us on their individual journeys of transformation, illustrating how they have become productive citizens, contributing to re-entry communities.
As dedicated community corrections professionals, we frequently engage in discussions about formerly incarcerated individuals. Drawing from our experiences, extensive research, and direct interactions with offenders, we form assumptions and beliefs about improving the criminal justice system. Our ultimate objective is to enhance the offenders' prosocial skills, thereby reducing recidivism. However, amidst our good intentions, we must ask ourselves: Are we truly providing helpful support? Do our interventions facilitate or hinder the offender's progress? Are we achieving the desired results? During this enlightening panel discussion, we will introduce the panelists, sharing relevant information about their backgrounds and experiences as justice-involved individuals who have intimately "lived" the system. They will candidly express the elements that didn't work and those that proved instrumental in fostering positive changes in their lives.
Watch this pre-recorded, on-demand training to earn 1 APPA Contact Hour!
RECENT WEBINARS
Directly and through various federally and privately funded initiatives, APPA provides webinars on a range of topics.
Watch FREE
Presenter
Michael Laughlin
Client Executive - Tyler Technologies, Inc.
Louise Wasilewski
CEO - Acilivate
Vik Manne
Chief Technology Officer, AI & Cybersecurity Expert - TRACKtech
Cristel M. Tullock, MSW
Chief - San Francisco Adult Probation
Description
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve and influence how decisions are made across sectors, community supervision agencies face both an opportunity and a responsibility: to understand how AI can support their mission, while carefully navigating its risks and ethical implications.
This 90-minute bridge session, hosted by the APPA Technology Committee, serves as a crucial stepping stone between the introductory workshop on AI Embracing the Future: Integrating AI into Practice offered as an intensive session at the Winter 2025 Institute and the upcoming intensive session Artificial Intelligence in Community Supervision: Opportunities, Challenges, and Ethical Applications intensive session at the Summer 2025 Institute. It is designed to spark new thinking and prepare participants to actively engage in planning and implementation efforts.
Participants will explore:
The foundational concepts of AI in clear, accessible terms
Real-world examples of how AI is being used in justice and supervision settings
The balance between efficiency and ethics in applying AI
Core considerations for responsible use including transparency, fairness, and equity
The session will also provide guided prompts and interactive discussion to help attendees begin identifying opportunities and challenges unique to their agencies. Participants will leave with ideas and action items to bring into the more hands-on, advanced workshop, where strategies for implementation, governance, and workforce development will be explored in greater detail.
Join us as we connect today’s exploration with tomorrow’s innovation ensuring AI supports the values at the heart of community supervision: trust, transformation, and justice.
Purchase $30 ON-DEMAND
Presenter:
Christopher Poulos -
Executive Director - Washington State Reentry Council
Description:
Attorney Christopher Poulos shares his personal and professional path from trauma, addiction, homelessness, and prison to college, law school, serving in the White House, and becoming a senior state government corrections and reentry executive. Poulos’s talk weaves between personal experiences and the larger policy and practice issues involving pretrial, incarceration, and community supervision. He will share about the importance of support and accountability versus only surveillance and punishment and the vital role probation officers and other justice stakeholders can have in helping people positively redirect their lives.
Watch this pre-recorded, on-demand training to earn 1 APPA Contact Hour!
Watch FREE
Presenter:
James Czarniak
CEO - Brightpath Strategies, LLC
Hasan Stephens
CEO, Founder - Good Life Foundation
Description:
In today’s community corrections environment, professionals often face situations where progress depends on working with individuals or groups holding opposing viewpoints—whether within agencies, across systems, or with community stakeholders. Traditional approaches to conflict can stall reform, hinder innovation, and impact outcomes for justice-involved individuals.
This webinar, "Collaborating with Opponents: Transforming Conflict into Progress," introduces a practical framework designed to help probation, parole, and community corrections professionals navigate opposition and leverage it for system improvement. Participants will explore real-world strategies to engage productively with dissenting voices—whether they are colleagues resistant to change, external partners with competing priorities, or community members skeptical of system intentions.
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Presenter:
Jack Martin -
Client Executive, Enterprise Supervision - Tyler Technologies, Inc.
Robert Ambroselli -
Director of Product, Enterprise Supervision - Tyler Technologies, Inc.
Description:
Procuring enterprise supervision software is challenging, and not something you’re likely to do frequently in your career. It involves complex approval processes, dealing with information asymmetry, and understanding dynamic software features and pricing. If you miss critical requirements or choose the wrong partners, the consequences can include wasted resources, operational inefficiencies, and potential compliance issues. How can you make sure you lead your team confidently through this journey, especially if you only take it once?
Join us for this insightful webinar featuring Jack Martin, former director of Clark County Juvenile Justice Services, and Robert Ambroselli, former project consultant to the Alameda County Probation Department and director of state parole for California. With over 65 years of combined experience, Robert and Jack will share their invaluable expertise in mastering the complex terrain of software procurement.
“Navigating Software Procurement in Community Supervision” is a free webinar for professionals in the community corrections field, from line staff to heads of agencies. You’ll learn who to involve at each stage and the key questions to consider — from preplanning and stakeholder engagement, to writing RFPs, and from requesting demos to vendor selection and contract negotiation. This webinar is your roadmap to planning a successful transition from legacy systems to a modern case management solution.
Seats are limited—register now to reserve your spot! Please note: unfortunately, this webinar does not offer credits for continuing education purposes.
Disclaimer: The American Probation and Parole Association hosts webinars for educational purposes only and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained. Furthermore, the information is subject to change without notice. APPA encourages all users to confirm any information obtained from this webinar.
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ABOUT OUR E-LEARNING COURSES
Looking for additional professional development growth opportunities? Explore our self-guided E-learning courses! APPA partners with Relias to provide training, at special discounted rates, to both individual and agency members. Relias has helped more than 11,000 organizations across the continuum of care to improve compliance standards, staff development, and promote consistent, high-quality care to their clientele. Its platform employs performance metrics and assessments to reveal specific skill gaps and address them with targeted, personalized, and engaged learning. Learn more at Relias website.
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If you have any additional questions for the APPA Professional Development Team,
please contact Joshua Nelsen.
Joshua Nelsen, M.A.
Professional Development Manager
(859) 244-8236
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