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It’s More Than a Butt in the Seat! Assessing Progress & Completion
SESSION INFO
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Session Type: Workshop
Ever wonder what the person sitting across from you is learning? Are they learning new new tools, developing new skills, or practicing how to identify high risk situations? Research has demonstrated that individuals who can anticipate, recognize, and avoid or manage high risk situations are less likely to recidivate. Research has also demonstrated that completion criteria based on acquiring prosocial behaviors and ways of thinking is a valuable strategy to determine who is learning and what they are learning. This workshop will review the evidence in support of measuring progress and focus on strategies for assessing progress and completion criteria. Participants will have opportunities to discuss how these strategies currently fit into daily practice as well as consider how they could enhance their current measures of progress.
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SESSION PRESENTERS
Lauren Kenney
Research Associate, University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute
Lauren Kenney serves as a Research Associate with the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute (UCCI) in Cincinnati, Ohio. UCCI researches, develops, disseminates, and implements evidence-based practices in corrections. Lauren is especially passionate about translating research into practice in areas such as risk/needs assessments, cognitive behavioral interventions, and quality assurance. Prior to this position, Lauren worked for the Wyoming Department of Corrections as the Prison Division Training Program Manager.
Myrinda Schweitzer Smith, PhD
Executive Director, University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute
Myrinda Schweitzer Smith received her Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati and is a Sr. Research Associate and Interim Director at the Corrections Institute in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Schweitzer's research interests include the assessment of correctional programs, the science of implementation and knowledge transfer, and more generally correctional treatment and rehabilitation. She has co-authored several publications, presented nationally and internationally on correctional interventions, and served as a project director for over 200 correctional projects. Specific topics of research and service include a state-wide correctional treatment program evaluation, the development and implementation of cognitive-behavioral programs for general delinquency, criminality, substance abuse, employment, and sexual offending, as well as recent initiatives to implement effective practices for community supervision and support.
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